Whatever Doesn't Kill You: Six Memoirs of Resilience, Strength, and Forgiveness

Publisher Marketing: Shebooks, a publisher of short e-books by and for women, has compiled its best memoirs into this print anthology. In Ricochet: Two women war reporters and a friendship under fire, award-winning journalist Mary Jo McConahay explores the personal toll of war reporting in Central America. Playwright and author Barbara Graham s delicate Camp Paradox takes on the taboo topic of women abusing younger girls. Susan Ito s The Mouse Room is the quirky tale of a young woman working in a genetics lab trying to find her own birth mother. Author Faith Adiele s The Nigerian-Nordic Girls Guide to Lady Problems makes a trip to the gynecologist s office funny, while exposing racial disparities in women s health care. Award-winning short story writer Ethel Rohan s Out of Dublin is an exquisite tale of emotional survival. In the gorgeous Nest. Flight. Sky. memoirist Beth Kephart muses on her mother s death and her new-found obsession with birds. All these memoirs are brave and beautifully written. These women use the power of writing to understand and overcome challenges in true life stories that are an inspiration for all of us. Shebooks are essential for a well-read life -- Caroline Leavitt, author of Pictures of You" Contributor Bio:  Fraser, Laura Laura Fraser is a San Francisco-based journalist and the author of the "New York Times" bestseller "An Italian Affair" and "Losing It".