A Doctor’s Unconventional Path to Healing Her Autoimmune Illness
by Cynthia Li
Foreword by Arlie Russell Hochschild
Price: $18.95
ISBN: 9781684032051
Pub Date: September 2019
In this revelatory memoir, doctor Cynthia Li shares the truth other doctors don’t always understand and often won’t share if they do—that chronic illness is complicated, and that treatment is not just a matter of test results and prescriptions but requires a more comprehensive approach. By sharing her own struggle with a disabling autoimmune crisis, which forced her to question her own conventional medical training and embrace the integrative principles of functional medicine, Li reveals the insider knowledge sufferers need to truly begin healing—mind, body, and spirit.
An Illustrated Memoir (Or, How I Kicked Anorexia’s Ass and Embraced Body Positivity)
by Lacy J. Davis and Jim Kettner
Price: $21.95
ISBN: 9781626258310
Pub Date: October 2017
At once punk rock and poignant, Ink in Water is the visceral and groundbreaking graphic memoir of a young woman’s devastating struggle with negative body image and eating disorders. Blending bold humor, a healthy dose of self-deprecation, vulnerability, literary storytelling, and dynamic and provocative artwork by illustrator Jim Kettner, author Lacy Davis shows readers how she rose above her destructive behaviors and feelings of inadequacy to live a life of strength and empowerment.
My Adventures in Polyamory, Open Marriage, and Loving on My Own Terms
by Gracie X
Foreword by Carol Queen
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 9781626250581
Pub Date: September 2015
This is the funny, sexy, and provocative memoir of one woman’s journey to find sexual fulfillment and create a new family model that includes herself, her lover, her husband and his lover, and their kids. In a world where women often feel pressured to be everything to everyone, Gracie X courageously strives to have it all. From dabbling in polyamory to adopting an open marriage, X eventually discovers how to have the family she wants, the love she needs, and the sexual freedom she has been craving. At once revealing, poignant, and controversial, Walcott shines light on life outside the traditional marriage box.
How I Learned to Satisfy My Insatiable Hunger and Feed My Soul
by Kimber Simpkins
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 9781626252271
Pub Date: April 2015
In her memoir Full, Kimber Simpkins captures vividly—with piercing insight, raw emotion, and humor—the all-consuming hunger that she felt on a daily basis due to an eating disorder and body dissatisfaction. As she experiences a spiritual awakening through yoga and Buddhism, Simpkins takes readers on her painful yet poignant journey as she recovers from anorexia, eases the emotional pain of her hunger, and finally becomes full.
Losing a father can be absolutely wrenching. This insightful guide tells the story of the strong connections between daughters and dads throughout life, and the consequent grief and loss a daughter...
One Family's Extraordinary Journey of Love, Hope, and Remembering
by Marie Williams
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 9781626251977
Pub Date: October 2014
Green Vanilla Tea is a true story of love and courage in the face of a deadly and little understood illness. With literary finesse, compassion, and a powerful gift of storytelling, Marie Williams writes poignantly of her husband Dominic’s struggles with early onset dementia at the age of 40, and how their family found hope amidst the wreckage of a mysterious neurological condition. Spanning between moments of intense joy and incredible sadness, this book is a passionate testament to one family’s unconditional love for one another.
True Stories and Practical Help for Overcoming Depression and Bipolar Disorder
by Graeme Cowan
Afterword by Allen Doederlein
Foreword by Glenn Close
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 9781608828562
Pub Date: January 2014
In Back from the Brink, author Graeme Cowan—who has suffered from severe depression himself—presents candid and poignant interviews with people from all walks of life who have struggled with serious depression and bipolar disorder; such as Bob Boorstin, the director of public policy at Google, former tennis star Cliff Ritchey, and talk-show host Trisha Goddard. As these interviewees detail their treatment, their successes, and their setbacks, readers are offered real hope and real advice, as well as practical tools for recovering from their own depression. The book also explores various treatment options that readers can take away to begin healing.
The Real Deal on Relationships, Finding Your Focus, and Finding Your Keys
by Zoë Kessler
Foreword by Patricia O. Quinn
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 9781608826612
Pub Date: September 2013
In this unique and engaging memoir, journalist and popular blogger Zoë Kessler shares her own story of being diagnosed with ADHD in her late 40s. Throughout the book she offers readers key coping skills based on her experience; skills that can help readers focus their energy, become more organized, and boost their self-esteem while tapping into creativity and humor.
A Survivor's Story of Dissociative Identity Disorder
by Olga Trujillo
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 9781572249912
Pub Date: October 2011
The Sum of My Parts is the incredible true story of Olga Trujillo, whose childhood was devastated by sexual abuse and violence. This memoir follows Olga as she splits herself into "parts" and develops dissociative identity disorder to cope with the abuse, and then struggles to merge these parts and overcome the disorder in adulthood.
My Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder through Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Buddhism, and Online Dating
by Kiera Van Gelder
Price: $18.95
ISBN: 9781572247109
Pub Date: August 2010
The Buddha and the Borderline is a riveting, first-person account of one woman's struggle with borderline personality disorder (BPD)-a diagnosis some have called a psychiatric death sentence-and her eventual triumph over her symptoms through dialectical behavior therapy and Buddhist spirituality.
