Tag: memoirs
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The Power of a Well-Trained Wife
Book Review: A Well-Trained Wife by Tia LevingsA Five-Star Book Tia Levings’s A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy is an incredible memoir that shows years of struggle and the challenges of coming back from a deeply damaged belief system. She combines her strong narrative voice with honest, introspective prose about her religious trauma.…
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What I Read in May 2025
May was an extremely rough month for me. For a month that honors mental health awareness, mine took a nosedive. But, I finished 11 books, the majority of which were excellent. Demon Copperhead and My Friends are now on my list of absolute favorites, and Blacktop Wasteland is one more reason to love S.A. Cosby.…
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Dinner for Vampires Book Review
Dinner for Vampires by Bethany Joy Lenz An Four-Star Book One Tree Hill wasn’t one of the early 2000s WB shows that I regularly watched, but I knew about it and most of the characters. So when I heard that Haley (Bethany Joy Lenz) was publishing a memoir about her involvement in a cult while…
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Five Stars for The Many Lives of Mama Love
The Many Lives of Mama Love: A Memoir of Lying, Stealing, Writing, and Healing by Lara Love Hardin A Five-Star Book Review Lara Love Hardin’s memoir, The Many Lives of Mama Love: A Memoir of Lying, Stealing, Writing, and Healing, is an unflinchingly beautiful look at her journey from heroin addict and 32-count felon to…
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Broken: A (Funny) Tale of Mental Illness
Book Review: Broken (in the best possible way) by Jenny Lawson Jenny Lawson writes with honesty, vulnerability, and power. She brings truth to the page as she explains what it’s like to be in the dark hole of depression and anxiety while you lose shards of your soul. She brings levity to the story as…
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