women's biographies

Memoir Recounts Sister’s Rescue Mission and the Ongoing Fight For Disability Justice

“Forced care is happening to people with disabilities around the world. Most people don’t escape. And the world shrugs.” Should everyone have the right to choose where they live? The answer seems obvious — of course, choosing where you live is a basic human right. But for Teresa Heartchild, an…

Megan BeauregardApril 16, 2024

Nonfiction

Jewish Woman Rescues Thousands in Nazi Poland in Unknown, Unforgettable Story

Elizabeth B. White and Joanna Sliwa are historians, Holocaust scholars and co-authors of The Counterfeit Countess, subtitled The Jewish Woman Who Rescued Thousands of Poles During the Holocaust. They are to be congratulated for recognizing the significance of an unpublished memoir and bringing to light Janina Mehlberg’s extraordinary efforts to…

Linda HitchcockMarch 11, 2024

Audiobooks Listicles

3 Audiobooks for Readers Looking to Branch Out

While the new year can be a fantastic reading reset, all the goal-setting can sometimes get overwhelming. I personally love setting new reading goals each year, but I also firmly believe that goals are only as good as the joy and satisfaction they bring you. So I like to get…

Laura SacktonFebruary 2, 2024

Listicles Nonfiction

Two Stunning Memoirs Illuminate Family Trauma, Struggles and Self-Discovery

Lyrical prose paired with harrowing stories of childhood, parental relationships and survival mechanisms make both these memoirs must-reads!

Jennifer BlankfeinOctober 13, 2023

Nonfiction

Inspiring Tribute to America’s Little-Known Trailblazing Female Journalists

Kim Todd is a multiple award-winning author and college instructor who has written a meticulously researched work of nonfiction, Sensational: The Hidden History of America’s “Girl Stunt Reporters” (Harper Perennial). This compelling history of little-known late 19th-century journalists achieves the perfect balance between entertainment and education. Writing under pseudonyms, these…

Linda HitchcockMay 30, 2023

Nonfiction

Thrilling & Inspiring Memoir of Adoptee’s Search for Birth Mother

She was that close. So close that their knees almost touched. Nadean Stone was sitting right next to the hospital administrator who held in her hands Nadean’s birth records revealing the name of her birth mother. It was right there. Nadean, adopted 46 years earlier, was about to unlock her…

Jim AlkonFebruary 8, 2023

Nonfiction

A Wreck of a Life: Deadly Intersection of Wealth, Eugenics and Womanhood

Twentieth-century America brimmed with stories about poor little rich girls: young women born into great wealth yet afflicted with miserable childhoods and marriages. Tales of unhappy heiresses stirred the public’s voyeurism and sense of smugness. Just imagine — all the money in the world can’t make up for life’s disappointments!…

Claudia KeenanDecember 19, 2022

Nonfiction

Playwright Juggles Twins, Career and Unexpected Illness

In this beautifully written memoir, Smile: The Story of a Face, mother of three and award winning playwright, Sarah Ruhl shares her decade long struggle through a medical illness that leads her to greater understanding and healing. After a high risk pregnancy and the birth of her twins she developed chronic…

Jennifer BlankfeinDecember 12, 2022

Nonfiction Nonfiction - Featured

One Woman’s Journey From Tragedy to Triumph on the Path of Motherhood

These lines are from the introduction to the touching and inspirational memoir, Undefined: More Than the Sum of My Losses by author, leader, coach, motivational speaker and mom, Michelle Lee Graham. I literally just closed the last page of the book, and I’m filled with such emotion — a mix…

Barbara WilkovAugust 17, 2022

Nonfiction Nonfiction - Featured

Memoir From Sitcom Star’s Daughter Provides Essential Reading for Fans of “Roseanne”

If you are seeking a scathing exposé a la Mommie Dearest, you won’t find it in This Will Be Funny Later: A Memoir (Harper) by Jenny Pentland, daughter of Roseanne Barr and her first husband, Bill Pentland. The author is frank, brutally honest, at times vulgar, and writes at top…

Linda HitchcockJanuary 21, 2022

Book Club Network Nonfiction Nonfiction - Featured

“Shenanigans: A Memoir” Details Hijinks and Hilarity Along the Road of Life

—∞— “Kenigsberg’s world … is one where the ordinary is never more than a few steps from the oddball.” —David Guarino, former correspondent, San Antonio Express-News “Easy and enjoyable to read, Abby’s story is a rare and refreshing glimpse into the life travels of one bright, sassy and determined woman.…

Joanna PoncavageJuly 7, 2021

Author Spotlight Nonfiction Nonfiction - Featured

Author and Podcaster Zibby Owens Gets Real in Her Newly-Released Memoir “Bookends”

It took author Zibby Owens almost 20 years to get Bookends, A Memoir of Love, Loss and Literature out in the world, and it is worth the wait! I read it cover to cover in less than 24 hours and LOVED IT so much! Tears and laughter for me; I…

Jennifer BlankfeinJuly 1, 2022

women’s biographies

3 Audiobooks for Readers Looking to Branch Out

Two Stunning Memoirs Illuminate Family Trauma, Struggles and Self-Discovery

One Woman’s Journey From Tragedy to Triumph on the Path of Motherhood

Memoir From Sitcom Star’s Daughter Provides Essential Reading for Fans of “Roseanne”

“Shenanigans: A Memoir” Details Hijinks and Hilarity Along the Road of Life

Author and Podcaster Zibby Owens Gets Real in Her Newly-Released Memoir “Bookends”

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