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Biography & Memoir

How to lose everything: A memoir

Review by Wanda Deschamps.Full disclosure: I wasn’t going to read How to Lose Everything by Christa Couture. I heard a bit about the content: childhood cancer, the death of an infant followed by the loss of her one-year old baby, then divorce and thought: “No. This one is not for me.” For some reason (and I cannot quite remember why), I changed my mind and read it. And I am so … [Read more...] about How to lose everything: A memoir

Soul Full of Coal Dust – A Fight for Breath and Justice in Appalachia

Reviewed by Sharon Broughton: Soul Full of Coal Dust is a riveting account that is part memoir, part medical and legal thriller, part underdog takes on the Goliath of systemic injustice.  With devastating clarity, it exposes the corruption, fraud, and medical, legal, and corporate malpractice that has denied miners and their families the life support and medical care that is … [Read more...] about Soul Full of Coal Dust – A Fight for Breath and Justice in Appalachia

The Power of Disability: 10 Lessons for Surviving Thriving and Changing the World

Reviewed June 9 2020 by Wanda Deschamps: "It is perplexing that the world still suffers from such a limited understanding of disability. … [Read more...] about The Power of Disability: 10 Lessons for Surviving Thriving and Changing the World

Taking a Break from Saving the World: A Conservation Activist’s Journey from Burnout to Balance

Reviewed June 2 2020 by Maryann Kerr: "If you have suffered burnout you will find some solace wisdom and practical advice on how to avoid it from this sysmpathetic title by Legaullt" … [Read more...] about Taking a Break from Saving the World: A Conservation Activist’s Journey from Burnout to Balance

I Overcame My Autism: And All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder

ReviewedApril 28 2020 by Wanda Deschamps: "By publishing her memoir Sarah sets herself apart within the autistic community and its allies. And a voice she is--biting humorous insightful and candid. She bills her book as an 'anti-instruction guide.'" … [Read more...] about I Overcame My Autism: And All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder

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Literary Circle Reviews

Heroin: What came first—the suffering or the criminalization?

June 20, 2022 By Literary Circle

The Smart NonProfit : Staying Human-Centred in an Automated World 

June 20, 2022 By Literary Circle

Is America’s next civil war already in progress?

March 14, 2022 By Literary Circle

Nora Loreto and her book Spin Doctors are here to tell us how we got here

January 24, 2022 By Literary Circle

Cid Brunet, A Stripper’s Memoir: One woman’s tour through humankind

December 20, 2021 By Literary Circle

Wayne Simpson: Photos of the human soul

December 16, 2021 By Literary Circle

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