Publications from Silver Threads

We are proud to offer the following titles:

Becoming Whole: Writing Your Healing Story, by Linda Joy Myers, 1-893067-01-7, $19.95
   Written by a memoir coach and therapist, Becoming Whole discusses the craft and the benefits of memoir-writing. It also provides answers to the tough questions the memoir writer faces about revealing the truth, dealing with anger, and forgiving. <read more>

   

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Turning Your Life's Stories into a Literary Memoir, by Peggy Lang and Robert Goodman, ISBN 1-893067-04-1
   
Coming soon! This Silver Threads workbook of trade secrets for writing a memoir covers everything the memoir writer needs to know, from researching and writing, to crafting powerful prose, to dealing with unhappy relatives, to getting published.

   
Laura's War, by Laura A. Hoffman, ISBN 1-893067-03-3, $24.95
   This riveting World War II memoir contrasts the lives of those who served on the front and those who waited anxiously at home for the return of their loved ones. It includes letters from the front and a field notebook that details what soldiers could never say in their letters. <read more>
   
¡Mande!, by Gail Dimitroff, ISBN 1-893067-02-5 , $19.95
   Gail Dimitroff came of age during the 1950s, fully expecting to live the life that society, family, and church prescribed. She discovered that expectation and reality often clashed in discord. Her memoir gracefully recounts her navigation through the conflicting expectations and her emergence with integrity intact. <read more>
   

Writing and Publishing Personal Essays, by Sheila Bender, ISBN 0-893067-01-X, price tba
   Personal Essays are quickly becoming popular ways of sharing important memories and thoughts. The challenge is to write the personal essay with the same attention to craft and story that writing the memoir demands. In this book, nationally recognized teacher Sheila Bender shares the tips and techniques that have made her Personal Essay classes so sucessful. <read more>