Tag: #SurvivorStories

Ruptured Lives by Jarmila Turnovsky (Book Review #2227)

Posted on December 2, 2025 by Jeyran Main

Jarmila Turnovsky’s Ruptured Lives is a powerful, deeply personal memoir that bridges history, trauma, and the enduring resilience of the human spirit. Through the lens of one family’s experience, Turnovsky illuminates the devastating reach of two totalitarian regimes—Hitler’s Nazi Germany and Stalin’s Soviet Union—and… Continue Reading “Ruptured Lives by Jarmila Turnovsky (Book Review #2227)”

Category: Memoir, Non- FictionTags: #BooksAboutWar, #FamilyMemoir, #HistoricalMemoir, #HistoricalNonfiction, #HolocaustMemoir, #HolocaustSurvivor, #IronCurtain, #JarmilaTurnovsky, #JewishHistory, #MemoirLovers, #NeverForget, #RupturedLives, #SurvivorStories, #TrueStory, #WWIIHistory

Raised by a Narcissist: That Woman aka My MotherBy Serena Bennett (Book Review #2072)

Posted on June 5, 2025 by Jeyran Main

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Serena Bennett’s Raised by a Narcissist is more than a memoir—it’s a reckoning. Told with striking clarity and heartfelt vulnerability, this book is a raw, unfiltered journey through childhood trauma, emotional neglect, and the long path toward healing. Each chapter stands as both a… Continue Reading “Raised by a Narcissist: That Woman aka My MotherBy Serena Bennett (Book Review #2072)”

Category: Memoir, Non- FictionTags: #BooksThatHeal, #BreakingTheCycle, #ChildhoodTraumaHealing, #EmotionalAbuseAwareness, #FamilyTrauma, #GaslightingSurvivor, #HealingFromAbuse, #HealingJourney, #InnerChildHealing, #MemoirWithMeaning, #MentalHealthMatters, #MotherWoundRecovery, #NarcissisticAbuseRecovery, #RaisedByANarcissist, #ReclaimYourPower, #SelfWorthMatters, #SerenaBennettAuthor, #SurvivorStories, #ToxicMothers, #TraumaMemoir

Like Embers in the Night by Andrew Goliszek (Book Review #2061)

Posted on May 23, 2025 by Jeyran Main

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Like Embers in the Night is a haunting, deeply affecting historical novel rooted in the harrowing true story of two survivors of Soviet labor camps and gulags. With unflinching detail and emotional power, the book chronicles the endurance of Janek, a Polish soldier, and… Continue Reading “Like Embers in the Night by Andrew Goliszek (Book Review #2061)”

Category: Fiction, Historical FictionTags: #BasedOnTrueEvents, #EmotionalReads, #HistoricalFiction, #JanekAndWanda, #LaborCampSurvivors, #LikeEmbersInTheNight, #SovietGulag, #SurvivorStories, #TrueStoryFiction, #WarAndTrauma, #WWIINovels

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Tag: #SurvivorStories

Ruptured Lives by Jarmila Turnovsky (Book Review #2227)

Raised by a Narcissist: That Woman aka My MotherBy Serena Bennett (Book Review #2072)

Like Embers in the Night by Andrew Goliszek (Book Review #2061)

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