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A Story You Won’t Forget BOOK DETAILS Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ Author: Laurie Zaleski Genre:  Memoir / Animal Rights Length: 256 Publisher: St. Martin’s Press Release Date: February 22, 2022 Laurie Zaleski never aspired to run an animal rescue; that was her mother Annie’s dream. But from girlhood, Laurie was determined to make the dream come true. Thirty years later as a successful businesswoman, she did it, buying a 15-acre farm deep in the Pinelands of South Jersey. She wasRead More →

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Book Tour Excerpt and Giveaway   Creative nonfiction History, Historical romance, WW2, Family Saga, MemoirBiography Date Published: September 1, 2020 Publisher: Silver Star Publishing Llc     Duty called. He answered. She, with child, was left behind. He did not come home.   “They were the fathers we never knew, the uncles we never met, the friends who never returned, the heroes we can never repay.” (B Clinton.) Such a man was 1st Lt DeanRead More →

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Two Men, a Murder, and an Unlikely Fight for Justice Rating: ☆☆☆☆ Genre:  Memoir / Mental Health Length: 295 pages Publisher:  Ballantine Books Release Date: March 1, 2022 Description Fresh out of medical residency, Dr. Benjamin Gilmer joined a rural North Carolina clinic only to find that its previous doctor shared his last name. Dr. Vince Gilmer was loved and respected by the community—right up until he strangled his ailing father and then returned toRead More →

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A Captivating Memoir Publisher: Harper Horizon (October 19, 2021) Hardcover: 240 pages Description Faith, family, hard work, and second chances are at the core of every great American story, and Jenny Doan’s story is just that.  In her new memoir, How to Stitch an American Dream, readers will discover the behind-the-scenes success story of the Missouri Star Quilt Company and Jenny’s remarkable journey to overcome hardship, claim the abundance of family, and ignite the power of giving—all while revitalizing a small town along the way. OverRead More →

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Blog Tour Author Interview and Giveaway   Join Us for this Tour January 4 to January 24, 2022       Book Details:   Book Title:  Finally a Vegan: My Journey to Veganuary and Beyond by Stephanie JaneCategory:  Adult Non-Fiction (18+), 118 pagesGenre:  Memoir, Food & Cookery, LifestylePublisher:  Self-PublishedRelease date:   December 2020Content Rating:  PG 13 + M   Finally A Vegan includes one ‘bl**dy’ (starred out as written) and one slightly-shocking-but-not-graphic reference to a duck farming video.   BookRead More →

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Review, Excerpt and Giveaway   I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the A LITTLE CLOSER TO HOME by Ginger Zee Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!   Title: A LITTLE CLOSER TO HOME Author: Ginger Zee Pub. Date: January 11, 2022 Publisher: Hyperion Avenue Formats: Hardcover, eBook, audiobook Pages: 288 Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, Kindle,  Audible, B&N, iBooks, Kobo, TBD, Bookshop.org In Ginger Zee’s follow-up to the bestselling Natural Disaster, the ABC chiefRead More →

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Blog Tour Excerpt, Interview, and Giveaway This is my post during the blog tour for Sunroofs and Shoeboxes by Jaime L. Mathews. In Sunroofs & Shoeboxes, Jaime L. Mathews compiles the nuggets of wisdom she has found in the commonplace, so you can do the same. This blog tour is organized by Lola’s Blog Tours and the tour runs from 29 November till 19 December. You can see the tour schedule here. Sunroofs and ShoeboxesByRead More →

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Book Tour Excerpt, Giveaway and Author Interview     Memoir   Date Published: November 12, 2021 Publisher: Acorn Publishing     Seven-year-old Leslie has a serious problem: someone is trying to kill her. She must fight to save herself and her little brother from the stark realities of living with their mother’s raging psychosis. To evade the evil Russian spies her mother believes are after them, they forgo sleep, speak in whispers, and live onRead More →

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The Story of the Baby Box Lady       The Story of The Baby Box Lady Date Published: April 9, 2021 Publisher: MindStir Media     She went from being ABANDONED, to saving abandoned babies. Poignant, brutally honest and triumphant; Blessed to Have Been Abandoned is the true story of Monica Kelsey, the founder of Safe Haven Baby Boxes. Follow Monica’s story as she discovers the secrets of her painful beginnings, the painful journeyRead More →

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Spotlight Book Tour Author Interview and Giveaway     Join us for this tour from Nov 15 to Dec 3, 2021!   Book Details: Book Title:  Finding My Sunshine (A Memoir)Author:  Shannon Leith McGuire.Category:  Adult Non-Fiction (18+), 198 pagesGenre:  MemoirPublisher:  Sunshine Street PressRelease date:  March 2021Tour dates:  Nov 15 to Dec 3, 2021Content Rating:  PG+M for bad language, anger, and suicidal thoughts, clinical depression, and assault           Book Description: “What if that someoneRead More →

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Book Tour with Excerpts   Memoir Date Published: November 4th 2021 Publisher: Acorn Publishing Clipped is a quirky memoir about a new mother whose desperation to get her baby to sleep catapulted her into becoming an inventor and a small business owner—just before the world fell apart in 2008. As a full-time mother and entrepreneur, Adrienne Alitowski rolled out her invention, blankyclip®, to retailers across the country, including over thirty stores in the Buy BuyRead More →

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Excerpt and Giveaway This is my stop during the bookstagram blitz for The Light Through the Pouring Rain by James Ruvalcaba. This memoir is a true story about a young couple’s battle with cancer. This bookstagram blitz is organized by Lola’s Blog Tours and runs from 16 till 22 August. See the tour schedule here. Don’t miss the tour wide giveaway! 5 winners will a $10 Amazon gift card. You can enter the giveaway atRead More →

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Book Tour, Giveaway and Author Interview   Join us for this tour from June 14 to July 2, 2021! Book Details: Book Title:  Finding My Sunshine (A Memoir) Author:  Shannon Leith McGuire.Category:  Adult Non-Fiction (18+), 198 pagesGenre:  MemoirPublisher:  Sunshine Street PressRelease date:  March 2021Content Rating:  PG+M for bad language, anger, and suicidal thoughts, clinical depression, and assault  Book Description: “What if that someone was you?” Shannon had been so quick to blame others for herRead More →

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A Memoir Details The Angle of Flickering Light By Gina Troisi Genre: Non-fiction/Memoir Release Date April 6, 2021 Synopsis Gina Troisi’s father moved out when she was five years old, but before he left, he insisted on telling her about his various affairs—with prostitutes, with her mother’s friends, and finally, with his secretary, Brenda, whom he had decided to marry. By the time she reached adolescence, on a search for respite from her father’s verbalRead More →

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Author Interview And Giveaway   Join us for this tour from May 17 to June 4, 2021! Book Details: Book Title:  FLYING AGAINST THE ODDS: One Man’s Journey to New Ways of Healing by Jean-Jacques Trochon with Heather Whitehall-TrochonCategory:  Adult Non-Fiction (18+),  249 pagesGenre:  MemoirPublisher:  Ikhaya PublishingRelease date:   November 2020Format available for review:  print (Internationally), ebook (mobi, epub)Tour dates: May 17 to June 4, 2021Content Rating:  G. Memoir for General Audience.     Book Description:Read More →

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Finding the Calm After the Storm   Spotlight, Author Interview & Giveaway   Join us for this tour from May 17 to Jun 4, 2021! Book Details:   Book Title:  Cerebral Palsy: ‘A Story’ Finding the Calm After the StormAuthor:  Ilana EstelleCategory:  Adult Non-Fiction Pages: 288Genre:  memoirPublisher:  RedDoor PressRelease date:  Feb 1, 2020Content Rating:  G.   Book Description: Born the second of premature twins, Ilana knew she was different from a young age, but for allRead More →

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The Power Of Hope And Resilience To Overcome Circumstance Paralympic Gold Medalist Description The Paralympic gold-medalist, world champion swimmer, ESPY winner, and NBC Sports commentator uses her extraordinary story to equip others to meet whatever challenges they face in life. On January 21, 2008, a routine medical procedure left Mallory Weggemann paralyzed from her waist down. Less than two years later, Mallory had broken eight world records, and by the 2012 Paralympic Games, she heldRead More →

audiobook by Steven Carino

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The True Story of a Stolen Dog and the Humans He Brought Together Description He was searching for a lost dog. He found more than he’d ever hoped for. On Valentine’s Day 2019, someone stole Steven Carino’s dog, Oliver, from his car. Having lost his mother at 13 and grown up with an alcoholic father, he could always count on his dogs for comfort and company. But now, with his beloved Oliver missing, Steven feltRead More →

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  Join us for this tour from Feb 9 to Mar 1, 2021   Book Details Book Title:  A Rendezvous to Remember: A Memoir of Joy and Heartache at the Dawn of the Sixties by Terry Marshall, Ann Garretson MarshallCategory:  Adult Non-Fiction (18 +), 378 pagesGenre:  Memoir, RomancePublisher:  Sandra Jonas PublishingRelease date:   Feb 2021Tour dates: Feb 9 to Mar 1, 2021Content Rating:  R. This memoir contains mature themes, explicit sex scenes, one f-word, and occasionalRead More →

Memoir by Suleika Jaouad

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A Story With Highs and Lows that will keep your emotions rolling Description In the summer after graduating from college, Suleika Jaouad was preparing, as they say in commencement speeches, to enter “the real world.” She had fallen in love and moved to Paris to pursue her dream of becoming a war correspondent. The real world she found, however, would take her into a very different kind of conflict zone. It started with an itch—firstRead More →