We want to celebrate Ann Campanella, Peg Robarchek, and Gilda Morina Syverson and their books. They will read and discuss the books during an in-store event at 7 pm, Thursday, October 9, 2025. Books are available through the store. We look forward to seeing you at this free event.
Three memoirists explore Healing, Spirituality and Transformation.
The Shoulder Season: A Memoir of Fracture and Grace by Ann Campanella
After decades of being physically fit, riding and training horses, Ann’s life skids to a stop when a traumatic injury shrinks her world. She succumbs to severe pain and multiple surgeries and must learn to reimagine her future.
Welcome to the Church of I Don’t Have a Clue: my irreverent, post-evangelical, sacred life by Peg Robarchek
Peg, who grew up in the Bible Belt, kicked God to the curb days after she turned ten years old. Her decision led to decades in a spiritual wilderness, years spent growing her bitterness and a mistrust of anything sacred, until she began to explore her own God story.
A Healing Journey, From 9/11 Beyond the Pandemic by Gilda Morina Syverson
This captivating true tale takes us on a transformational journey of self-discovery with mystical experiences, healing light, and conflict indicative of a fragmented world desperately searching for hope.
Author Bios:
Ann Campanella, a former magazine and newspaper editor, is the award-winning author of three memoirs and four collections of poetry. Her first memoir, Motherhood: Lost and Found, was named “One of the best Alzheimer’s books of all time” by BookAuthority, and her second memoir, Celiac Mom, was a 2024 silver medalist in the Readers' Favorite Awards. After a major injury altered her life, she wrote and released her third memoir, The Shoulder Season: A Memoir of Fracture and Grace.
Peg Robarchek has worked as a reporter and editor for daily newspapers in Florida, Nebraska, and North Carolina, as well as publishing fiction, poetry and her children’s picture book, Bean is Born. She is trained in spiritual direction and as a meditation teacher. Welcome to the Church of I Don’t Have a Clue: my irreverent, post-evangelical, sacred life is her first memoir.
Gilda Morina Syverson, an award-winning author, poet, artist and teacher, has taught memoir-writing classes for twenty-five years. Her expertise has earned her recognition as one of LinkedIn's top memoir instructors. Gilda is also a Healing Touch Practitioner. Her first memoir, My Father’s Daughter, From Rome to Sicily, won numerous awards. A Healing Journey was recently recognized as a finalist in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards.
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