Health - Memoir (Health)
Winner
In Pillness and in Health: A memoir
Henriette Ivanans
What if your husband gave you a kidney and you chugged a beer with your painkillers the next day?What if your loving marriage became a tortured threesome? Husband, Wife and Pills?
Meet Henriette and Kevin. As newlyweds, they move to LA to conquer Hollywood. When the dream begins to fade, Henriette delves into a secret life of Pills. Diagnosed with a rejecting kidney transplant, she becomes crippled by fear. Convinced Kevin can never understand, her part-time narcotic trysts explode into a full-blown pharmaceutical affair.
Health - Memoir (Health)
Finalist
Behind the Facade: A Mental Health Memoir
Lauren Bartleson Ms
Raw, real, and heartbreakingly honest, Behind the Facade is one woman’s journey of overcoming everyday trauma.
To the outside world, Lauren Bartleson had it all: her dream job, an award-winning blog, and a picture-perfect marriage. Online and in person, she put on a smile, trying to convince herself as much as others that she was okay. In reality, she was anything but.