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Catherine Tsalikis traces Chrystia Freeland's remarkable journey from the northwestern Alberta town of Peace River to Moscow, London, and New York, where she spent two decades as a journalist, to the halls of Parliament Hill as deputy prime minister and finance minister in Justin Trudeau's Liberal government.

Sparent, by Jyl Barlow, is filled with the true tales of life in a blended family. Through laughter and tears, Sparent offers insight and wisdom that is easily applied to all types of families. Jyl is best known for giggling at inappropriate times, something she carries into her writing. As a humorist, Jyl’s writing has been compared to Erma Bombeck's. As a stepmother, she’s been compared to . . . well, that’s not important.

Emily Lyons survived a bomb detonated by Eric Robert Rudolph in Birmingham, Alabama on Jan 29th, 1998. Rudolph was on the FBI's Top Ten for over five years with a reward of one million dollars. The manhunt cost $30 million. Emily sustained extensive injuries, including the loss of her eye. This book is about the attack, but there is so much more – love and hate, life and death, joy and sorrow. Most of all, it is about survival. Tragic events do not make a person special. Life knocks everybody down. What counts is how you stand up afterwards.

In this powerful memoir told through a series of raw, unfiltered letters, Tamara Dillard invites listeners into the most vulnerable parts of her story—from the pain of childhood abuse and the failures of the foster care system, to the healing she found in unexpected places and people. Each letter is written to someone who left an imprint on her life: the helpers, the hurters, and the bystanders. Letters to the Village is not just a story of survival—it's a testament to the ripple effects of our actions and inactions.

C. Susanne Bennett’s memoir explores the evolving intersection of faith and sexuality over nearly eight decades of life. Written against the backdrop of ongoing cultural debates about gender, race, and religion, this book weaves together personal stories and reflections around the transformation of faith and the unexpected fluidity of sexuality.

Diary of a Dog Patcher is a raw and unflinching memoir of trauma, survival, and transformation — told with heartbreaking honesty, unexpected humor, and a fierce love that refuses to let silence win. Born into a lineage of addiction, abandonment, suicide, and shame, Casey Carpenter was adopted at age five by her maternal grandparents. Raised in a modest neighborhood known as “Dog Patch,” where grief was inherited and hard things weren’t spoken aloud, she learned early how to patch together what others left broken.

“Mi Vida Impactante: Del Dolor al Propósito” Es Una historia real de superación y fe que te tocará el alma. Desde un avión, sola y siendo aún una niña adolescente, Nuriss partió de su tierra natal rumbo a Estados Unidos con apenas 32 dólares, sin saber lo que le esperaba. No tenía adónde ir, pero llevaba algo mucho más poderoso: una historia real de superación y fe con abundantes bendiciones que comenzaba a escribirse con cada paso que daba.

The inspirational life story of 7' 7 1/4" tall Sandy Allen, "The World's Tallest Living Woman" (1955-2008) by John Kleiman. She prayed to be like the other girls, but knew she never would! Learn from Sandy's example that through determination, you too can overcome most of life's obstacles. Throughout her childhood, Sandy was ridiculed for her looks and her size. But she learned to confront adversity and accept the "special position" she had been given on this earth. Sandy shares personal insights into her private life and openly talks about the problems she faced growing up.

The Light Above the Trees is the raw, powerful, and deeply inspiring story of La-Nicea Ward—a woman, a mother, a veteran, and a survivor. Born in Opelousas, Louisiana, La-Nicea survived childhood abuse, teenage motherhood, domestic violence, and military trauma. Yet, through the darkest moments, she found the strength to rise—again and again. From basic training to building a 4,000 sq. ft. home for her family, she defied the odds and rewrote her legacy.

Destrozada por la muerte de su madre y, al mismo tiempo, desconcertada y "más que un poco avergonzada" por la intensidad de su reacción, Arundhati Roy comenzó a escribir estas memorias en un intento de comprender sus sentimientos hacia la madre de la que huyó a los dieciocho años, "no porque no la amara, sino para poder seguir amándola". Así empieza esta historia asombrosa, que Roy lleva "escribiendo toda la vida", un texto radicalmente honesto, divertido y profundamente conmovedor. .

A brasileira Caroline Breure levava uma vida quase perfeita na Austrália quando, em 2019, um terrível acidente mudou seu destino. Com apenas 5% de chance de sobreviver, o corpo destruído e a mente fragmentada por uma lesão cerebral, ela precisou reaprender cada detalhe sobre sua própria vida. Após um ano de uma dolorosa reabilitação, Caroline voltou para casa, mas tudo parecia fora do lugar. Seu namorado, seus amigos, seu trabalho, sua vida – nada era exatamente como ela se lembrava. Fragilizada e sem confiar nas próprias memórias, ela iniciou uma busca por pistas.

Dramatic in scope and deep in feeling, Raise Your Soul is an intimate portrait of three generations caught up in the whirlwind of history. It is also a remarkable narrative spanning one hundred years, beginning in post-colonial Egypt in the 1920s, and then tracing Greece's tumultuous century through Nazi occupation, communist resistance, civil war, Cold War fracture, fascist dictatorship, socialist revival and present-day economic crisis.

How have secrets changed over the generations, and what does that tell us about ourselves and our world? According to a leading American psychotherapist most of us are keeping thirteen secrets at any one time. Secrets can thrill, but they are just as likely to torment; and the deepest ones echo far down the generations. As women traditionally sit at the heart of family life, their secrets can open a unique window onto wider society. We witness long-buried family secrets shared at last, their keepers set free.

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Mystery-thriller author Susan Specht Oram shares strange but true tales in this third book in the Strangers on a Train series, including a shocking incident that happened as a child, a bizarre story in the womb, her father’s secret twin, an unsettling incident with a pottery kiln, an unfortunate dinner, weird encounters while working in a psychiatric unit, the messy mothering of young twins, a cruel prediction from a loved one, an odd man, and complications when meditating with toddlers.

Marsha struggled with depressive episodes and anxiety throughout adolescence and at university, but at age thirty, she opened her heart to a different approach: With the understanding that depression and anxiety would always be a part of her, Marsha gave them space. She discovered new ways of perceiving her mental health, embracing acceptance rather than shame and self-love instead of self-hate. From these perspectives she created tools like her “worry waiting room,” learned to speak directly to her intrusive thoughts, and allowed herself grace to tend to her illness as she would any other.

In a gripping and deeply personal memoir series, The Girl Who Ran shares the extraordinary journey from a childhood marred by extreme abuse and oppression in Saudi Arabia and Pakistan to the hard-earned freedom and self-sufficiency she achieved as an adult in America. Born into a world of gender-based violence, child exploitation, and constant threats to her life, her survival became an act of defiance against the oppressive forces that sought to silence her.

Vincent Van Gogh, even with his mental illness, poverty, isolation, and persistent failure, reflected compassion remarkable for his own life of rejection. He loved God. He loved beauty. He acknowledged his own shortcomings and was never as good as he wanted to be. He might be an unlikely role model for some, since he was neither saintly nor successful; but his serious attention to human suffering, as well as to beauty in the world around him, gave this author a different vision.

Mystery-thriller author Susan Specht Oram shares strange but true tales in this fourth book in the Strangers on a Train series, including a strange incident that happened after a break up, an unusual relationship with food, a grandmother’s bizarre comment, a shocking birth story, a weird anecdote from an art fair, and the messy mothering of rambunctious twins.

Mystery-thriller author Susan Specht Oram shares strange but true tales in this first book in the Strangers on a Train series, including shocking incidents that happened in hotels, a bizarre childhood bullying story, weird work encounters, the nightmare of waking up during surgery, and a strange moment at a green light.