I loved every bit of this powerful story...all about a daughter's love and respect for her talented father.
His humility and generosity resonated on every page, and his capacity to love his daughter (the author, Wynne Leon) fully and with wholehearted regard as she sought her path to faith and awareness. Endearing and joyous.
Reading this book reminded me that writing complex stories about families is possible. The personal narrative and memoir genre can be challenging, but Finding My Father's Faith renewed my resolve to write my own unapologetic and inspirational story about healing.
The daughter of a beloved and devout Presbyterian pastor, Wynne Leon wandered from the fold as she grew up and moved away from home.
Now, in her deeply moving memoir about finding healing through the reconciliation between her own spiritual practices and her father’s Christian faith, Leon explores solace and healing in the most unexpected places.
Drawing from the work of famed psychiatrist and author Dr. Scott Peck, Leon explores the stages of faith and how, despite the love, commitment, and respect in her childhood home, she didn’t follow her parents into the church as an adult.
Jeannette McCurdy’s book about her challenging relationship with her mother hit the best-seller list just as I was in the process of publishing my own bookabout my mentally ill mother and my own mixed-up family.
Reading McCurdy’s frank account of her childhood with a controlling, drama-ridden mother boosted my resolve to write and promote my own story by focusing on resilience and themes of intergenerational healing.
A heartbreaking and hilarious memoir by iCarly and Sam & Cat star Jennette McCurdy about her struggles as a former child actor-including eating disorders, addiction, and a complicated relationship with her overbearing mother-and how she retook control of her life.
Jennette McCurdy was six years old when she had her first acting audition. Her mother's dream was for her only daughter to become a star, and Jennette would do anything to make her mother happy. So she went along with what Mom called "calorie restriction," eating little and weighing herself five times a day. She endured extensive at-home makeovers while…
Lois Roelofs' bold account of her husband's terminal illness and his treatment decisions provides the reader with a compelling story about life-affirming choices despite painful truths about morbidity.
Roelofs chronicles her husband's final months exquisitely and honestly, with humanity and respect for her husband, Marv's decisions about the quality of life and treatment, despite his dire diagnosis.
Reading Roelof's book renewed my admiration for healthcare heroes and family members who become caregivers. A compelling read that is both realistic and celebratory, honoring her dear husband, Marv.
Lois Roelofs always knew that Marv, her husband of fifty-five years, had strong convictions. So when he was diagnosed with “very aggressive” small cell lung cancer, with a few weeks to a few months to live, she accepted that he wanted to die on his own terms―refuse chemo, choose quality of life over quantity, and die at home. She tells their story in a mix of personal notes, family and friend emails, and public blog posts written during Marv's illness and her first months as a widow. At the time, she could find no personal accounts of refusing treatment and…
Surviving Sue is an eye-opening story about the fallout of keeping secrets, told from the daughter’s perspective as she navigated her mother’s mental health and addiction issues while trying to shield and protect her disabled sister.
My book is about the power of storytelling to build resiliency, a guidebook for others who struggle with complex family issues including Alzheimer’s, depression, alcoholism, and developmental and physical disabilities.
