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A memoir-in-vignettes recalling a poet's early years and memories from a literary household. More than a consecutive memoir, The Fair Fields presents a set of linked vignettes about what it was like to grow up in a white, liberal, literary household in Connecticut in the 1950s and early 1960s...

When a school contest promises a brand new 10 speed bicycle to the student who collects the most aluminum cans, one determined sixth grader throws her whole heart into the challenge. With the help of her dad’s coworkers, her uncle, and her family, the simple contest becomes a team effort filled with hope, excitement, and the kind of childhood determination that feels larger than life. As the competition tightens, she learns the meaning of effort, pride, and resilience.

On 27th June 2023, comedian and writer Abi Roberts was arrested outside the UK Covid Inquiry. She spent 17 hours in a police cell. Her crime: swearing when told not to. This is just one moment (well, 17 hours) in Abi’s vivid life. From tales of flattening grass in Swansea, and being baptized in Russia, to the world of stand-up comedy and fighting global medical tyranny. Music is Abi’s first love, and like an album, this exhilarating compilation of memoirs is divided into 12 'tracks’ rather than the standard ‘chapters’.

Canvas of Courage is a deeply moving collection of stories from young mothers navigating cancer, identity, healing, and survival. Written and narrated by artist and Therapeutic Arts Practitioner Nerissa Balland, the audiobook blends personal storytelling with reflections on creativity, resilience, gratitude, and emotional recovery after life-changing diagnoses. Through nineteen intimate journeys—including Nerissa's own experience being diagnosed with metastatic melanoma while pregnant—listeners are invited into the often unseen emotional landscape of survivorship.

The World Tour Book is a heartfelt childhood memoir about the school project that unexpectedly shaped a future writer. As a young girl, Susan Lorraine Kadera was given an assignment called “The World Tour Book” —a project that asked students to explore states, countries, and continents through tracings, facts, and imagination. What began as a simple homework assignment quickly grew into a onehundredpage labor of love created across the family kitchen table.

This memoir should be narrated with sincerity, emotional depth, and a natural, reflective tone. What do you do when life asks you to be strong before you feel ready? At sixteen years old, Janella Jackman became a mother while still trying to understand the world and her place in it. Without a father figure and facing challenges far beyond her years, she quickly learned that survival sometimes means carrying pain in silence. But silence does not bring healing.

"Tu veux savoir comment j'en suis arrivée là ? À genoux sur le parquet, les mains derrière la tête comme une criminelle ? Moi, Emma Paris, 4 millions d'abonnés tous réseaux confondus, en train de hurler nue devant la BRI ? Peut-être que tu as vu la vidéo. Celle qui a fait 20 millions de vues. Peut-être que tu sais déjà. Ou plutôt, tu crois savoir..." Août 2025. Emma Paris révèle que sa fiancée, Clara, a été incarcérée puis séduite en prison par une jeune femme soupçonnée de faits de terrorisme. Les réseaux sociaux explosent. Les médias se déchaînent. Les politiques s'en mêlent.

In Woman at the Edge of Two Worlds, the ninth book in her bestselling Medicine Woman series, Lynn V. Andrews illuminates menopause as a transformative passage into wisdom, inner strength, and spiritual rebirth. In Woman at the Edge of Two Worlds, the late bestselling author Lynn V. Andrews illuminates the experience of menopause, offering a fresh perspective that transforms it from a source of discomfort into a time of empowerment, spiritual rebirth, and access to a new and beautiful way of life.

Kim met me for dinner at a Mexican restaurant in the San Fernando Valley. It was the only time she could find in her schedule to sit quietly, away from the chaos, and talk for a couple of hours. She arrived by herself, driving a Range Rover, no security, wearing head-to-toe black leather...

Staying Power, Zena Sharman's memoir in essays, is a beautiful and honest journey of care work, grief, parenting, and chosen family in the wake of intergenerational trauma. Exploring the lessons and inheritances of being raised by survivors of complex traumas, the book challenges the notion that one must be healed in order to parent well and celebrates the transformative power of queer family-making beyond gay marriage and assimilation into the nuclear family.

In this gentle and nostalgic childhood memoir, Susan Lorraine Kadera invites listeners into the simple magic of her backyard — a place where imagination, sunlight, and a mother’s quiet love turned ordinary moments into lifelong memories. With nothing more than a tree, a white sheet, and a set of plastic dishes, a little girl creates her own tiny world beneath the branches. Each chapter explores the sweetness of those early years: her mother’s small acts of love, the joy of pretend play, and the peaceful afternoons spent “playing house” under the shade of a tree.

Based on the popular Substack that Julia Quinn calls “delightful” and India Knight describes as “absolute heaven,” a quirky and gossipy insider glimpse at a year in the life of a family-owned bookstore in a seaside English town—as told by the store’s owner. One summer not long ago...

The Blue Bicycle: A Christmas Birthday Memory is a warm and nostalgic true story about a young girl whose birthday falls on Christmas Day. All she wants is a blue bicycle with a tall sissy bar — a dream she holds close to her heart. On one unforgettable Christmas morning, she discovers a mysterious shape hidden beneath a sheet in the garage. When the cover is lifted, her long-hoped-for bicycle is revealed, shining in the glow of family love and childhood wonder.

She left with sixty dollars, her pride, and nineteen years of pain at her back. What came next was neither quick nor easy—but it was hers. In Volume 3 of Tales of a Multifaceted Life, Haitian-born author Enice Toussaint pulls directly from her personal journals to bring listeners into the most turbulent and defining years of her life. From the streets of Montreal to the mountains of Haiti, she navigates abuse, recovery, single motherhood, financial survival, and an unrelenting search for inner peace—all while quietly becoming the woman she was always meant to be.

‘Let it be remembered that insanity is still considered as more disgraceful than crime, and that it is therefore made the immediate interest of the family of the insane to bury her in oblivion . . .’ Today we are increasingly aware that poor mental health affects all of us, collectively if...

You know that feeling of almost fitting in? You're close enough to be included, but you never quite belong. And so you tell yourself you're better off alone, because at least then, no one can leave you. In Eating Nails for Breakfast, Chrissy Liu traces the pattern she's carried since childhood. From the neighborhood pool where she was always the tag-along, through bad relationships, to the losses that just kept coming, Chrissy earned praise for never breaking.

Sie wählen rechts, sprechen nur russisch und unterstützen Putin? Solchen und anderen Vorurteilen sehen sich russlanddeutsche (Spät-)Aussiedler*innen ausgesetzt. An aufrichtigem Interesse und Wissen um die bewegte Historie der rund 2,5 Millionen in Deutschland lebenden Russlanddeutschen mangelt es in unserer Gesellschaft.

In a world bound by fear, I chose to break free with faith. The words of this audiobook do more than just narrate my story; they serve as a tribute to the California Inmate Firefighter Program and the countless men and women who, for over seven decades, have illustrated unshakable courage, dedication, and sacrifice.

This Wasn’t Supposed to Be My Story is a powerful memoir of resilience, reinvention, and truth-telling by Dr. Vanda Seward. Becoming a mother at sixteen, dropping out of high school, and growing up in public housing were supposed to define—and limit—her future. Instead, they became the foundation of a life lived on her own terms.

As the daughter of a decorated general in the Imperial Russian army, Alexandra Kollontai was a member of the elite from birth. From that comfortable perch, she might easily have lived out her days in the drawing rooms and social circles of St. Petersburg's upper classes. Instead, she devoted her life to tearing that world apart.