Book Excerpt: From the Root to the Fruit: Rising Above Adversities

Book Title: From the Root to the Fruit: Rising Above Adversities Author: Shanae Cooper- Robinson Publishing Information: DayeLight Publishers, 2022 Link to Buy Book: Author Website Synopsis: From the Root to the Fruit: Rising Above Adversities is a memoir that documents my journey from nothing to something, struggle to triumph. It highlights my resilience and […]

Book Award Winner: Barbwire, Brothels and Bombs in the Night: Surviving Vietnam by Connard Hogan

Congratulations on your gold book award! Synopsis Drafted at the age of twenty, Connard Hogan answers the call to serve his country, even while millions of Americans question their country’s presence in Vietnam. A naïve and inexperienced young man with an alcoholic and abusive father, Connard finds himself immersed in the toxic masculinity of the […]

Book Award Winner: Ninety-Nine Fire Hoops: A Memoir by Allison Hong Merrill

Congratulations on your gold book award! Synopsis A powerful true story of how a Taiwanese immigrant bride––disowned by her father, abandoned by her American husband; homeless, penniless, and inarticulate in English––defies cultural expectations and creates her own destiny. Allison Hong isn’t a typical fifteen-year-old Taiwanese girl. Unwilling to bend to the conditioning of her Chinese […]

Book Award Winner: Relentless Positivity: A Common Veteran Battling Uncommon Odds by Rear Admiral Kyle Cozad

Congratulations on your silver book award! Synopsis Author Kyle Cozad, retired US Navy Rear Admiral and current President and CEO of the Naval Aviation Museum Foundation, tells his own personal story following a service-related spinal cord injury while he was on active duty. Insightful, honest, and frank, his account describes how he bounced back from […]

Book Excerpt: Barbwire, Brothels and Bombs in the Night: Surviving Vietnam

Book Title: Barbwire, Brothels and Bombs in the Night: Surviving Vietnam Author: Connard Hogan Publishing Information: Authority Publishing, 2023 Link to Buy Book: Amazon Synopsis Drafted into the army at the age of twenty, then sent to Vietnam, Connard Hogan finds himself immersed in toxic masculinity and the unpredictability of warfare. He endures the constant […]

Book Award Winner: Under the Naga Tail: A True Story of Survival, Bravery, and Escape from the Cambodian Genocide by Mae Bunseng Taing

Congratulations on your gold book award! Synopsis A courageous and poignant memoir of one young man’s daring escape from Cambodia’s genocidal regime Forced from his home by the Khmer Rouge, teenager Mae Taing struggles to endure years of backbreaking work, constant starvation, and ruthless cruelty from his captors–supposed freedom fighters who turned against their own […]

Book Award Winner: Boy Wander: A Coming of Age Memoir by Jobert E. Abueva

Congratulations on your silver book award! Synopsis A child TV personality from a prominent Filipino family and the son of an accomplished academic, Jobert Abueva was a high achiever at his all-boys Catholic international school in Tokyo, Japan. Whatever Jobert did, he had to be the best, racking up achievements. He was a favorite among […]