NAMW Virtual Book Club Archives

Susan Kiyo Ito
Is It Worth It to Tell the Secrets?
January 16, 2025

Katya Cengel
Writing a Memoir in Two Voices
February 13, 2025

Penny Lane
Redeemed, A Memoir of a Stolen Childhood 
March 13, 2025

Claudia Marseille
But You Look so Normal:  Lost and Found in a Hearing World
April 10, 2025

Linda M. Lockwood
Sky Ranch: Reared in the High Country
May 8, 2025

Bridey Thelen-Heidel
Bright Eyes-A Memoir
June 5, 2025

Rosie Sorenson
If You’d Only Listen
July 10, 2025

Karen Solt
Writing Memoir Is Its Own Coming Out Journey
August 7, 2025

Elizabeth A. Patterson, MD
Coloring Outside the Lines: A Trailblazer’s Journey
September 11, 2025

Jenn Todling and Catherine Harrington, PhD
Beyond Control: Memoirs of Courage and Freedom
October 9, 2025

Babs Walters
Facing the Jaguar – A Memoir of Courage and Confrontation
November 6, 2025

Mary Nieraeth
Unleashing My Warrior Spirit: A Memoir of Empowerment and Self-Health Advocacy
December 5, 2024

Jennifer Cramer Miller
Incurable Optimist: Living with Illness and Chronic Hope
November 7, 2024

Joan Gelfand
Writing the “Scary” Stuff in Memoir
October 10, 2024

Nove Meyers
Running Away From the Circus
September 5, 2024

Bonnie Armstrong
An Apparently Normal Person
August 22, 2024

Tracey Yokas
Bloodlines: A Memoir of Harm and Healing
July 11, 2024

Suzette Mullen and Patricia Grayhall
Navigating the Emotional Rollercoaster of the Memoir Journey
May 2, 2024

Marian Beaman
My Checkered Life, a Marriage Memoir
April 4, 2024

Jennifer Lang
Places We Left Behind
March 7, 2024

Julie Scolnik
Paris Blue, A Memoir of First Love
February 8, 2024

Irena Smith, Donna Stoneham, and Christy Warren
How to Get Out of Our Own Way and Make an Impact as Writers
January 18, 2024

Gretchen Staebler
Mother Lode: Confessions of a Reluctant Caregiver
August 3, 2023

Susanna Solomon
Paris Beckons: A Short Story/Memoir Collection
July 6, 2023

Kyomi O’Connor
A Sky of Infinite Blue- A Japanese Immigrant’s Search for Home and Self
June 8, 2023

Mary Beth O’Connor
From Junkie to Judge: One Woman’s Triumph Over Trauma and Addiction
May 4, 2023

Linda Murphy Marshall
Ivy Lodge: A Memoir of Translation and Discovery
April 6, 2023

Carlyn Montes De Oca
Junkyard Girl: A Memoir of Ancestry, Family Secrets, and Second Chances.
March 9, 2023

Deborah Weiss
Available As Is: Reinvention After Loss
February 9, 2023

Jing Li
My Journey of Writing The Red SandalsMy Journey of Writing The Red Sandals
January 12, 2023

Barbara Rubin
More Than You Can See – A Mother’s Memoir
December 1, 2022

Jing Li
My Journey of Writing The Red SandalsMy Journey of Writing The Red Sandals
November 3, 2022

Merle R. Saferstein
Living and Leaving My Legacy, Vol. 1.
September 8, 2022

Denise Larson
Anarchy in High Heels
August 4, 2022

Jill Kandel
The Clean Daughter: A Cross-Continental Memoir
July 7, 2022

Laura Engel
YOU’LL FORGET THIS EVER HAPPENED: SECRETS, SHAME, AND ADOPTION In The 1960’s.
June 2, 2022

Deborah Lott
Don’t Go Crazy Without Me
May 5, 2022

Lisa Dailey
Square Up
April 7, 2022

Evelyn LaTorre
Love in Any Language
March 10, 2022

Gabrielle Robinson
Api’s Berlin Diaries
February 10, 2022

Carolyn Lee Arnold
Fifty First Dates After Fifty: A Memoir
January 13, 2022

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Lisa Lucca
Ashes to Ink: Writing A Memoir of Acceptance
December 2, 2021

Jeanne Baker Guy
Turning Trauma into Triumph
November 4, 2021

Terry Sue Harms
Pride & Perseverance
October 7, 2021

Bella Mahaya Carter
Where Do You Hang Your Hammock: Finding Peace of Mind While You Write, Publish, and Promote Your Book
September 9, 2021

Cheryl Krauter
Odyssey of Ashes: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Letting Go
August 5, 2021

Laurie James
Sandwiched: A Memoir of Holding On and Letting Go
July 8, 2021

Nahid Rachlin
Fiction and Memoir Writing: the Differences and Similarities
June 3, 2021

Julie Ryan McGue and Barbara Linn Probst
MEMOIR, FICTION, OR A BIT OF BOTH: Choosing the path that’s right for you
May 6, 2021