Biographies & Memoirs

GOODNIGHT VIETNAM

Title: GOODNIGHT VIETNAM: A Vietnam Memoir Vol. 2 Author: Curtis Stocker Publisher: Olympus Story House ISBN:  978-1968069179 Pages: 786 Genre: Vietnam War History / Nonfiction Reviewed by: Jack Chambers Hollywood Book Reviews   Unless one finds themselves enduring it for themselves, no one can ever begin to understand the horrors of war. That became

Persistence

Title: Persistence: Living an Authentic Life with a Disability Author: Linda Dezenski Publisher:  Linda Dezenski ISBN: 979-8892285629 Pages: 255 Genre: Memoir Reviewer: Gabriella Harrison  Hollywood Book Reviews   Author Linda Dezenski’s memoir, Persistence: Living an Authentic Life with a Disability, is deeply stirring, sharing how she was born with cerebral palsy at eight months’

Older Women Don’t Giggle

Title: Older Women Don’t Giggle: Memoirs of a Renaissance Man Author: K Charles Oelfke, 2nd Publisher: The Reading Glass Books ISBN: 979-8894791937 Pages: 198 Genre: Memoir / Non-Fiction Reviewer: Susan Brown Hollywood Book Reviews   The French have a beautiful phrase they use to capture the essence of a quality or attribute that is

Steel Pot

Title: Steel Pot: A Vietnam Memoir Volume 1 Author: Curt Stocker Publisher: Olympus Story House ISBN:  978-1968069346 Pages: 850 Genre: Nonfiction / History / Biographies & Memoirs Reviewer: Christina Avina Hollywood Book Reviews War hurts all those involved, no matter what side of a conflict they are in or who is caught in the

Piece by Piece

Title: Piece by Piece  Author: Deborah White Publisher: Xulon Press ISBN: 978-16312947925678 Pages: 158 Genre: Memoir / Christian Reviewer: Lily Amanda    Hollywood Book Reviews   Piece by Piece by Deborah White recounts the author's horrifying and heartbreaking experiences of abuse, neglect and unfathomable betrayal and rejection, through the hands of those who should have

Try-N-Find-Us

Title: Try-N-Find-Us Author: Frederic Buse Publisher: Authors Tranquility Press ISBN: 978-1968750909 Genre: Memoir Pages: 136 Reviewer: Lily Amanda   Hollywood Book Reviews   Try-N-Find-Us by Frederic Buse is a gentle, down-to-earth memoir that unravels the beautiful, and sometimes frustrating journey of building a home, a life, and an identity from the ground up. It is

It’s Me The Early Years

Title: It’s Me The Early Years: Letters to My Daughter Author: Walter Benesch Publisher: Bookwrights House ISBN: 978-1965552322 Pages: 354 Genre: Historical Biographies Reviewer: Alyssa Avina Hollywood Book Reviews While it may not be the same for everyone, there are lessons to be learned from a person’s parents or parental figures in their lives.

The Boys on Cherry Street

Title: The Boys on Cherry Street: From the Crazy Innocence of College to the Loss of Innocence in Vietnam Author: Ron Boehm Publisher: Ron Boehm Books ISBN: 978-1-966615-20-0 Pages: 292 Genre: Memoir Reviewer: Jason Lulos   Hollywood Book Reviews      The Boys on Cherry Street is a sincere and oftentimes downright funny memoir of

Walk by Faith

Title: Walk by Faith: With God as Your Compass Author: Debra Lee Fader Publisher: Xulon Elite ISBN: 978-1-66284-683-0 Pages: 156 Genre: Non-Fiction / Memoir / Autobiography Reviewer: Gabriella Harrison   Hollywood Book Reviews      What begins as a young girl aspiring to be like stars such as Mahalia Jackson, Dinah Shore and Greta Garbo,

Millennial Warrior

Title: Millennial Warrior  Author: Jack Glad  Publisher: The Wave Media Solutions ISBN:   979-8895252611 Pages:  141 Genre: Memoir  Reviewer: Barbara Bamberger Scott  Hollywood Book Reviews   Author Jack Glad offers a stirring memoir emphasizing life lessons that he wishes to share with others, stressing that we all live in constantly changing, challenging circumstances, and