Book Reviews

I welcome and encourage your guest review of a memoir, biography, family history, or how-to book on writing those. Tell how you wrote your life story, your struggles and successes in getting it done and I will link to your website and to where your book is for sale. See Guidelines for Guest Posts and Book Reviews.

Book Reviews on My Blog
The Art of Memoir
Mary Karr

Breathe Life into Your Story: How to Write a Story People Will Want to Read
Dawn and Morris Thurston

Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing a Memoir
Victoria Costello

Confederate Girlhoods: A Women’s History of Early Springfield, Missouri
Craig A. Meyer, editor, with Casey D. White, Adam C. Veile, and Amber V. Luce

Fearless Confessions: A Writer’s Guide to Memoir
Sue William Silverman

Governor Lady: The Life and Times of Nellie Tayloe Ross
Teva J. Scheer

Growing Up Amish
Ira Wagler

The Heart and Craft of Lifestory Writing: How to Transform Memories into Meaningful Stories
Sharon M. Lippincott 

Keep it Real: Everything You Need to Know About Researching and Writing Creative Nonfiction
Lee Gutkind, editor

Legacy: A Step-by-Step Guide to Writing Personal History
Linda Spence

On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction, 
30th Anniversary Edition
William Zinsser

Start & Run a Personal History Business
Jennifer Campbell

Turning Memories Into Memoirs: A Handbook for Writing Lifestories
Denis Ledoux

You Can Write Your Family History
Sharon Debartolo Carmack

Write Memoirs from Your Soul
Nan Merrick Phifer

My Books
Dumb Luck or Divine Guidance: My 31 Years with
the Council of Churches of the Ozarks
Dorsey E. Levell as told to Wayne E. Groner 

Groner-Spohrer Family History
Wayne E. Groner and Gene A. Groner 
From a three-part series. Part 1 is how to get started writing your family history.
Part 2, New Hope in America  (from Groner-Spohrer Family History draft)
Part 3, Singing to the Cows (from Groner-Spohrer Family History draft) 

The Pastor's Guide to Fund-raising Success
Dorsey E. Levell and Wayne E. Groner

Witnesses of Hope, Faith, Love and Healing
Wayne E. Groner, compiler and editor