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Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. A Schizophrenic Will: A Story of Madness, A Story of Hope

I Win by Win Charles. This is a positive uptempo young woman's memoir despite her limitations. At twenty four she has achieved so much, far more than many of us.

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I Am Not Myself These Days: A Memoir by Josh Kilmer-Purcell ★★★★★

My Review

The Liars' Club by Mary Karr ★★★★★

My Review

Without You: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and the Musical Rent by Anthony Rapp ★★★★★

My Review

Fairyland: A Memoir of My Father by Alysia Abbott ★★★★★

My Review

Hi There,

I recently wrote a book about my life, narrating a story about the impact a traumatic childhood can have on the way in which a life unfolds. I wove together lived experience with the mytho-poetic language of the unconscious, and the story follows me, in my early teens, as I board a bus for one of the most dangerous places in the world: wartime Vietnam. My early family drama crafted an inner world of fantasy, masking my ability to see the reality of what he has gotten himself into.

You can check out my book here: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

And if you'd like to review I can send a free copy :)

Deeply appreciative,
Michael

Hi. Do you love the sea? Would you like to read my story?

I have written a deeply personal true story describing my gradual involvement and eventual true bonding with the beautiful old fishing boat - Shemaron.

"Make no mistake; this is a love story – and a tempestuous one at that." (review Argyll Ad).

Having a moderately successful business and two grown up children, I thought my life was fairly settled. I was unprepared for the impact that my husband’s purchase of an old fishing boat would have. Shemaron: A Beautiful Endeavour is the story of my growing involvement on a practical, historical and deeply romantic level, whilst dealing with the inevitable frustrations of renovating an old boat. The turbulent and intimate interaction between fishermen and the sea is often considered alongside personal observations made from the deck of the ring net boat Shemaron, whilst experiencing the truly inspirational experience of being at sea. Poetical prose and historical interludes are woven into accounts of voyages undertaken whilst my husband and I have enjoyed guardianship of this historical boat

Please email me - fiomalk@hotmail.co.uk - info - Good Reads, if you would like to review my book. I am willing to send a free hard copy. Looking for reviews in US & UK.

Hi!

Please read my Guinness record solar bicycle ride experience in India!
Sushil Reddy

The SunPedal Ride: India: 79 Days, 7424 kilometres, a Solar Awareness Mission


It is a fun travelogue with a message about sustainability. We are fund raising to get solar power to a village school in Rajasthan via an NGO - Hockey Village India

Feel free to ask me any query! :) Looking forward to connecting with you all!
Regards,
Sushil

Read my haunting, inspiring, and remarkable random act of kindness true story for FREE; how a kind and generous American pilot from Minnesota rescued me from bondage, abuse, and slavery in the "Blood Diamond" region of Sierra Leone...., my perilous and death-defying journey through the Sahara Desert to Europe, and how this altruistic American pilot stood at the American consulate in Palermo, Sicily and got me visa to America for better life. www.francismandewah.com

His Eye Is on the Sparrow by Ann Pearlman

This memoir outlines the impact a white, Jewish girl’s engagement to a Negroid had not only upon their own lives but also upon those of their families.

Full review may be found at: https://trrobinsonpublications.com/20...

Mad About Men

Blurb
Meet Madelyn!
“Attractive in shape, slightly exotic, well-travelled and young at heart.”
And you’d think these brilliant qualities enables a woman to have a stable dating
life, or at least decent relationships but.......... men aren’t so modest anymore. From gym trainers to tinder and even date a black guy with a job.com, follow Madelyn on her outstandingly witty chronicles in the pursuit of a real man.
My thoughts
Mad about men is a giftedly quirky read, it's the perfect book to curl up with when you need a hell of a good laugh. It’s perhaps one of the funniest things I’ve read since Sophie Kinsella’s Shopaholic. I absolutely adore the personal emails to and from her best friend, Chloe and the weird texts from ‘Not-Tyrone’ men (A book reference for which you HAVE to read the book.)
I think I know what I’ll be re-reading every Valentines.

Lord.of.the.Paper wrote: "Mad About Men

Blurb
Meet Madelyn!
“Attractive in shape, slightly exotic, well-travelled and young at heart.”
And you’d think these brilliant qualities enables a woman to have a stable dating
life,..."

Thank you, Lord Of The Paper! I appreciate you and I'm glad you "get" me.
Mad About Men: A Menmoir

Mad About Men: A MENmoir: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

Mad About Men makes me want to be BFFs with Madelyn Morgan. A) Because she has adventures that I will never have in my life and B) so I can tell her that her love life is a hilarious train-wreck to her face over a few cocktails.

The book is a sweet, intimate and vulgar look at a busy, successful, single mom's sex life and her search for Mr. Right AND Mr. Right Now. It seems she can't decide which and that's perfectly OK. We all get a little nutty looking for the D and the description of her various methods of doing so is both maddening and amusing because we've all been there. Mad About Men is so riotously well written that I could barely put it down. It does get a little jumbled in spots but that just adds to the craziness.

If you need something to feed your Sex and the City fix, stop right here and prepare to laugh your ass off.

Hi,

my name is Audrey Gittens and I'm the author of the book "Crossing the Chasms of Life: A Little Bit of Heaven and a Lot of Hell" a memoir and also "A well written account of an inspiring life".

I invite you to enter my giveaway here: https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sh...

Ten copies will be given for free to ten winners. For a review exchange, please contact me in private.

Thanks.

Regards,
Audrey

Hello, anyone care to read my all boys boarding school memoir, I enjoyed those days. If so, please send me a PM.

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I recently wrote a book about my adventures in Japan in the 1980’s. No Pianos, Pets or Foreigners! My Life in Japan in the 80's
Please check it out.

A young Japanese woman was running through Tokyo station screaming “Save me! Save me!” There was a Japanese man chasing her and closing in. He grabbed her wrist and caught her about 10 feet in front of me. The woman was still yelling “Save me! Save Me!” but the Japanese people in the crowded station ignored her, not wanting to get involved.

This is the beginning of just one of the stories from my experience living in Japan in the 1980’s, where I had moved right after graduating university. It was still rare to see an American who could speak Japanese fluently. This book guides the reader though my many adventures navigating through Japanese culture while living in the outskirts of Tokyo, as well as Tokyo proper.