Books: Families
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Book Review: Mesi: A Girl 'n Grace in Africa (Girls 'n Grace Collection) by Pam Davis— Girls 'n Grace's first international title - an inspirational journey to Africa, where we find hardship and faith interwoven.
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Book Review: Sydney Clair's Season of Change - A Friendship Story (Girls 'n Grace Collection) by Pam Davis— New children's series for Christian girls - think American Girl meets Jesus, only better.
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Book Review: Family Outing - What Happened When I Found Out My Mother Was Gay by Troy Johnson— A deeply personal and often hilarious look into how a teenager copes with learning his mother is a lesbian.
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Book Review: The Sweetgum Knit Lit Society by Beth Pattillo— A tale of female friendship, drama, knitting, books and...faith? Not so much.
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Interview with Tim Bete and Cap'n Billy "The Butcher" MacDougall, Authors of Guide to Pirate Parenting— "[When] should your child be able to remove a bottle cap by taking out his glass eye and using his eye socket as an opener?"
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Book Review: Stolen Innocence by Elissa Wall— About as unbiased look into the FLDS as one could possibly find.
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Book Review: The Forbidden by Beverly Lewis— A satisfyingly complex tale of community, family and young love, told with Amish simplicity.
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Book Review: The Red Leather Diary by Lily Koppel— Koppel found a genuine treasure in this diary, a life so full and rich that would have gone unnoticed.
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Book Review: Parables from the Pond by Peter A. Black— A delightful bedtime read for children with lessons to be learned.
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Interview with Linda Austin, Author of Cherry Blossoms in Twilight— "Just write, and don't let your inner critic rule," advices Austin.
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Interview with Novelist Patricia Wood, Author of Lottery— Shortlisted for the Orange Broadband Prize For Fiction, Patricia Wood's novel "Lottery" challenges perceptions.
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Book Review: Rules Are Rules by Julie Scandora— Maya learns how to deal with one of her biggest problems.
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Book Review: 101 Pep-Up Games for Children and 101 Quick-Thinking Games + Riddles for Children by Allison Bartl— These books are perfect gifts for teachers and would be much more practical than the standard teacher appreciation gifts normally given.
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Book Review: The Shadow Year by Jeffrey Ford— Mystery, murder, suspense wrapped between sixth grade school assignments and family drama.
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Book Review: The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen— The Sugar Queen is a magical novel, a worthy successor to Allen's Garden Spells and Alice Hoffman's Practical Magic.
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Book Review: Two Weeks Since My Last Confession by Kate Genovese— The O'Briens are a good Catholic family, the father a senator. Drugs, war and abuse take their toll, however.
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Book Review: Trash Talk by Dave and Lillian Brummet— Pick up some tips for green living with "An inspirational guide to saving time and money through better waste and resource management."
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Book Review: House Rules by Rachel Sontag— Rachel Sontag tells an honest and heartbreaking story of abuse and what it takes to escape the abuser.
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Book Review: Janeology by Karen Harrington— In Janeology a father is put on trial for allowing his wife to kill one of their children.
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Book Review: My Heart Remembers by Kim Vogel Sawyer— Americana with a dash of innocent romance.
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Book Review: The Door by Magda Szabo — The Door opens slowly, for small incremental revelations complete a picture of a life that even the imagination of a writer could not have created.
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Book Review: Certain Girls by Jennifer Weiner— This is a book about life and living. Parts are laugh out loud hysterically funny and parts will just make you cry.
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Book Review: Madison Avenue Maxi by Elke Gazzara— While sappy at times, this book appeals to the best in human (and canine) nature.
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Book Review: Ruby Among Us by Tina Ann Forkner— The beauty of the roses surround much heartbreak and uncertainty but represent all that is loved and remembered.
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Interview with Karen Harrington, Author of Janeology
— Harrington's novel explores a controversial issue: what prompts a mother to kill her own child?
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Book Review: The Prince of Frogtown by Rick Bragg— A heartbreaking conclusion to Rick Bragg's family trilogy.
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Book Review: The Hakawati by Rabih Alameddine— A wonderful story told by a masterful storyteller.
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Interview with A. J. Kiesling, Author of Skizzer— Uncovering buried family secrets.
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Book Review: The Cake Thief by Sally O. Lee— What will stop Clarence from stealing everyone's cakes? Read The Cake Thief and find out.
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Book Review- All God's Children: The Bosket Family And The American Tradition Of Violence by Fox Butterfield— Once a beautiful and charismatic boy, Willie gave New York the impetus to start charging children as young as 13 as adults.
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Book Review: Wrestling With Angels by Carolyn Arends— An entertaining yet thoughtful read by a one of Christian music’s finest troubadours.
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Book Review: Bulls Island by Dorothea Benton Frank— Dorothea Benton Frank returns readers to her beloved South Carolina for a lush story of love lost and found.
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Book Review: The View From Castle Rock by Alice Munro— This is perhaps the most personal collection from one of our greatest living writers.
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Book Review: Lowji Discovers America by Candace Fleming— A great fast and humorous read about a boy from India who's trying to figure out how America works.
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Book Review: Lady of Milkweed Manor by Julie Klassen — A romantic tale and fascinating study of women's roles in a time not so terribly distant.
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Book Review: Nikolski by Nicolas Dicker— Storytelling for the sake of telling a story, by a storyteller who takes obvious delight in weaving magic with words.
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Book Review: Seder Stories by Nancy Rips— Presents 101 stories, anecdotes, quips and quotes about the week-long celebration of Passover.
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Book Review: Beautiful Boy - A Father's Journey Through His Son's Meth Addiction by David Sheff— Hiking the muddied path of a son's addiction.
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Book Review: The Bastard Of Istanbul by Elif Shafak— The Bastard Of Istanbul is about what happens when the wound of memory is allowed to fester.
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Book Review: The Magic in You Written and Illustrated by Sally H. Taylor— A positive self-image book for children.
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Book Review: Nerds: Who They Are and Why We Need More of Them by David Anderegg— Rigid and negative stereotyping has us overlooking the broad range of characteristics that make each of us wonderfully unique.
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Book Review: Reverend Mother's Daughter - A Real Life Story by Mary Haskett— A story covered with the fingerprints of grace.
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Book Review: Symphony of Secrets by Sharon Hinck— Mom-lit rich in love, intrigue, and delivered with the perfect embouchure.
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Book Review: Deceptively Delicious - Simple Secrets to Get Your Kids Eating Good Food by Jessica Seinfeld— Making your family healthier without coercion - and with vegetables that actually add significant subtle flavour, depth, and richness to your delicious recipes.
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Book Review: On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness by Andrew Peterson— There's lots of scope to read a Narnia-style message into this fantastic tale.
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Book Review - Teach Like Your Hair’s on Fire: The Methods and Madness Inside Room 56 by Rafe Esquith— He’s managed to teach not only teach the basics to his mostly ESL students, he has taught them to read and perform Shakespeare.
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Book Review: Sin No More by Kimberla Lawson Roby— Roby is an exceptionally gifted author who chooses to share her talents with taste, and I admire her individuality.
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Book Review: I Heart My In-Laws by Dina Koutas Poch— The book is written in Poch’s matter-of-fact voice and despite being hysterically funny, it is packed with good advice.
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Book Review: The Freedom Manifesto by Tom Hodgkinson — You are now free to reject consumerism.
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Book Review: Four Wives by Wendy Walker— Four stereotypical bored wealthy housewives fake a little sincerity.
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Book Review: The Bunko Babes by Leah Starr Baker— A wonderfully uplifting tale of Christian women.
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Book Review: Divine Canine - The Monks' Way to a Happy, Obedient Dog by The Monks of New Skete— A clear and easy to understand guide to training "difficult" dogs using the examples of actual clients.
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Book Review - An Uncertain Inheritance: Writers on Caring for Family edited by Nell Casey— A book that each and every human being should read, so that they can recognise the reality it speaks about.
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Book Review: Talk of the Town by Lisa Wingate— Hollywood gets it comeuppance from small-town Texas. Sure to delight.
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Book Review: The Middle Place by Kelly Corrigan— This memoir of one year in the life of a cancer patient is also the story of a daughter's love for her father.
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