John Staughton, Senior Reviewer

Reframing a common biochemical variation of the brain, Unleash Your ADHD Warrior: A Clinical Hypnotherapist Reveals How to Harness Your Gifts, Release the Shame and Thrive by Deborah McKenna is an empowering guide for the growing number of people diagnosed with this condition. Breaking down the history and unfounded stereotypes surrounding ADHD, the book backs up powerful personal experience with strict neuroscientific research into strategies for managing stress and mitigating crises, offering a range of tools, frameworks, and practical advice to overcome the most unruly aspects and symptoms. Well-organized and easy to digest, the book upends the common perspective that […]

An unwavering memoir of youthful solidarity and the peculiar pains of fighting losing battles, We Are Not Made of Sugar: A Childhood Memoir from Colombia by Andrei Gómez-Suárez is the affecting story of growing up through Colombia’s bloody struggle for identity. A child born to left-wing political activists and exposed early to the horrors of political repression in the 1980s, the author painstakingly recounts his life among the campesinos and communists fighting doggedly for a better world. Gradually, he discovers his own path and beliefs, while living on the front lines of a battle for his nation’s soul. Gritty, raw, […]

A psychological sojourn that transcends reality, loss, and mortality itself, Mournglass: The Shadow Beneath the Mask by L.R. Saint welcomes readers into an unseen world beneath the surface of corporeal existence. When Morgan loses her twin sister and soulmate to cancer, she embarks on a mind-bending quest through the proverbial looking glass into the perilous realms of memory – desperate to reconnect with Claire and find a way to keep living with only half a heart. Hypnotic, haunting, and heavily laden with emotion, this allegorical journey through grief is both fantastical and deeply human, which will resonate with readers who […]