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Book Review: "Landed: A Yogi's Memoir in Pieces and Poses"
by Jennifer Lang I love yoga, I love stories of the heart and I love hearing about the fascinating, yet complicated paths people take to...

marthaengber
Sep 29, 20242 min read


Stanford Neurodiversity Summit 2024
Register NOW! This is exactly what my BLISS ROAD neurodiverse family needed back in the 1970s! Stanford University Neurodiversity...

marthaengber
Aug 28, 20241 min read


Childhood Trauma: Reduce the Impact
Buy NOW! A recent article in The Independent ran a headline that says it all: Study finds trauma in childhood increases risk of health...

marthaengber
Aug 26, 20241 min read


Book Review: "Baby Darlin'"
by Alycia Vreeland Alycia Vreeland’s memoir, BABY DARLIN', is not only a testament to humans’ tenacity, will to survive and ability to...

marthaengber
Jul 15, 20242 min read


Self-Awareness: What BLISS ROAD Taught me
Buy NOW! If you’d asked me when I was 30 how well I knew myself, I would have said, “Very well! Life taught me otherwise. Fortunately,...

marthaengber
Jul 15, 20241 min read
Book Review: "Adventures by Land and Sea"
by Carole Bumpus This culinary travel memoir, ADVENTURES BY LAND AND SEA is a fabulous romp through the food-loving, light-filled, old...

marthaengber
Jul 9, 20241 min read


What Books Touch You?
Buy NOW! A year has passed since BLISS ROAD was published. In that time, I've talked with dozens of readers who've found the book...

marthaengber
Jun 10, 20241 min read


Perspectives on Neurodiversity Podcast Interview
LISTEN NOW! What a better way to celebrate the first book birthday of BLISS ROAD by announcing that my interview on the Perspectives on...

marthaengber
Jun 3, 20241 min read


Book Review: "Working on Me"
by Nikki Patin Often how we come to experience other people’s lives is not by learning facts about them, but by listening to how they...

marthaengber
May 7, 20242 min read


Looking for Your Next Great Read?! Listen to a Sample From These Authors!
Are you looking for your next great nonfiction or fiction read? Consider getting a sample from these American, British and Irish authors,...

marthaengber
Apr 29, 20241 min read


Reminder: April 30 Book Talk and Discussion With Neurodiversity Experts
Do you have a neurodiverse family that has one or more members with a learning disability, mental illness, developmental issue or...

marthaengber
Apr 29, 20242 min read


Workbook for Kids of Autistic Parents
Sometimes when people see the description about my memoir, BLISS ROAD, about being the daughter of an undiagnosed autistic dad, they...

marthaengber
Apr 8, 20242 min read


BLISS ROAD Book Discussion With Neurodiversity Experts
Do you live in the San Jose, CA, area or know someone who does? Please come or pass on the info! ___ When I run FB ads, readers can...

marthaengber
Mar 17, 20242 min read


Share This Post and Help a Neurodiverse Family
Buy BLISS ROAD NOW! I I had a wonderful online meetup recently with those who read BLISS ROAD, my memoir about being the daughter of an...

marthaengber
Mar 11, 20241 min read


Book Review: "Saving Face"
by Effy Redman Effy Redman’s powerful, beautifully-written memoir took me into a world I hadn’t known and couldn’t have imagined until...

marthaengber
Mar 4, 20242 min read


Book Review: "The Shape of Normal"
by Cathy Shields My heart alternately broke and blossomed while reading Cathy’s Shields’ book, THE SHAPE OF NORMAL: MOTHERHOOD,...

marthaengber
Nov 17, 20231 min read


Arts Calling Podcast: Author Catherine Shields
Do you either have a child with disabilities, or know someone who does? If so, you might want to check out the Arts Calling podcast...

marthaengber
Sep 27, 20231 min read


Meetup With Author Jennifer Lang
Martha Engber and Jennifer Lang What?! A second Vine Leaves Press fellow author meetup in less than a month? Yup! This time I met up with...

marthaengber
Sep 23, 20231 min read


Article in The Cheshire Herald About BLISS ROAD
Buy NOW! Thanks to @The Cheshire Herald for the fantastic article, Memoir Sheds Light on Inner Workings of a Neurodiverse Family by Peter...

marthaengber
Sep 5, 20231 min read


A VLP Author Meetup!
Order BLISS ROAD! Check it out! Two @VineLeavesPress authors together! @Carolyn R. Russell joined me @Tatnuck Bookseller in Westborough,...

marthaengber
Aug 20, 20231 min read
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