Psychology Memoirs
Award-winning true stories that explore how mental illness and anosognosia impact a family. Discover how hope and love strengthen a family's resilience.
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Award-winning author, speaker, educator, and mental health advocate
Stories of Resilience and Hope
From memoir to fiction, exploring how people overcome adversity.
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View All BooksMemoir and fiction united by hope, resilience, and the enduring strength of the human spirit.
Desert of Dreams
A coming-of-age series set in the Mojave Desert where friendship, family, first love, and difficult choices shape the lives of an unforgettable group of friends.
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New worlds. Impossible choices. Stories of survival, hope, and humanity are on the horizon.
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Losing Dad
When Amanda's father develops paranoid schizophrenia at age fifty-three without any history of drugs and disappears, her family begins a desperate search to bring him home.
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Finding Dad
Ten years after her father disappears, Amanda receives a call that changes everything and begins a search that will transform her understanding of family, love, and resilience.
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Sway with the Wind: A Prequel Novella
After a tragic accident claims her parents, Anne is sent to live with her grandfather on his remote desert ranch. Overcoming loss requires courage.
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Dare to Dream
Kiara seeks love and acceptance in all the wrong places. Daring to dream of more begins with believing in herself.
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Meet Amanda
Amanda LaPera, an award-winning author, speaker, educator, and mental health advocate, writes memoir and fiction that explore trauma, resilience, hope, and the enduring strength of the human spirit. Drawing inspiration from lived experience and her childhood in the Mojave Desert, her stories invite readers into journeys of healing, courage, and connection.
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