Eve Sturges

Digging Up Bones: Reflections on Trauma & Recovery

A stunning anthology that shines light on difficult experiences often relegated to the dark. Instead of turning away, this courageous group of authors share their diverse experiences of challenge—and growth. There is nothing linear here. Just steps forward, sideways, and back, along complex, messy, beautiful paths. These 41 incredibly moving essays will leave you deeply inspired. Oh, to dig—and to see what blossoms.

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Relative Strangers: Inheritance, Identity, and the Meaning of Kinship

DNA testing and evolving adoption laws are blowing up family secrets. This groundbreaking anthology, curated by B.K. Jackson, with a foreword by Libby Copeland, features 28 intimate essays by acclaimed and emerging writers that probe the profound impact of encountering unknown close relatives. These poignant stories demonstrate the healing power of truth at the same time they raise the question: what does it mean to be family?

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