Memoir, essays to chew on and ponder

I come from a large family. My Mother’s biggest fear was that
one or all of us would die on her watch – that we would be found Dead In A
Ditch. It was the ditch part that always made it seem so much worse – Mother’s
children crumpled up and tossed out the window like an old beer can. “Where have you been?” she would say, “I was
worried sick. I thought you were dead in a ditch.” This was Mother’s mantra.

An account of being shot down in WW2 and imprisoned in Nazi camps

A young American airman from Carmichael, CA shot down over Eastern Europe tells this candid, first person account of terror behind enemy lines, capture and imprisonment in Nazi POW camps. Readers experience freezing death marches and Kovar’s personal struggle to endure. He shares the strategies that kept him alive and features photographs taken with a smuggled camera .

A true crime, courtroom drama

A true crime thriller written by award-winning author Jody Seay and Jim Lloyd (the defense attorney who takes this case to trial three times even after his client confessed). Brace yourself for a courtroom throw-down..