Jamie Leigh Lorente memoir traces family, migration and inherited wounds

Sibylline Press has released My Three Fathers: A Memoir by Cuban American writer, veteran and advocate Jamie Leigh Lorente. The book, out Sept. 29, 2026, follows a 10-year search to understand the three fathers who shaped her life and the patterns she hopes to break with her own sons.

Why it matters: - My Three Fathers centers on how family history, migration and absence shape identity across generations. - The memoir follows Lorente’s effort to break inherited patterns as she raises three sons and tries to give them stability and presence. - The book also adds to a growing shelf of memoirs focused on intergenerational trauma, cultural displacement and reconciliation.

What happened: - Sibylline Press released My Three Fathers: A Memoir on Sept. 29, 2026. - The book is the debut memoir from Jamie Leigh Lorente, a Cuban American writer, veteran and advocate. - My Three Fathers is available now in paperback and e-book wherever books are sold. - The memoir follows Lorente’s 10-year journey to understand the three fathers who shaped her life. - Lorente’s search begins when she travels to a marina in Washington to visit the father she barely knows. - That father, a Cuban exile, lives on an aging wooden yacht after arriving in the United States alone as a child. - Lorente and her father later return to Cuba to scatter his mother’s ashes.

The details: - Lorente’s biological father is one of three father figures in the memoir. - Her adopted father is a Cherokee-Jewish Army soldier. - Her stepfather is Iranian. - The memoir explores the different forms of love and absence each father represented. - The book examines the losses each man carried and the family wounds those losses created. - Lorente reflects on why she married young and married the wrong man. - Lorente describes herself as trying to understand the mythologies she carried about her fathers and about herself. - The publisher lists the book as a memoir with ISBN 9798897400287. - The trade paperback price is $20.00. - Vicki DeArmon, publisher of Sibylline Press, said the memoir asks what people inherit, what they repeat and what it means to find a way forward. - Advanced praise from Mike Copperman called the memoir “captivating and compulsively readable.” - Advanced praise from Sonya Lea said the book bridges personal and collective experience. - Kirkus Reviews called the book “an affecting account of one woman’s difficult journey to selfhood.”

Between the lines: - The memoir frames fatherhood as both intimate and political, with migration and war shaping the family story. - Lorente’s return to Cuba suggests the book is not just about family reunion but also about unresolved grief and inherited displacement. - Sibylline Press is positioning the memoir within its mission to publish women authors over 50, which may help the book reach readers drawn to later-life memoir and recovery narratives.

What's next: - Lorente is available for interviews, and media can request a review copy. - Sibylline Press continues to publish the book through paperback and e-book sales channels. - Lorente’s background in veteran writing workshops and teaching suggests she may continue to speak publicly about trauma, resilience and storytelling.

The bottom line: - My Three Fathers is a family memoir about fatherhood, migration and the difficult work of breaking cycles before they pass to the next generation.