Biography & Autobiography, Women
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Yesterday's Sorrow
Writing my way to a new life by Akeba G Canning
At four years old, Akeba Canning saw the world as a paradise. Born to Grenadian parents in Trinidad, she spent much of her early childhood eating mangoes, chasing butterflies, and idolizing her older brothers. But at age eight, a sudden upheaval...
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Reinventing the Past
Memories of a Dry Land by Monique Layton
Armed with nothing but the flimsy evidence of a Bata shoebox filled with her mother's old photographs, Monique Layton reconstructs her colonial childhood in Morocco in the 1930s. Nothing is as it seems as the author guides her readers through a...
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Her Believable Lies
Surviving Intimate Partner Violence by Michelle-Meridith Moore
On May 7, 1988, Michelle got married. Shawn, the man standing before her, was her abuser, her controller, and the only serious boyfriend she’d ever had. In that moment, she felt like this wedding ceremony would mark the end of her life; it turned...
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The God We Serve is Awesome
by Olina F. Bailey
Olina F. Bailey has been through trials and tribulations as far back as she can remember, both in her time spent in the United States and her life in Liberia. God brought her through these with flying colors, performing many miracles for her. In...
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Coming Home
A Memoir by Elizabeth Meyer
We all have a story to tell, be it long or short, truly blessed or full of challenges. Coming Home tells just such a story, starting from the author’s humble beginnings as a shy, reclusive girl in a Mennonite community on Vancouver Island in the...
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10 Days in February... Limitations & 10 Days in March... Possibilities
A Memoir by Eleanor Deckert
As a child in the 1960s, my biggest and happiest influences were: • living in the mountains of Colorado • experiencing Brownies and Girl Scouts • Laura Ingalls Wilder’s ‘Little House’ books • Helen Keller and her teacher, Annie Sullivan •...
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Why Are You So-
by Cathy Burrell
For eight summers, my life went on the same way. The smell of lilacs, and when school was out, two tickets to the Calgary Stampede tucked into my report card, and a trip to Winnipeg to see Baba. And then Dad said we were moving. I said no, I...
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Laugh Cry Ponder
A Woman's Life Against the Odds by Christina Scott
For anyone who has ever felt like the odds were totally stacked against you, I hope some of these stories will help you believe that odds are temporary and everything changes. Even if you feel like you are at the bottom of a well wishing you...
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homecoming
tales of travel, discovery, & self acceptance by Teri Hofford
In this deeply personal account, Teri Hofford takes you on a rollercoaster ride through her past, chronicling her evolution from a young and curious girl to an empowered feminist, photographer, and woman brimming with self-confidence and...
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Reframing My Worth
Memoir of a Bangladeshi-Canadian Woman by Habiba Zaman
In this book, I share my personal memories and lived experiences of growing up in Bangladesh and my Canadian journey. It is neither an autobiography nor a chronological account of life, rather I focus on selected themes and stories through...
