Two writer friends have forthcoming books. It is an honor to be on their book launch team and have read an advanced reading copy. I highly recommend both books.
Jacque Gorelick’s book, Map of a Heart: A Memoir of Love, Loss and Finding the Way Home, will be available wherever books are sold on February 17th or you may pre-order it now. Her story puts you right there with her from page one. I was immediately riveted, holding on to hope, awed by the miracle of modern medicine and touched by Jacque’s communtiy who surrounded her during a time of need.
Rebecca Morrison’s YA book, The Blue Dress, comes out March 24th. Many themes throughout the book are based on Rebecca’s personal experience as a young immigrant from Iran, trying to fit in when puberty and body image are making it all the more difficult. It’s been a long time since I’ve read a young adult book, and I enjoyed every bit of it. I look forward to gifting it to some middle school girls I know.
“Morrison smartly and bravely explores inherited trauma by revealing the roots of Maman’s anti-fat rhetoric, crystallizing in an uplifting, recovery-focused novel that empowers readers to be themselves.” ―Publishers Weekly
More memoirs from our writing group are either on my bookshelf or will be soon. Click the links below to learn more.
Melissa M. Monroe’s Mom’s Search for Meaning: Grief and Growth after Child Loss
Love in the Archives, a Patchwork of True StoriesAbout Suicide Loss by Eileen Vorbach Collins
Goodbye Again by Candace Cahill
Growth, a Mother, her son and the Brain Tumor They Survived by Karen DeBonis
Tap Dancing on Everest, a Young Doctor’s Unlikely Adventure by Mimi Zieman
Broken People by Rachel Thompson
Midlife Cancer Crisis by Maureen C. Berry
I Can’t Remember if I Cried: Rock Widows on Life, Love, and Legacy by Lori Tucker-Sullivan
Camouflage: How I Emerged from the Shadows of a Military Marriage by Heather Sweeney
The Full Catastrophe: All I Ever Wanted, Everything I Feared by Casey Mulligan Walsh
Famished by Anne Rollins
Motion Dazzle: A Memoir of Motherhood, Loss, and Skating on Thin Ice by Jocelyn Jane Cox
Happy reading and thanks for reading!
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