Thoughtful and inspiring, Getting Here From There is a memoir about overcoming childhood trauma. Clara Atmane’s intimate and moving memoir, Getting Here From There, recounts her first decade and shows how she rose above the trauma... Read More

An astute observer once remarked to Scottish bookseller Shaun Bythell that “every industry has its porn.” For those who crave the specific “filth” of literary voyeurism: Bythell’s "Confessions of a Bookseller" is here to sate... Read More

Jim Kristofic grew up tracking “the trail of animals while ranging in the wilderness … where narrative intelligence started in humans.” His memoir, "Reservation Restless", acts as another chapter in a long string of human stories.... Read More

Guy Stern’s entrancing memoir "Invisible Ink" draws on a cornucopia of experiences from his rich and varied life. Beginning with Stern’s childhood and time as a military intelligence officer in WWII, the book’s reminiscences have a... Read More

Emerson Whitney’s genre-bending memoir "Heaven" is about gender, family, and memory. It is cerebral in examining social labels and expectations, as well as how selves are constructed and the stories that people tell themselves about... Read More

Parnaz Foroutan’s "Home Is a Stranger" is a personal and political memoir about being a woman, and an Iranian American, in both the US and Iran. Foroutan left Iran when she was six, during the rise of Ayatollah Khomeni. She grew up in... Read More

Look forward to gorging on wit, food history, and strong opinions in Jay Rayner’s Last Supper, an entertaining, bon mots-studded consideration of the feast that the British journalist threw for a lucky circle of loved ones following... Read More

A voyeuristic literary and visual pleasure, "The Illustrated Wild Boy" is a shocking, amusing, and entertaining memoir. John Du Cane’s memoir "The Illustrated Wild Boy" contains adventures and anecdotes from a lifetime spent exploring... Read More