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Steven Gaines is Insightful and Hilarious in ‘One of These Things First’

In the memoir One of These Things First, Steven Gaines, a gay 15-year-old boy from a conservative Jewish family in the 1960s, humorously shares a bizarre account of his teenage years in Brooklyn and a stint at Payne Whitney, a private mental institution in NYC. Steven recalls a multitude of childhood…

Jennifer BlankfeinAugust 2, 2017

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Battling Fears With Jekyll and Hyde Husband

In psychotherapist Diane Pomerantz’s heartfelt memoir, Lost in the Reflecting Pool (She Writes Press), the insidiousness of emotional abuse intertwines with her story of love, betrayal and her search for identity. Diane begins her tale of revelation from the start of her relationship: 1981 Baltimore. Diane takes readers inside the…

K.L. RomoMay 13, 2019

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“Lost in Ghost Town:” The Scared-Straight Tale of a Rich Boy Hitting Crack-Rock Bottom

Addiction trumps privilege in Carder Stout’s vivid memoir Lost in Ghost Town: A Memoir of Addiction, Redemption, and Hope in Unlikely Places (HCI). Written with excruciating truth and visceral fear, desperation and despair, Stout takes us into the incapacitating stranglehold of addiction and the battle to overcome it. Son of…

K.L. RomoJune 7, 2020

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Mike Murphy’s Memoir Showcases a Too-Short but Exceedingly Well-Lived Life

This is the extraordinary true story of the last six months of the life of Margot Murphy after a nine-year battle with cancer, written by her husband. Unflinching in its honesty and transparency, Living in Color: A Love Story, in Sickness and in Health by Mike Murphy is a riveting inside…

Judy MorenoOctober 18, 2021

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Inspiring Memoir “Killer Graces” Navigates Journey Out of Illness and Addiction

For Steve Melen and his wife, Jen, their relationship “was all covered in a blanket of positivity, of striving for the future.” They had successful careers, a nice house and a newborn daughter they both adored. But Steve’s persistent stomach pain and subsequent Stage IIIB stomach cancer diagnosis ripped that…

Chelsea CicconeJanuary 8, 2021

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Haunting Holocaust Memoir of Survival and Desperation

It was difficult to imagine a time without Nazis patrolling the streets. Their presence was a constant reminder that the Germans had control over everything in our lives, right down to how much sugar we could have in our porridge. Actually, it was much worse than that, as described in…

Jim AlkonMay 26, 2023

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Memoir Recounts Decades of Change Within NYC’s Gay Bohemian Community

The story of novelist, playwright and activist Joseph Caldwell in many ways mirrors the story of New York City’s artist scene in the Fifties and straight through to the Eighties. His new memoir, In the Shadow of the Bridge (Delphinium Books), tracks both the bohemian and gay lifestyle as well…

BookTribNovember 15, 2019

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“I Was There All Along:” Portrait of an Artist Through Her NYC Travails

Margo T Krasne, a young actress wannabe, had been invited by a friend to see the new Elaine May and Mike Nichols Broadway show. They had great seats. Nichols seemed to notice their raucous laughs during the performance and at the curtain motioned them to come backstage. Next thing they…

Jim AlkonOctober 4, 2019

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An Intimate Memoir of the Bipolar Experience Penned to Pay it Forward

She needed to escape, so she ran. She found her way to the door of her house, slipped out and ran as fast as she could. “As I ran, I proceeded to strip every piece of clothing from my black body. I wanted nothing on me, nothing holding me back.”…

Jim AlkonFebruary 25, 2022

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“I Am Not Your Slave” Exposes the Harrowing Reality of Human Trafficking

There are unspeakable acts of depravity and cruelty in the memoir I Am Not Your Slave (Lawrence Hill Books) by Tupa Tjipombo and Chris Lockhart. It is hard to read, harder yet to believe that there are men in this world who can be so sadistic, so bestial, women who aid…

Sherri DaleyDecember 10, 2019

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Recovering Workaholic Depicts Nervous First-Times and Hilarious Mishaps in Tell-All Memoir

“Freeland’s memoir is unique … Her style is friendly and conversational; you’ll feel like the two of you are close friends having a ‘girly’ conversation over several glasses of wine.” —Readers' Favorite —∞— After reading The Ins and Outs of My Vagina: A Penetrating Memoir (Karin Freeland Publishing) by Karin…

Barbara WilkovSeptember 15, 2021

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Ed Hajim’s “On the Road Less Traveled” Takes Us on an Unforgettable Journey

“A bend in the road,” says Ed Hajim, “is not the end of the road.” He should know. At the age of three, Hajim was kidnapped by his father, driven cross-country, and told that his mother was dead. He pressed his face against the car window, watched the miles pass…

Jim AlkonMarch 1, 2021

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Perseverance and Integrity Behind the Scenes of the Music Industry

Tim James is the writer of, among other standards, the song “My List,” recorded by Toby Keith. It has been on albums that sold more than 11 million copies. As James himself says, “Not bad for a Robitussin-selling, basketball-playing, 40-year-old guy that nobody had faith in.” Yes indeed, and remarkably,…

Jim AlkonMay 23, 2024

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High School Dropout Turned Success Story Fights Big Pharma to Save Son’s Life

If this book had been a novel, it would probably seem too unbelievable to work. But Flight of the Rondone (Skyhorse) is the real thing. A true “rags-to-riches” story — and much, much more. Author Patrick Girondi tells the fascinating story of his life — starting with being a high…

R.G. BelskyAugust 31, 2023

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Bouncing From Dad to Dad: A Hollywood Coming-of-Age Tale

“Cry it out, Tony. You’ll feel better.” It was what author Anthony Mohr’s father said to him after escorting his young son back to take on a school bully, from whom he had already run away. “Cry it out, Tony.” Touching words from a father, you say? Actually, it was…

Jim AlkonMarch 15, 2023

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One of the 19 Kids and Counting, Jinger Duggar Vuolo Is Now Separating Fear From Her Faith

Growing up is difficult enough without having any extra pressures to contend with, but for those who are raised in the limelight, under the scrutiny of millions of viewers, it’s unimaginably worse. For Jinger Duggar Vuolo, the author of Becoming Free Indeed (Thomas Nelson), growing up on the hit TLC…

Monique SnymanMarch 23, 2023

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Steven Gaines is Insightful and Hilarious in ‘One of These Things First’

Battling Fears With Jekyll and Hyde Husband

“Lost in Ghost Town:” The Scared-Straight Tale of a Rich Boy Hitting Crack-Rock Bottom

Mike Murphy’s Memoir Showcases a Too-Short but Exceedingly Well-Lived Life

Inspiring Memoir “Killer Graces” Navigates Journey Out of Illness and Addiction

Haunting Holocaust Memoir of Survival and Desperation

Memoir Recounts Decades of Change Within NYC’s Gay Bohemian Community

“I Was There All Along:” Portrait of an Artist Through Her NYC Travails

An Intimate Memoir of the Bipolar Experience Penned to Pay it Forward

“I Am Not Your Slave” Exposes the Harrowing Reality of Human Trafficking

Recovering Workaholic Depicts Nervous First-Times and Hilarious Mishaps in Tell-All Memoir

Ed Hajim’s “On the Road Less Traveled” Takes Us on an Unforgettable Journey

Perseverance and Integrity Behind the Scenes of the Music Industry

High School Dropout Turned Success Story Fights Big Pharma to Save Son’s Life

Bouncing From Dad to Dad: A Hollywood Coming-of-Age Tale

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