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Out of Joint    by Belea T. Keeney
Price: $2.99 USD. 6050 words. Published by JMS Books LLC  on June 20, 2011. .

Mitchell Tanner, an ex-convict struggling to get his life back on track hasn't faced his family in year. Not since his conviction, not since his move to Indiana, not since moving in with his half-sister. When he attends an uncles' funeral in Tampa, old hurts come back to slap him in the face. Take a journey to a tropical paradise ... where sometimes paradise is just an illusion.
Stacey's Song    by Cynthia Meyers-Hanson
Price: $0.99 USD. 24960 words. Published on July 4, 2011. .

This book is the true life memoirs of a child that lost two sets of parents before landing in her aunt's home at age ten. It is an uplifting tale of how she survived losing one parent to cancer, suicide, immaturity, and other causes.
A Jew from Riga    by Greta  Beigel
Price: $2.99 USD. 3040 words. Published on July 22, 2011. .

The author in 2004 visited Riga in order to learn more about her Dad’s mysterious past. How did her father, a young soldier at the start of World War II end up migrating from Eastern Europe to South Africa? And why did he leave suddenly when she was 10 and head for the States? On her travels, Greta learns a lot about Latvia, land of his youth, and Riga, the Baltics' capital city that rocks.
Mom Got Chubby    by Toni Hafey
Price: $0.99 USD. 1860 words. Published on November 10, 2011. .

Each summer the dysfunctional Healy family takes a holiday. Will they bring along the same saddlebags or gallop into a new adventure.
The Boots My Mother Gave Me    by Brooklyn  James
Price: $4.99 USD. 102530 words. Published on November 17, 2011. .

An Amazon Breakthrough Novel Q-Finalist. Determined to be more than her abusive father and enabler mother, Harley LeBeau refuses to play the victim. In this atypical Dysfiction, the strong-willed, quirky, coming of age heroine is a mass of contradictions. Armed with formidable pride and a deep desire to believe in something or someone, the nonconformist Harley incites readers to turn the page.
The Perfect Mother: an in-depth study of forgiveness    by D. Patrick Miller 
Price: $3.99 USD. 8730 words. Published on November 24, 2011. .

In this intimate essay, the author of THE WAY OF FORGIVENESS reveals how the struggles of his manic-depressive mother influenced his own life, including a seven-year bout of chronic fatigue syndrome. That illness led to the beginning of a spiritual discipline that would result not only in his healing, but a new perception of his troubled parent as well.
The Torn Trilogy E-book    by Sara Niles
Price: $19.95 USD. 339850 words. Published on December 21, 2011. .

Literary Narrative Nonfiction The Torn Trilogy is literary narrative nonfiction at its best, three complete and interconnected memoirs that delve into the psychological motivations that lie at the roots of both good and evil and inspires humanity to a higher level of greatness.
-1997- A Memoir    by Steve Kenny
Price: Free! 79460 words. Published on March 2, 2012. .

A wayward son writes about his mother's brave stand against cancer, his tough working class father, on the verge of retirement, and his four sisters, who mostly view their ne'er do well brother with contempt. A true story of courage and love, covering a two month stretch of time in 1997. A moving memoir, a remarkable remembrance.