Books like A secret sorrow by Karen Van Der Zee

A groundbreaking guide to embracing vulnerability and courage.

Neurosurgeon Paul Kalanithi’s poignant memoir chronicles his battle with stage IV metastatic lung cancer and his reflections on life, medicine, and mortality.

Amy decides to follow her heart and fight for her love in Kenya while Vic stays home.

A sharp-tongued thief, a washed-up detective, and a swindle so heinous it's best left unsaid.

A story of love, heartache, and redemption on Rainbow Island.

Samantha, a newcomer to high society, is hired to support philanthropist Ramsey MacMillan’s community‑aid program. While navigating lavish events and guarding him from infatuated admirers, she discovers a lonely billionaire who believes everything has a price.

Evelyn Peerbaugh's widowed boardinghouse welcomes a motley group of women, where friendship blossoms amidst challenging lives and faith-filled dedication to God.

From Kay Redfield Jamison - an international authority on manic-depressive illness, and one of the few women who are full professors of medicine at American universities - a remarkable personal testimony: the revelation of her own struggle since adolescence with manic-depression, and how it has shaped her life. Vividly, directly, with candor, wit, and simplicity, she takes us into the fascinating and dangerous territory of this form of madness - a world in which one pole can be the alluring dark land ruled by what Byron called the "melancholy star of the imagination," and the other a desert of depression and, all too frequently, death. A moving and exhilarating memoir by a woman whose furious determination to learn the enemy, to use her gifts of intellect to make a difference, led her to become, by the time she was forty, a world authority on manic-depression, and whose work has helped save countless lives.

Jack, a reclusive architect, returns home after a business trip and finds his ex-wife, Rachel, in a coma and with two teenage daughters. Determined to be there for his family, he must confront his past and face new challenges.

Bad Boy Jack offers a sobering look at how families and children navigate the challenges of institutional care and the aftermath of a traffic accident, while confronting separation and grief.

Paul Baldwin and Kristen, in love and married, struggle to overcome the challenges of keeping their relationship strong despite her fear of losing his love and his insistence on staying close.

A journalist’s love affair with a journalist who wants her to marry him

Livia had bought the house-lock, stock and barrel. Unknowingly, she's also bought Clint Bracamonte's 'past... He'd returned to find Livia the new owner of his family home. As Livia cleared long unopened drawers and sorted through long forgotten boxes, she delighted in each new discovery about the man she'd quickly come to love. And then Livia had come across the photograph - which seemed to change everything.

The Bright Hour is a moving memoir in which poet Nina Riggs chronicles her life with terminal breast cancer, exploring how to live fully amid death, illness, and the emotional landscape of being a mother and patient.

Matt had no idea how capable Jacqueline was! Jacqueline Donnelly was fed up with people who doubted her competence because she was young, beautiful and appeared fragile. And Matt Simmons was furious because head office in New York had hired her as his new assistant in Ghana--and she arrived before her credentials. A collision appeared inevitable, but there was no way Jacqueline was going to tell him about her qualifications. Let him find out for himself! Of course, she didn't expect to fall in love with the arrogant Matt.... Hero: Matt Simmons Heroine: Jacqueline Donnelly