Biography & Autobiography, Personal Memoirs
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Survive and Live
Domestic Abuse True Story by Adrianna KD
For twenty-five years, author Adrianna KD lived a double life. Around friends and family, she was happy—happy with her marriage, her few friends, her increasing isolation from her family. Even in her own home, Adrianna had to wear her carefully...
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Somehow I'll Find My Way Home
by Ian MacPherson
This book chronicles the author's life journey and the adventures of a family crossing the Atlantic 3 times with a kaleidoscope of antics in each continent. The family's motto, as it grew, was 'Carpe Diem'. The saga of these events has been a fun...
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When the Vibration Begins
by Sjahari Hollands
Most of the ancient myths and origin stories concur that before anything existed there was a vibration. A light. When I was 23, I was opened in Subud and began the Latihan, making a connection to what I believe to be that same vibration. My book...
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Where's my phone?
"Finding Life’s Treasures in the Chaos” by Darshani Ramjan
Darshani is a busy mom, human resources manager, entrepreneur, and nutritionist who’s constantly juggling a million things—until she loses her phone. What starts as a simple search for a missing phone turns into a laugh-out-loud yet emotional...
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Edge of the Ledge
A Memoir of Adventures Lived and Lessons Learned by Linda Brierly
One day, age four, I opened the door of our house, closed it quietly, and started walking. All by myself. I walked and walked. I looked at each house, at the trees, the grass, the swings, at the occasional person going by. I walked right past the...
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Speak Up and Fight
A survivor’s fight for healing, justice, and the power to be heard. by Kaylynne Venn
For as long as I can remember, I've been a fighter. Before she reached her eighteenth birthday, Taekwondo champion Kaylynne Venn had experienced 23 emergency room visits, 11 nights in hospital beds, and over 10 attempts to escape the pain of her...
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Les Attoquées
An Acadian Story of Two Women Who Lean On Each Other to Survive by Léonard LeBlanc-Buckles
For decades, Maggie was confined to her childhood home and subject to her abusive brother’s whims. On that rural Cape Breton homestead, stripped of her freedom and her autonomy, she retreated into the only safe place she had left—her mind. When...
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Adrianne's Ears
A Story of Endurance and Freedom by A.J. Haynes
In this thoughtful and compelling memoir, author Adrianne Haynes traces the incredible story of her survival. Growing up in post-war London, Adrianne grows up in an unimaginably toxic environment, contending with an alcoholic, abusive mother who...
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Discovering the Positives
A Woman's Journey through Triple Negative Breast Cancer by Rhiannon Huzarewich
Discovering the Positives: A Woman’s Journey through Triple Negative Breast Cancer is a powerful memoir of resilience, hope, and self-discovery. Hearing a triple negative breast cancer diagnosis can be overwhelming and scary. Diagnosed with it in...
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The Essence of Time
Farming in Alberta and Saskatchewan by Pat Weisgerber
Pat and Toms electrifying first encounter, falling in love. That love affair that sparked behind the scenes was relatively short lived but was a turning point from being a shy quiet girl to running a business herself. Their lives criss- crossed...
