Nicholas Bruner
Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Young Adult Author
Tag: memoir
What I’m Reading: Trafficked: My Story of Surviving, Escaping, and Transcending Abduction into Prostitution
Trafficked, a memoir written by British author Sophie Hayes, is the riveting tale of Sophie’s descent into the dark world of trafficking and prostitution in western Europe. What makes this memoir shocking is that Sophie Hayes was an educated British girl from a middle-class… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: Trafficked: My Story of Surviving, Escaping, and Transcending Abduction into Prostitution”
What I’m Reading: The Other Man
The Other Man, a memoir written by former Calvin Klein model and Baywatch star, Michael Bergin, is primarily the story of his torrid secret love affair with Carolyn Bessette. Interestingly, Michael Bergin has claimed he never intended to write a book about or profit… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: The Other Man”
What I’m Reading: Original Sin
Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again is an investigative accounting of what happened behind closed doors in the White House during Joe Biden’s presidency. The book, based upon more than 200 insider interviews, details the reality that Joe Biden while President was not even fit enough to run a… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: Original Sin”
What I’m Reading: Wonderful Tonight
Wonderful Tonight is an honest and compelling autobiography written by the woman who was both bride and muse to two of the most famous and talented rockstars in the 20th century – Pattie Boyd. Pattie Boyd was the inspiration for the Beatles song, “Something”… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: Wonderful Tonight”
What I’m Reading: The Real Girl Next Door
The Real Girl Next Door is a candid yet sometimes opaque look into Denise Richards’s life through the demise of her first marriage and adoption of her third daughter, Eloise. While Denise does discuss her midwestern childhood and her Catholic roots in this memoir,… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: The Real Girl Next Door”
What I’m Reading: The Company She Keeps: The Dangerous Life of a Model Turned Mafia Wife
The Company She Keeps: The Dangerous Life of a Model Turned Mafia Wife is a timepiece from the 1960’s New York mafia era. The author, former model-turned-stunt-car-driver Georgia Durante, shares her dramatic familial experiences with the mafia in this riveting memoir. Ms. Durante also… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: The Company She Keeps: The Dangerous Life of a Model Turned Mafia Wife”
What I’m Reading: Softly, As I Leave You: Life After Elvis
Softly, As I Leave You: Life After Elvis is a 2025 autobiography by Priscilla Presley detailing her life post Elvis. This memoir picks up from where Priscilla’s first book: Elvis and Me, left off. Priscilla broadly describes leaving Elvis in this memoir so she… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: Softly, As I Leave You: Life After Elvis”
What I’m Reading: No One Would Listen: A True Financial Thriller
No One Would Listen, a 2010 autobiography, is a financial thriller written by the Madoff Ponzi scheme whistleblower, Harry Markopolos. This book gives a first-hand account of the massive fraud investigation into Bernie Madoff, an infamous admitted mastermind of the largest known Ponzi scheme in history,… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: No One Would Listen: A True Financial Thriller”
