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A Simple Act of Gratitude: How Learning to Say Thank You Changed My Life
by John Kralik
The Nudge (4/22/2011)
Experiencing the downward spiral of both his personal and professional life, author John Kralik finds it difficult to appreciate all that he does have. He even admits that he often misspells the word "grateful," possibly because he uses it too infrequently. Trying to climbmore
An Amish Christmas: A Novel
by Cynthia Keller
Just Plain Good! (9/7/2010)
At first I thought this would be one of those "fluff" books: family in crisis, someone/something rescues them, and then a happy conclusion. All of those things happen, but the joy of reading this book comes from the author's craft and the "message."

Keller depicted hermore
The Last Secret: A Novel
by Mary McGarry Morris
Inside Their Heads (4/20/2009)
The first and last chapters of The Last Secret both begin: "They still don't believe her." The pages between propel the reader through Nora's struggles to save her family and her very essence. Her damaged self-image is repeatedly battered by her family, friends, and anmore
The View from Mount Joy: A Novel
by Lorna Landvik
Reading Adventure! (9/20/2007)
What a delightful reading adventure! The journey through Joe's life will trigger a wide range of emotions for the reader--from despair to hope, from fear to triumph, from desolation to joy. Multi-dimensional characters and a plot rich with both ordinary and uniquemore
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