A Guidebook That Puts the Mother Back in the Picture
- BOOK REVIEWS
- July 22, 2026

A Mother’s Guide Through Autism by Brigitte M. Volltrauer Shipman Writing Brave Press, 2022 Walk into any bookstore’s parenting section and you’ll find shelves of books about autism — what it is, how to treat it, how to navigate the school system, how to help your child communicate. What you almost never find is a book
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The Artfulness of Women: A Novel by Naomi Weiss A sweeping literary saga where music, memory, and motherhood echo across generations of women determined to claim lives larger than the worlds they inherited. The Voice That Refuses to Be Silenced From its opening pages, The Artfulness of Women immerses readers in the emotional interior life
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Tent City: A Novel by Amy L. Bernstein A haunting and deeply human portrait of what happens when prosperity crumbles faster than people can emotionally prepare for it. The Fragile Illusion of Stability In Tent City, Amy L. Bernstein transforms an ordinary American town into the stage for a slow-moving economic apocalypse—one that feels unsettlingly
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From The Cyclops Cave: A Braided Memoir by Don Schofield A life fractured by abandonment finds its echo—and uneasy solace—in the stark beauty of the Aegean. The Shape of Memory Don Schofield’s From the Cyclops Cave unfolds through a braided narrative that moves fluidly between a fractured childhood in mid-century California and a solitary adulthood
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The Soulful Leader: Success with Authenticity, Integrity and Empathy by Arthur P. Ciaramicoli with Jim Crystal A practical guide to leading with heart, purpose, and humanity in an age of disconnection. The AIE Formula: A Blueprint for Modern Leadership In The Soulful Leader, clinical psychologist Arthur P. Ciaramicoli distills 35 years of consulting and counseling
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Outcasts of Essex by Jane Hulse A young woman’s fight for truth and voice amid the birth pangs of a nation. The Story: Revolution Comes Home In Outcasts of Essex, Jane Hulse brings the American Revolution into sharp domestic focus through the eyes of fifteen-year-old Sarah Barrett, a Loyalist printer’s daughter living in 1775 New
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