Dear Life
Dear Life

Author: Alice Munro

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2012-11-13

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 0307961044

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WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE© IN LITERATURE 2013 A New York Times Notable Book A Washington Post Notable Work of Fiction A Best Book of the Year: The Atlantic, NPR, San Francisco Chronicle, Vogue, AV Club In story after story in this brilliant new collection, Alice Munro pinpoints the moment a person is forever altered by a chance encounter, an action not taken, or a simple twist of fate. Her characters are flawed and fully human: a soldier returning from war and avoiding his fiancée, a wealthy woman deciding whether to confront a blackmailer, an adulterous mother and her neglected children, a guilt-ridden father, a young teacher jilted by her employer. Illumined by Munro’s unflinching insight, these lives draw us in with their quiet depth and surprise us with unexpected turns. And while most are set in her signature territory around Lake Huron, some strike even closer to home: an astonishing suite of four autobiographical tales offers an unprecedented glimpse into Munro’s own childhood. Exalted by her clarity of vision and her unparalleled gift for storytelling, Dear Life shows how strange, perilous, and extraordinary ordinary life can be.

Reading John for Dear Life
Reading John for Dear Life

Author: Jaime Clark-Soles

Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press

Published: 2016-10-01

Total Pages: 187

ISBN-13: 1611646952

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Jaime Clark-Soles takes readers on a dynamic journey deep into the heart of John in this lively reading of the Fourth Gospel. This book is not simply a commentary but a spiritual companion to be read alongside the Bible. Clark-Soles provides important historical and literary insights while illuminating the dramatic characters in John and emphasizing the Gospel's unique themes and symbols. Her engaging writing style will generate enthusiasm and investment in John's message. Readers will also appreciate the addition of prayers as well as questions for individual study and/or group discussion. This excellent guide will enrich our spiritual journeys while opening ourselves up to Jesus through the words, stories, questions, symbols, and characters we encounter in John's Gospel.

Dear Life
Dear Life

Author: Rachel Clarke

Publisher: Little Brown GBR

Published: 2020-01-23

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 9781408712887

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'What a remarkable book this is; tender, funny, brave, heartfelt, radiant with love and life, and with the love of life. It brought me often to laughter and - several times - to tears' Robert Macfarlane From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Your Life in My Hands comes this vibrant, tender and deeply personal memoir that finds light and love in the darkest of places. As a specialist in palliative medicine, Dr Rachel Clarke chooses to inhabit a place many people would find too tragic to contemplate. Every day she tries to bring care and comfort to those reaching the end of their lives and to help make dying more bearable. Rachel's training was put to the test in 2017 when her beloved GP father was diagnosed with terminal cancer. She learned that nothing - even the best palliative care - can sugar-coat the pain of losing someone you love. And yet, she argues, in a hospice there is more of what matters in life - more love, more strength, more kindness, more joy, more tenderness, more grace, more compassion - than you could ever imagine. For if there is a difference between people who know they are dying and the rest of us, it is simply this: that the terminally ill know their time is running out, while we live as though we have all the time in the world. Dear Life is a book about the vital importance of human connection, by the doctor we would all want by our sides at a time of crisis. It is a love letter - to a father, to a profession, to life itself.

Dear Life, You Suck
Dear Life, You Suck

Author: Scott Blagden

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 0547904312

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In this emotionally powerful, funny debut, Cricket Cherpin needs to figure out what to do with his life before he turns 18. But life sucksNso why not just give up?

Dear Life
Dear Life

Author: Meghan Quinn

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2017-01-05

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781542534291

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Four lives. Four stories. Four sets of letters. Four brave souls in need of guidance while facing life's greatest challenges.The anonymously published Dear Life program is designed to help them step outside of their comfort zones, face their obstacles, and relinquish their demons...and prove their existence.With their lives teetering between wanting more and losing it all, all four souls dive into the program as a New Year's resolution, sending them on a crazy, life-altering journey. Dear Life, Please be kind. Yours truly, Hollyn, Jace, Daisy, and Carter.

For Dear Life
For Dear Life

Author: Carol Jacobsen

Publisher: University of Michigan Press

Published: 2019-02-11

Total Pages: 213

ISBN-13: 0472053922

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For Dear Life chronicles feminist and artist Carol Jacobsen's deep commitment to the causes of justice and human rights, and focuses a critical lens on an American criminal-legal regime that imparts racist, gendered, and classist modes of punishment to women lawbreakers. Jacobsen's tireless work with and for women prisoners is charted in this rich assemblage of images and texts that reveal the collective strategies she and the prisoners have employed to receive justice. The book gives evidence that women's lawbreaking is often an effort to survive gender-based violence. The faces, letters, and testimonies of dozens of incarcerated women with whom Jacobsen has worked present a visceral yet politicized chorus of voices against the criminal-legal systems that fail us all. Their voices are joined by those of leading feminist scholars in essays that illuminate the arduous methods of dissent that Jacobsen and the others have employed to win freedom for more than a dozen women sentenced to life imprisonment, and to free many more from torturous prison conditions. The book is a document to Jacobsen's love and lifelong commitment to creating feminist justice and freedom, and to the efficacy of her artistic, legal, and extralegal political actions on behalf of women.

Dear Life
Dear Life

Author: Dennis O'Driscoll

Publisher: Copper Canyon Press

Published: 2013-10-14

Total Pages: 122

ISBN-13: 1556594070

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Dear Life focuses largely on mortality in a consumerist world, and foreshadows the author’s sudden death in December 2012.

Where Did You Go?
Where Did You Go?

Author: Christina Rasmussen

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 2018-12-18

Total Pages: 199

ISBN-13: 0062689649

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“Where Did You Go? offers deep comfort to anyone who has lost a loved one and hopes to explore what frontier science is now demonstrating: while a heart may stop beating, consciousness never dies.” —Lynne McTaggart, bestselling author of The Field From Christina Rasmussen, the much beloved and acclaimed author of Second Firsts, comes a groundbreaking exploration of the afterlife that combines spirituality with cutting edge science—and reveals we all have the power to connect with our loved ones on the other side. “Where did you go?” This was the first question Christina Rasmussen asked after the death of her husband. A young widow with two daughters, Rasmussen would go on to become an esteemed grief educator who helped countless others rebuild their lives after loss. Yet, even as she learned to thrive again, that first heartbreaking question persisted. Even as she and her clients forged new paths and discovered new joy, the same questions remained: Are we capable of connecting to those who have passed on? What really happens after we die? As a professional grounded in science, Christina was a skeptic who shied away from the conventional mystical, supernatural, and religious descriptions of the afterlife—so she turned to what seemed “provable” to unravel the mystery of life beyond life: physics. What she found was beyond anything she could have expected: not only is there life after death, but we all have the ability to connect with loved ones who have passed on. Sharing an inspiring message of hope, optimism, and love, Where Did You Go? is a transporting step-by-step guide to journeying to the other side, from one of our most trusted voices on life after loss. Bridging the gap between the metaphysical and the measurable, it will change the way we grieve, the way we live and how we define our potential—in this life and the hereafter.

Dear Life, Here I Am. Sincerely, Andrea Lynn Samuels
Dear Life, Here I Am. Sincerely, Andrea Lynn Samuels

Author: Andrea Lynn Samuels

Publisher: Dorrance Publishing Company

Published: 2015-10-01

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 9781480905566

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God, Life, love, gratitude, and the joys, pains, and mysteries of relationships-not necessarily in that order-make up the spice and essence of life, and felt in varying degree by each human inhabitant of Earth. "Dear Life, Here I Am. Sincerely, Andrea Lynn Samuels" exults in all of these, seemingly as a confirmation and celebration of life, no matter how complex it appeals to anyone. Aside from ably crafting an intelligent yet emotional body of prose, Andrea manages to express her love and gratitude to one of the persons who made such impact in her life: her dad, whose works of art also appear here. "Dear Life, Here I Am." is a treasure trove, a lush collection of works of art from the mind and heart of two persons whose lives are closely interconnected not just by blood, but something else beyond. Andrea Lynn Samuels was born and raised in New York City. She attended and graduated from A. Philip Randolph Campus High School in Manhattan, formerly the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music and Art where her dad attended growing up, now located at Lincoln Center. She is an alumnus of South Carolina State University in Orangeburg, South Carolina, where she majored in marketing. Andrea has been reciting poetry since the age of four. She has taken some of the poetry that she has secretly written over the span of thirty years, and has honored the memory of her beloved dad, cancer warrior Calvin H. Samuels, by weaving some of his paintings into her book. Now living in Charlotte, North Carolina, Andrea enjoys spending time with her son, mother, family, and friends. She loves connecting with other people through her extensive volunteer work in her community. Always ready with encouraging words and scripture, she helps others in their journeys in life, just as she and her family have been helped.

Dear Life When I Said It Couldn't Get Any Worse I Didn't Mean It As a Challenge
Dear Life When I Said It Couldn't Get Any Worse I Didn't Mean It As a Challenge

Author: Karen Prints

Publisher:

Published: 2019-09-04

Total Pages: 122

ISBN-13: 9781690993223

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This cool novelty blank lined journal will make the perfect gift for the boy or girl who loves to take notes, jot down their innermost thoughts, or write songs, poems and ideas 120 Pages High Quality Paper 6" x 9" Paperback notebook Soft Matte Cover Great size to carry in your back, for work, school or in meetings Useful as a journal, notebook or composition book Cool birthday, christmas and anniversary gift