Relationships:
Parents, Siblings, Children, Marriage/Divorce, Friends, Lovers

Adams, Cathy Cassani. The Self-Aware Parent (reviewed by Doris Anne Roop-Benner) Life Lessons; Relationships Al Hussein, Queen Noor. Leap of Faith (reviewed by Mary Welker-Haddock) Memoir; Cultural/Gender Focus; Relationships Anders, Isabel. Becoming Flame: Uncommon Mother-Daughter Wisdom (reviewed by Judy Miller) Life Lessons; Faith/Spirituality/Inspiration; Relationships Anders, Isabel. Spinning Straw, Weaving Gold: A Tapestry of Mother-Daughter Wisdom (reviewed by Laura Strathman Hulka) Life Lessons; Faith/Spirituality/Inspiration; Relationships Anderson, Joan. A Walk On The Beach (reviewed by Lee Ambrose) Memoir; Relationships Anderson, Joan. A Year by the Sea (reviewed by Janet Caplan) Memoir; Relationships Anderson, Joan. An Unfinished Marriage (reviewed by Janet Caplan) Memoir; Relationships Anderson, Kyra & Vicki Forman, editors. Gravity Pulls You In: Perspectives on Parenting Children on the Autism Spectrum (reviewed by Judy Miller) Anthologies/Collections; Life Lessons; Relationships Andrus, Susan M. Beyond Mars & Venus (reviewed by Doris Anne Roop-Benner) Relationships; Life Lessons; Faith/Spirituality/Inspiration Angelou, Maya. Mother: A Cradle to Hold (reviewed by Trilla Pando) Poetry; Relationships Appelt, Kathi. My Father's Summers (reviewed by Melanie Alberts) Memoir; Relationships; Teen/Girls Arnett, Marvin V. Pieces from Life's Crazy Quilt (reviewed by Trilla Pando) Memoir; Relationships; Cultural/Gender Focus Baldwin, Christina and Ann Linnea. The Circle Way: A Leader in Every Chair (reviewed by Mary Ann Moore) Life Lessons; Faith/Spirituality/Inspiration; Relationships Barnett, Bonnie. Bobo's Daughter: One Woman's Journey to Find Hope, Healing, and the Father behind the Face Paint (reviewed by Lee Ambrose) Memoir; Relationships; Faith/Spirituality/Inspiration Baszile, Jennifer. The Black Girl Next Door (reviewed by Trilla Pando) Memoir; Relationships Black, Hilary, editor. The Secret Currency of Love: The Unabashed Truth About Women, Money, and Relationships (reviewed by Susan M. Andrus) Anthologies/Collections; Relationships; Life Lessons Blew, Mary Clearman. This is Not the Ivy League (reviewed by B. Lynn Goodwin) Memoir; Relationships Briccetti, Katherine A. Blood Strangers (reviewed by Judy Miller) Memoir; Life Lessons; Relationships Caffrey, Janine Walker, Ed.D. Drive: 9 Ways to Motivate Your Kids to Achieve (reviewed by Susan M. Andrus) Life Lessons; Relationships Cain, Susan. Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking (reviewed by Susan J. Tweit) History/Current Events; Creative Life; Relationships Cain, Susan. Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking (reviewed by Olga Livshin) History/Current Events; Creative Life; Relationships Caldwell, Gail. A Strong West Wind (reviewed by Karen Ryan) Memoir; Relationships Cameron, Julia. Floor Sample (reviewed by Judith Helburn) Memoir; Relationships Cantwell, Mary. Manhattan Memoir (reviewed by Janet Caplan) Memoir; Relationships Cariou, Heather Summerhayes. Sixtyfive Roses (reviewed by Linda Wisniewski) Memoir; Relationships; Body Language Carl, Glenys. Hold My Hand: A Mother's Journey (reviewed by Melanie Alberts) Memoir; Relationships Carpenter, Liz. Unplanned Parenthood: The Confessions of a Seventy-Something Surrogate Mother (reviewed by Susan Wittig Albert) Memoir; Elders; Relationships Chapman, Patricia Luce. Survivor's Guide to Grief: Be Like a Starfish and Grow New Legs (reviewed by Kathy Waller) Memoir; Life Lessons; Relationships Cohen, Elizabeth. The House On Beartown Road: A Memoir of Learning and Forgetting (reviewed by Robin Edgar) Memoir; Relationships; Elders Cole, Susan Letzler. Missing Alice: In Search of a Mother's Voice (reviewed by Karen Ryan) Memoir; Relationships Coloroso, Barbara. The Bullied, the Bully, and the Bystander (reviewed by Lisa Shirah-Hiers) Life Lessons; Relationships Conway, Kathlyn. Ordinary Life: A Memoir of Illness (reviewed by Karen Bensing) Memoir; Body Language; Relationships Davis, Jodi. The Heart's Gift (reviewed by Lee Ambrose) Memoir; Relationships; Body Language de los Santos, Lita. La Familia de los Santos (reviewed by Judith Helburn) Memoir; Relationships Deak, JoAnn Ph.D., with Teresa Barker. Girls Will Be Girls: Raising Confident and Courageous Daughters (reviewed by Laurie Park) Diamant, Anita. Pitching My Tent: On Marriage, Motherhood, Friendship, and Other Leaps of Faith (reviewed by Lee Ambrose) Faith/Spirituality/Inspiration; Relationships Didion, Joan. The Year of Magical Thinking (reviewed by Duffie Bart) Memoir; Relationships; Life Lessons Didion, Joan. The Year of Magical Thinking (reviewed by Janet Caplan) Memoir; Relationships; Life Lessons DiSesa, Nina. Seducing the Boys Club: Uncensored Tactics from a Woman at the Top (reviewed by Susan M. Andrus) Memoir; Life Lessons; Relationships Dollah-Said, Sarah. Focus (reviewed by Peggy Talley) Poetry; Relationships; Cultural/Gender Focus Donnell, Ernestine Sisk. Grandmother Said: A Memoir (reviewed by Lee Ambrose) Memoir; Relationships; Elders Donnelly, Liza. When Do They Serve the Wine? (reviewed by Diana Nolan) Relationships; Cultural/Gender Focus Dumas, Firoozeh. Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America (reviewed by Lee Ambrose) Memoir; Cultural/Gender Focus; Relationships Dumas, Pie. Pieces of Pie (reviewed by Lisa Check) Memoir; Relationships; Body Language Edgar, Robin. In My Mother's Kitchen (reviewed by Judith Helburn) Memoir; Relationships; Life Lessons Edwards, Elizabeth. Resilience (reviewed by Susan Ideus) Memoir; Relationships Edwards, Elizabeth. Saving Graces (reviewed by Susan Ideus) Memoir; Active Life; Body Language; Relationships; Life Lessons Ehrlich, Elizabeth. Miriam's Kitchen (reviewed by Susan Wittig Albert) Memoir; Food/Cooking/Kitchen; Faith/Spirituality/Inspiration; Cultural/Gender Focus; Relationships Ellerbee, Linda. Take Big Bites (reviewed by Doris Anne Roop-Benner) Food/Cooking/Kitchen; Travel/Adventure; Relationships Erlbaum, Janice. Have You Found Her (reviewed by Susan M. Andrus) Memoir; Life Lessons; Relationships Finnamore, Suzanne. Split: A Memoir of Divorce (reviewed by Trilla Pando) Memoir; Life Lessons; Relationships Flatau, Susie Kelly. From My Mother's Hands (reviewed by Paula Stallings Yost) Memoir; Anthologies/Collections; Relationships Flathouse, Pat. Growing Up in the Texas Panhandle (reviewed by Sharon Lippincott) Memoir; Nature/Place/Environment; Relationships Fox, Judy Zionts and Mia Roldan. Voices of Strength: Sons and Daughters of Suicide Speak Out (reviewed by Carol Waid) Memoir; Life Lessons; Relationships Fuentes, Sonia Pressman. Eat First—You Don't Know What They'll Give You (reviewed by Linda Wisniewski) Memoir; Cultural/Gender Focus; Active Life; Relationships Fugazi, Sally & Debbie Harwell. Candles in the Darkness: A True Story of Faith, Hope & Friendship (reviewed by Lee Ambrose) Memoir; Relationships Gideon, Melanie. The Slippery Year: A Meditation on Happily Ever After (reviewed by Trilla Pando) Memoir; Relationships Gildiner, Catherine. Too Close To The Falls (reviewed by Melanie Alberts) Memoir; Relationships Giles, Laura. The Other Child: Children of Affairs (reviewed by Lisa Shirah-Hiers) Anthologies/Collections; Relationships; Life Lessons Gillespie, Spike. Pissed Off: On Women and Anger (reviewed by Stephanie Barko) Memoir; Cultural/Gender Focus; Relationships Goldman, Connie. Late Life Love (reviewed by Judith Helburn) Elders; Relationships Graham, Barbara, editor. Eye of My Heart (reviewed by Susan Schoch) Life Lessons; Elders; Relationships Gross, Jane. A Bittersweet Season: Caring for Our Aging Parents—and Ourselves (reviewed by Trilla Pando) Memoir; Elders; Relationships Haag, Christina. Come to the Edge (reviewed by Sharon Lippincott) Memoir; Relationships Hampl, Patricia. The Florist's Daughter (reviewed by Donna Van Straten Remmert) Memoir; Relationships Hanauer, Cathi, editor. The Bitch in the House: 26 Women Tell the Truth About Sex, Solitude, Work, Motherhood and Marriage (reviewed by Lisa Shirah-Hiers) Anthologies/Collections; Relationships; Life Lessons Harrison, Kathryn. The Mother Knot (reviewed by Lee Ambrose) Memoir; Relationships Heim, Susan M. It's Twins!: Parent-to-Parent Advice from Infancy through Adolescence (reviewed by Danelle Sasser) Life Lessons; Relationships Hellstern, Melissa. Getting Along Famously: A Celebration of Friendship (reviewed by Diana Nolan) Biography; Relationships Henley, Marian. The Shiniest Jewel: A Family Love Story (reviewed by Susan J. Tweit) Memoir; Life Lessons; Relationships Hiatt, Juanima. The Invisible Storm (reviewed by Sharon Lippincott) Memoir; Faith/Spirituality/Inspiration; Relationships Hornbacher, Marya. Madness: A Bipolar Life (reviewed by Susan M. Andrus) Memoir; Life Lessons; Relationships Hudson, Cindy. Book By Book: Your Complete Guide to Creating Mother-Daughter Book Clubs (reviewed by Judy Miller) Teen/Girls; Relationships Hughes, Holly J. Beyond Forgetting: Poetry and Prose About Alzheimer's Disease (reviewed by B. Lynn Goodwin) Memoir; Relationships Isay, Dave, editor. Mom: A Celebration of Mothers from StoryCorps (reviewed by Trilla Pando) Memoir; Relationships Ivin, Jonna. Will Love For Crumbs (reviewed by Sharon Lippincott) Memoir; Relationships Janzen, Rhoda. Mennonite in a Little Black Dress (reviewed by Sharon Lippincott) Memoir; Faith/Spirituality/Inspiration; Relationships Jenkins, Amy Lou. Every Natural Fact: Five Seasons of Open-Air Parenting (reviewed by Susan Schoch) Memoir; Nature/Place/Environment; Relationships Joseph, Diana. I'm Sorry You Feel That Way: The Astonishing but True Story of a Daughter, Sister, Slut, Wife, Mother, and Friend to Man and Dog (reviewed by Sharon Lippincott) Memoir; Relationships Kai, Irene. Golden Mountain (reviewed by Judith Helburn) Memoir; Cultural/Gender Focus; Relationships Karr, Mary. The Liars' Club (reviewed by Jazz Jaeschke) Memoir; Relationships Keeley, Maureen P., Ph.D. and Julie M. Yingling, Ph.D. Final Conversations: Helping the Living and the Dying Talk to Each Other (reviewed by Susan M. Andrus) Life Lessons; Faith/Spirituality/Inspiration; Relationships Kimmel, Haven. A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland, Indiana (reviewed by Marti Weisbrich) Memoir; Relationships; Nature/Place/Environment Kirshenbaum, Mira. The Weekend Marriage: Abundant Love in a Time Starved World (reviewed by Lee Ambrose) Kirshenbaum, Sheril. The Science of Kissing: What Our Lips Are Telling Us (reviewed by Judy King) Relationships; Body Language Krishnan, Shobha S., M.D. The HPV Vaccine Controversy: Sex, Cancer, God, and Politics (reviewed by Susan M. Andrus) Body Language; Cultural/Gender Focus; Relationships Lander, Lib and Jan Lander. Mirrored Lives (reviewed by Lisa Check) Memoir; Relationships Lauck, Jennifer. Blackbird: A Childhood Lost and Found (reviewed by Denise McAllister) Memoir; Relationships Lauck, Jennifer. Found: A Memoir (reviewed by Linda Hoye) Memoir; Relationships Lauck, Jennifer. Still Waters (reviewed by Denise McAllister) Memoir; Relationships Leleux, Robert. The Living End: A Memoir of Forgetting and Forgiving (reviewed by Trilla Pando) Memoir; Relationships Levinson, Leila. Gated Grief (reviewed by Judith Helburn) Memoir; Relationships; History/Current Events; Life Lessons Levinson, Leila. Gated Grief (reviewed by Shawn LaTorre) Memoir; Relationships; History/Current Events; Life Lessons Libby, Ellen Weber, Ph.D. The Favorite Child: How a Favorite Impacts Every Family Member for Life (reviewed by Judy Miller) Lucy, Janet and Terri Allison. Moon Mother, Moon Daughter: Myths and Rituals that Celebrate a Girl's Coming-of-Age (reviewed by Judy Miller) Life Lessons; Faith/Spirituality/Inspiration; Relationships Lustbader, Wendy. Life Gets Better (reviewed by Judith Helburn) Life Lessons; Elders; Relationships Marsh, Sonia. Freeways to Flip-Flops: A Family's Year of Gutsy Living on a Tropical Island (reviewed by Sharon Lippincott) Memoir; Nature/Place/Environment; Relationships McMorris, Megan. P.S. What I Didn't Say: Unsent Letters to Our Female Friends (reviewed by Judy Miller) Midkiff, Mary Lou. Lillie Davenport: Pioneer Mother (reviewed by Trilla Pando) Biography; History/Current Events; Relationships Mikulka, Charlette. Peace in the Heart & Home: A Down-to-Earth Guide to Creating a Better Life for You and Your Loved Ones (reviewed by Laura Strathman Hulka) Life Lessons; Relationships Miller, Barbara. You Lost Your Marriage Not Your Life (reviewed by Trilla Pando) Memoir; Relationships Mogel, Wendy. The Blessings of a Skinned Knee (reviewed by Lee Ambrose) Life Lessons; Relationships; Faith/Spirituality/Inspiration Moore, Honor. The Bishop's Daughter (reviewed by Rhonda Esakov) Memoir; Relationships; Faith/Spirituality/Inspiration Moss, Barbara R. Change Me Into Zeus's Daughter (reviewed by Lee Ambrose) Memoir; Relationships; Cultural/Gender Focus Moss, Barbara R. Fierce (reviewed by Lee Ambrose) Memoir; Relationships Murdock, Maureen. Fathers' Daughters: Breaking the Ties That Bind (reviewed by Judith Helburn) Life Lessons; Relationships Murphy, A. Mary. Pierce: Six Prairie Lives (reviewed by Susan M. Andrus) Biography; Nature/Place/Environment; Relationships Myers, Linda Joy. Don't Call Me Mother: Breaking the Chain of Mother-Daughter Abandonment (reviewed by Trilla Pando) Memoir; Life Lessons; Relationships Nathan, Debbie. Sybil Exposed (reviewed by Sherry Wachter) Biography; Relationships; Cultural/Gender Focus Nicholas, Theresa. Buryin' Daddy: Putting My Lebanese, Catholic, Southern Baptist Childhood to Rest (reviewed by Trilla Pando) Memoir; Elders; Relationships Nicoll, Belinda. Out of Sync: A Memoir (reviewed by Sharon Lippincott) Memoir; History/Current Events; Relationships Overton, Margaret. Good in a Crisis (reviewed by Sharon Lippincott) Memoir; Life Lessons; Relationships Ozma, Alice. The Reading Promise: My Father and the Books we Shared (reviewed by Laura Strathman Hulka) Memoir; Life Lessons; Relationships Pandya, Nandini, editor. Abroad at Home: First Generation Perspectives, First Person Voices (reviewed by Susan M. Andrus) Memoir; History/Current Events; Relationships Patchett, Ann. Truth & Beauty: A Friendship (reviewed by Lee Ambrose) Memoir; Relationships; Body Language Paul, Marla. The Friendship Crisis: Finding, Making, and Keeping Friends When You're Not A Kid Anymore (reviewed by Robin Edgar) Phillips, Zara H. Mother Me (reviewed by Judy Miller) Memoir; Life Lessons; Relationships Pitts, Yvonne K. Only On Loan: Notes From a Journal Edged in Black (reviewed by Lee Ambrose) Memoir; Relationships; Body Language Raday, Sophia. Love in Condition Yellow: A Memoir of an Unlikely Marriage (reviewed by Susan Wittig Albert) Memoir; Relationships Radziwill, Carole. What Remains: A Memoir of Fate, Friendship and Love (reviewed by Lee Ambrose) Memoir; Relationships Reichl, Ruth. For You Mom, Finally (reviewed by Sharon Lippincott) Memoir; Elders; Relationships Reichl, Ruth. Tender at the Bone (reviewed by Susan Wittig Albert) Memoir; Food/Cooking/Kitchen; Relationships Reilly, Lee. Teaching Maggie: Letters on Life, Writing, and the Virtues of Solid Food (reviewed by Tracie Nichols) Life Lessons; Relationships; Creative Life Roessle, Denise. Second-Chance Mother (reviewed by Linda Hoye) Memoir; Relationships Roessle, Denise. Second-Chance Mother (reviewed by Sharon Lippincott) Memoir; Relationships Rosin, Hanna. The End of Men and the Rise of Women (reviewed by Jennifer Melville) Rosner, Jennifer. If a Tree Falls: A Family's Quest to Hear and be Heard (reviewed by Jennifer Melville) Memoir; Relationships; Body Language Rowntree, Lenore and Andrew Boden, editors. Hidden Lives: Coming Out on Mental Illness (reviewed by Mary Ann Moore) Memoir; Life Lessons; Relationships Saltzman, Nancy. Radical Survivor: One Woman's Path Through Life, Love, and Uncharted Tragedy (reviewed by Donna B. Russell) Memoir; Life Lessons; Relationships Sartor, Margaret. Miss American Pie (reviewed by Penny Leisch) Memoir; Life Lessons; Relationships Schultz, Connie. ...And His Lovely Wife: A Memoir from the Woman Beside the Man (reviewed by Kathy Waller) Memoir; History/Current Events; Relationships Scofield, Sandra. Occasions of Sin (reviewed by Carolyn Blankenship) Memoir; Relationships Scot, Barbara J. Prairie Reunion (reviewed by Susan Wittig Albert) Memoir; Nature/Place/Environment; Relationships Scott, Bar. The Present Giver: A Memoir (reviewed by Susan J. Tweit) Memoir; Life Lessons; Relationships Sharples, Madeline. Leaving the Hall Light On: A Mother's Memoir of Living with Her Son's Bipolar Disorder and Surviving His Suicide (reviewed by Sharon Lippincott) Memoir; Life Lessons; Relationships Shulman, Alix Kates. Drinking the Rain (reviewed by Duffie Bart) Memoir; Relationships; Nature/Place/Environment Stahura, Barbara. What I Thought I Knew (reviewed by Doris Anne Roop-Benner) Memoir; Relationships Steinorth, Christina. Cue Cards for Life: Thoughtful Tips for Better Relationships (reviewed by Laura Strathman Hulka) Life Lessons; Relationships Stocke, Joy E. & Angie Brenner. Anatolian Days and Nights: A Love Affair with Turkey, Land of Dervishes, Goddesses and Saints (reviewed by Laura Strathman Hulka) Memoir; Relationships; Travel/Adventure Strasser, Judith. Black Eye: Escaping a Marriage, Writing a Life (reviewed by Susan Wittig Albert) Memoir; Relationships Summerscale, Kate. Mrs. Robinson's Disgrace: The Private Diary of a Victorian Lady (reviewed by Mary Daniels Brown) Biography; Creative Life; Relationships Swallow, Wendy. Breaking Apart: A Memoir of Divorce (reviewed by Maggie Knorr) Memoir; Relationships Terzian, Mary. The Immigrants' Daughter: A Private Battle to Earn the Right to Self-Actualization (reviewed by Susan Wittig Albert) Memoir; Cultural/Gender Focus; Relationships Trigiani, Adriana. Viola: In Reel Life (reviewed by Susan M. Andrus) Teen/Girls; Life Lessons; Relationships Tweit, Susan J. Walking Nature Home: A Life's Journey (reviewed by Susan Wittig Albert) Memoir; Nature/Place/Environment; Relationships Ung, Loung. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers (reviewed by Juanita Johnson) Memoir; Cultural/Gender Focus; Relationships Valby, Karen. Welcome to Utopia: Notes from a Small Town (reviewed by Khadijah A.) Memoir; Nature/Place/Environment; Relationships Walker, Karen. Following the Whispers: Creating a life of inner peace and self-acceptance from the depths of despair (reviewed by Sharon Lippincott) Memoir; Faith/Spirituality/Inspiration; Relationships Walker, Rebecca. Baby Love: Choosing Motherhood After a Lifetime of Ambivalence (reviewed by Duffie Bart) Memoir; Relationships Walls, Jeannette. The Glass Castle (reviewed by Janet Caplan) Memoir; Relationships Watkins, Sally B. Change Your Mindset, Not Your Man (reviewed by Jennifer Melville) Weber, Maria. I'll Be There to Write the Story: A Mother-Daughter Journey Beyond Death (reviewed by Sharon Lippincott) Memoir; Faith/Spirituality/Inspiration; Relationships Weidener, Susan G. Again in a Heartbeat (reviewed by Marion Mitchell) Memoir; Life Lessons; Relationships Weiss, Lynn, translated by Adilia and Charles Frazer. I Like Company (Me Gusta Compañia) (reviewed by Judy Miller) Life Lessons; Relationships; Younger Readers White, Emily. Lonely (reviewed by Susan M. Andrus) Memoir; Relationships Wisniewski, Linda. Off Kilter: A Woman's Journey to Peace with Scoliosis, Her Mother, and Her Polish Heritage (reviewed by Trilla Pando) Memoir; Relationships; Body Language Wisniewski, Linda. Off Kilter: A Woman's Journey to Peace with Scoliosis, Her Mother, and Her Polish Heritage (reviewed by Duffie Bart) Memoir; Relationships; Body Language Wolf, Naomi. The Treehouse: Eccentric Wisdom from my Father on How to Live, Love and See (reviewed by Grace Forrest-Maestas) Memoir; Biography; Relationships Wolf, Sharyn. Love Shrinks (reviewed by Mary Jo Doig) Memoir; Relationships Youngs, Bettie B., Ph.D, Ed.D, Susan M. Heim, Jennifer L. Youngs. Oh, Baby! 7 Ways a Baby Will Change Your Life The First Year (reviewed by Kara Flathouse) Life Lessons; Faith/Spirituality/Inspiration; Relationships Zailckas, Koren. Fury (reviewed by Susan M. Andrus) Memoir; Life Lessons; Relationships Zaslow, Jeffrey. The Girls from Ames (reviewed by Becca Taylor)