https://www.scribesandstories.com/content daily 0.75 2025-12-21 https://www.scribesandstories.com/content/Blog Post Title One-3zaa9-hyyeh monthly 0.5 2025-12-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673e8571e8e3c5439a8f4de5/b5fe48a9-c316-4238-bdd4-169ddd8da11d/Untitled+design+%281%29.jpg S&S Content - The Scribes & Stories List: The Best Nonfiction Books of 2025 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673e8571e8e3c5439a8f4de5/28060783-af4a-498e-87e2-cb42a0197df6/Screenshot+2025-12-20+at+10.57.44%E2%80%AFPM.png S&S Content - The Scribes & Stories List: The Best Nonfiction Books of 2025 - Awake: A Memoir by Jen Hatmaker Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster In the middle of the night well-known podcaster Jen Hatmaker woke to find her husband of 26 years on the phone with another woman—from their bed. What follows is a brutally honest memoir about starting over in midlife, parenting, religious subservience, self-identity, and parenting. Raw, funny, heartbreaking, and ultimately hopeful. Order here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673e8571e8e3c5439a8f4de5/cd51d6bd-33dd-420d-996f-edae265302ab/Screenshot+2025-12-20+at+5.07.57%E2%80%AFPM.png S&S Content - The Scribes & Stories List: The Best Nonfiction Books of 2025 - Next of Kin by Gabrielle Hamilton Random House The celebrated NYC chef's first memoir, Blood, Bones & Butter, was a classic. This one is rawer, darker, more uncomfortable. She writes about her wildly unconventional family with unflinching honesty: from their brilliance to their brutality. It's about what we inherit from our families and what we have to walk away from to survive. 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