Memoir Archives - Pownal Street Press
Radiant.White.Light.

Radiant.White.Light.

Build the mantra you need right now. When the author’s marriage breaks down after 16 years, she embarks on a journey of transformative learning. Sometimes heart-wrenching, sometimes celebratory but always ethereal, Mo’s testimony bears an examination of the emotional...
Milk Teeth

Milk Teeth

What happens when one motherhood begins just as another is lost? In a world that glorifies motherhood and shuns grief, Milk Teeth explores the visceral collision of becoming a mother while mourning one. Told through a hybrid form as fragmented and nonlinear as grief...
Let Rise

Let Rise

This captivating story is one about one man’s journey to achieve success in his small town, by putting his family values first and letting the dough rise. In Let Rise, Adam Loo takes readers on an exhilarating journey from growing up in a family farm to establishing...
Forget Regret 

Forget Regret 

When an unexpected accident altered everything for sixteen-year old Kamya Rilling, life was just beginning. Finding herself in a hospital bed with partial paralysis due to a traumatic brain injury, Kamya faced an uncertain future. Forget Regret is a powerful memoir...
With Love, Jawn

With Love, Jawn

An enduring family memoir set in the backdrop of Canadian history, including the Second World War, the 1950s and 60s. In With Love, Jawn, author Dorothy Willis celebrates the living legacy of her father, John Roland Willis. As a father, John broke through societal...