Review Opportunity: Kill Daddy by Gerald Freeman

Title: Kill Daddy

Author: Gerald Freeman

Age Range: 16+

Genre: Memoir

Publisher: Gerald Freeman

Release Date: January 19, 2014

Goodreads Link: http://tinyurl.com/lav5orc

Trauma from the past becomes a part of who you are. It weighs down on the present, suffocating life and preventing you from healing and moving on. If you continue to carry this baggage around long enough, you will eventually become who you are not. Believe in the essential goodness of your true self, however, and you will accept the past, but let go of the burden and finally become the real you.

This is the story of one man's struggle to accept the past and move on before it destroys everything he is and could ever hope to be. In desperation Gerry flees society to save his sanity and ends up in the remote villages of East Africa. Midst the poverty, he encounters hope and more love than he could imagine. Will it be enough to save him? Can he repair the damage done to him in his childhood or will his abusers win in the end?

I have spent my life following my heart and living the life I dream of. It has taken me to all kinds of far and distant places both physically and mentally. I want to relay my experiences to others, identify with other people and share experiences and emotions. Most of all I want my readers to enjoy the time spent reading my stories.

My concept is to write about life and identify with people all over the planet.

I also express myself through art, principally sculpture.

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Review Opportunity: My Father's Prostitute: Story of a Stolen Childhood by Steven Whitacre

Title: My Father's Prostitute: Story of a Stolen Childhood
Author: Steven Whitacre
Age Range: Adult
Genre: Memoir
Publisher: Steven Whitacre
Release Date: February 21, 2014
Goodreads Link: http://tinyurl.com/oed8pua

An honest, and sometimes brutal, true story of one man’s struggle growing up in the shadow of childhood sexual abuse. From his difficulties growing up, to his drug addiction, failed relationships, and struggles with parenthood, the author takes us through the ups and downs of a life spent in the shadows, trying to make sense of the events that formed the basis of his being. Sometimes tragic, sometimes hopeful, but never sugar coated, My Father’s Prostitute – Story of a Stolen Childhood takes the reader on an emotional ride which reminds us that the human spirit is more powerful than the demons that haunt us.

Steven is an IT consultant and small business owner in the Pacific Northwest. Although new to the publishing world, his other endeavors have landed him on stage, live radio, television, and the big screen. Steven enjoys spending his spare time with his wife, daughter, 3 cats and 2 dogs, and can frequently be found somewhere out on any one of the hundreds of regional trails.

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Review Opportunity: The Kennedy Half-Dollar by Mahree Moyle

Title: The Kennedy Half-Dollar
Author: Mahree Moyle
Age Range: Adult
Genre: True Crime Memoir
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date: May 21, 2013
Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17993969-the-kennedy-half-dollar

After high school graduation, Seely is forced to move out on her own. She reluctantly decides to move to Hawaii and stay with her sister until she can find a place of her own. She is offered a job with a well-known nightclub in Waikiki serving cocktails. There, she is introduced to the dark side of life.

One evening on her shift, she hears ominous words directed at Mark, the assistant manager. When she turns to see who said these words-no one is there. Then the next morning tragedy strikes. Mark is found in a cane field shot to death. Seely suspects the Hawaiian Mafia is involved, but has no solid proof.

When the Mafia starts coming after her, believing Seely knows of the murder, she finds herself plunged into a nightmare. Why are they targeting her? Could she have seen or heard something that she was unaware of? Seely knows her life is in grave danger and decides to leave Hawaii, hoping to escape their clutches-except they are informed of her moves. After many years of trying to figure out her connection with Mark's murder, Seely faces the truth.

From the glistening sands of Hawaii to the white mountains of Alaska, The Kennedy Half-Dollar delivers an eclectic and unconventional true crime memoir of nonstop action and suspense-with background music to set the mood.

I was born in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan within the Great North Woods. I loved to sit in the Ojibawe burial grounds when I was younger, listening to the silence, Currently, I'm living in the Sierra foothils of Northern California. The closest I've gotten to an Indian burial ground is at the casinos, where I'm the one buried. I love life and breath it.

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Review Opportunity: Free My Heart of Grief to Love by Sandra Moore Bernsen

Title: Free My Heart of Grief to Love: A Journey from Loss to Joy
Author: Sandra Moore Bernsen
Age Range: 17+
Genre: Nonfiction - Memoir
Publisher: Borderline Publishing
Release Date: January 16, 2014
Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13506963-free-my-heart-of-grief-to-love

"Free my Heart of Grief to Love" is an exceptional book about losing oneself in the trials of life and ultimately finding the path through survival to living again. Join Sandra as she shares her life's journey from her earliest childhood experiences to the events that took her to complete and unimaginable heartbreak and sorrow. Through the pain, emptiness and tears, she begins to question everthing she'd known before. Sheer determination to leave the pain behind and become whole again keeps her going. Learning meditation, finding spiritual peace, the ability to love again and happiness in daily life has been her reward.

Sandra's story is inspirational and empowering. She acknowledges that each person is on his or her own journey through life. It is Sandra's hope that each reader will find in her book the healing, peace, joy and inspiration to overcome challenges.

I was born in Minnesota and moved to remote western Montana at age five. At age 35 I moved to Idaho - the place I call home.

I never dreamed that I would ever write a book. Academics were a struggle for me and I only read four small paperbacks throughout my education years. So how did I come to write this memoir? Life happened! As I've progressed through life I have learned much, and questioned a lot.

After experiencing the loss of both of my children, my husband and mother I made the decision to write my book.

So many people found my life story intriguing. Their interest only confirmed that I was indeed meant to share my life with others. My goal is to help empower others, to give the permission to question, to allow one to move forward when they feel lost, alone, and wondering what the heck is happening, and to find the strength to move forward when their challenge seems impossible to conquer.

We are each on a separate journey to experience different things. We are joined by friends, family and acquaintances but none will follow the path of the other. Each of us thinks our own thoughts. No two are alike, but the sharing and caring that happens every day provides strength and wisdom to the others. How exciting and interesting.

The five years that it took to put this book together was a time of healing for me - a time of great forward momentum. Going from the darkest of days to living my life with love and happiness - which was something I wasn't sure I could accomplish. But I did. My evolution continues and with joy in my heart I will greet this day and every day I awake to.

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