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In this memoir, Amanda walks us through her adverse childhood experiences (ACE’s), and traumatic adulthood to provide a clear picture that it is never too late regardless of the circumstances, if you have breath, there is hope!

Miss Metamorph is a deeply personal memoir about love, loss, and becoming — told in fragments of memory, family history, and quiet reckonings that refuse to be rushed. Narrated by the author, this unabridged audiobook invites you into the spaces between what was lived and what was remembered: childhood, motherhood, grief, betrayal, and the long work of reclaiming voice. It is a story shaped as much by silence as by language, and by the enduring bonds that hold even after loss.

ICE COLD is a true story of control, survival, the cost of silence, and a mother who refused to disappear. Written with restraint and clarity, this book documents what happens when a mother is erased by narrative, a child becomes leverage, and truth is delayed—but not denied.

In this unflinchingly honest and deeply moving memoir, Alicia Donovan chronicles a life lived in defiance of the forces that sought to silence her. The Opposite of Oppressed weaves together a series of personal vignettes that reveal the author's journey from a childhood shaped by domestic violence, social isolation, and trauma, to a woman who reclaims her voice, her power, and her identity. Told with resilience, grace, and flashes of joy, this is a story of survival and triumph, of learning that the path to liberation is not found in denying the past, but in daring to rewrite the narrative.

Come nasce Oriana Fallaci, giornalista e scrittrice? Pubblicati sul «Mattino dell'Italia centrale» di Firenze tra il 1947 e il 1953, gli articoli raccolti da Giuseppe Fedi e Piero Meucci documentano la nascita dello stile e della potenza narrativa che presto avrebbero imposto al mondo la figura di Oriana. Apprendista, Fallaci è inviata in situazioni di ogni tipo: processi, eventi mondani con ospiti illustri come Dior o Gable. Ma è nei suoi reportage sulla condizione femminile che vediamo nascere la determinazione e il talento di una delle firme più importanti del Novecento.

"How did you get this number?" Those were the first words Jill Biden spoke to US senator Joe Biden when he called her out of the blue to ask her on a date. Growing up, Jill had wanted two things: a marriage like her parents' - strong, loving, and full of laughter - and a career. An early heartbreak had left her uncertain about love until she met Joe. But as they grew closer, Jill faced difficult questions: How would politics shape her family and professional life? And was she ready to become a mother to Joe's two young sons?

A long-overdue reappraisal of a groundbreaking nineteenth-century writer who reshaped the literary and social norms of her age. This year marks the 150th anniversary of Sand’s death, and Becoming George is a fitting celebration of her literary genius―as well as the first new biography in...

The medical system took twelve years to reluctantly agree with Fay Martin that her husband was sliding into dementia. Even after he died three years later, people still questioned the diagnosis. This is an audiobook about what happens behind that veil of invisibility. Dementia Widow exposes, with courage and candor, the poison that seeps in, as a healthy reciprocal marriage becomes inexplicably hierarchical. Only when dementia is recognized as the villain does the relationship morph to offer the loving caregiving that enables a good final chapter.

Australia’s most sex-positive influencer reveals the reality of being a globally-famous full-service sex worker in this unflinchingly honest, hilarious and wryly intelligent memoir. 'Putting down a book this honest is virtually impossible. Authentic, eye-opening and great reading.’ - Hannah...

How do you stay upright when the very system you swore to uphold begins to shake beneath your feet? In Tightrope, retired Deputy Chief Constable Jennifer Hyland offers a rare and unflinching look behind the badge. Through raw honesty and hard-won wisdom, she charts her twenty-six-year journey through Canadian policing—rising from a young recruit to one of the highest-ranking women in the profession—all while walking the fragile line between duty and despair, strength and vulnerability, silence and truth. But this is more than a story about crime scenes and crisis calls.

La La’s life is messy, chaotic, and dangerously addictive. From toxic men who sound like miracles, ghosts that linger in her mind, to the messy humor she uses to survive heartbreak — this story dives deep into one woman’s journey of desire, betrayal, self-discovery, and empowerment. Juicy, gossipy, funny, sexy, scary, and brutally real, Rising From Shadows is about breaking patterns, facing demons, and claiming freedom in a world that’s always trying to define her.

Giaci and Me: A Mother's Journey of Loving and Raising an Autistic Child is not just a memoir — it is a love story between a mother and her son. When Rita Miceli hears the word autism connected to her child, time seems to stand still. The dreams she once imagined shift shape. The future feels uncertain. And yet, in the quiet spaces between fear and faith, something extraordinary begins to unfold. Giaci does not change who he is. Instead, Rita begins to change.

For listeners who wish Eat, Pray, Love had a cynical streak comes this propulsive, wildly original memoir about a journalist’s quest to conquer depression and addiction, set against the backdrop of international adventures and modern communal living. Through the eyes of others, Carly Schwartz seems to have everything going for her: top editor at the world’s biggest news site, fancy college degree, a seemingly endless parade of friends and parties.

What happens when the world applauds your strength—but that strength is quietly breaking you? In No More Free Passes, Dr. Khutso Madubanya disrupts the myth of independence and the pressure placed on women to hold everything together without faltering. With raw honesty and soul-level insight, she shares the moment that shattered her definition of strength—and rebuilt her life from the inside out.

Alice Carrière tells the story of her unconventional upbringing in Greenwich Village as the daughter of a remote mother, the renowned artist Jennifer Bartlett, and a charismatic father, European actor Mathieu Carrière. From an early age, Alice is forced to navigate her mother’s recovered memories of ritualized sexual abuse, which she turns into art, and her father’s confusing attentions—her childhood is spent in an adult’s world, with little-to-no boundaries or supervision.

From an unconventional upbringing in Baltimore, to an unconventional marriage to one of the most famous men in the world, adhering to the status quo has never been a familiar road for Jada Pinkett Smith. In Worthy, Smith strips herself of all the labels and stories crafted by others, and reclaims her narrative with radical self-love. Worthy teaches us who Jada is, and how to embrace our most authentic loveable souls.

This is the story of Carolyn’s mother, her dementia, and how they navigated her journey together. Your loved one may not force feed stuffed animals vanilla pudding or burn their neighbor’s mail like Fay did, but if you’re living through the sad realities of your loved one’s slow and tortuous farewell, this book will help you find solace as you deal with it realistically and with a heart at peace.

Alexandra Kollontai was a key leader of the Russian Socialist movement, the only woman in the early Soviet government, and one of the most famous women in Russian history. She worked tirelessly all her life as a speaker, writer, and organizer for women's emancipation. This compelling biography recounts her life for an emerging generation of fighters for women's liberation.

Anne Frank’s Diary of a Young Girl is one of the most memorable books in the face of the holocaust that Nazi Germany and its collaborators unleashed on European Jews between 1941 and 1945 across German-occupied Europe. Anne Frank was a German-born Jew hiding in Amsterdam with her family in 1942 when Nazis occupied Holland. She started keeping a diary in hiding - a diary she’d received for her 13th birthday from her parents.

Anaïs Nin was an influential and acclaimed writer best known for her diaries that cover six decades from the 1910s to the 1970s. In addition to her famous journals, her works include novels, essays, poetry, studies, and erotica - many of which remain popular to this day. As one of the first prominent female authors of erotica, Nin led a controversial life that was subject to many rumors. Her fearlessness when it came to tackling taboo topics such as incest, sexual abuse, and extra-marital affairs would earn her both staunch supporters and zealous critics.