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Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
In these visceral, stunningly crafted stories, women's lives are etched by deprivation-material, emotional, sexual-but also splashed by beauty, sometimes even joy, as they search for the good in the cards they've been dealt. A wife is abandoned by her new husband in a derelict housing estate. An expectant mother's worst fears about her husband's entanglement witha teenage girl are confirmed. A sister is tormented by visions of the man her brother...
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Who would refuse rescue? The answer is sometimes surprising because there are actually people who refuse to be saved, even if they are in a hopeless situation. Why? Each chapter draws the listener in by posing questions for contemplation using relevant illustrations about what the world thinks in contrast to what the Bible says. As Mr. Graham has expressed for decades, his purpose is to engage the listener in considering his or her life in light of...
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An eager little Christmas tree, not very tall or well-shaped, is the last on the lot but when it seems all hope of being covered with lights and ornaments is lost, a special person comes to take him home.
Publisher
Inspirational Press
Pub. Date
1996
Language
English
Description
Ranging in subject from loneliness and discouragement to seeking a deeper faith, a collection of spiritual remembrances by well-known figures follows the experiences of Paul Harvey, Duke Ellington, Norman Vincent Peale, and others.--Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"We weren't religious per se. The most frequent mention of God in our house was my mother yelling 'Goddammit!'" Elisa Bernick grew up "different" (i.e., Jewish) in the white, Christian suburb of New Hope, Minnesota during the 1960s and early 1970s. At the center of her world was her mother, Arlene, who was a foul-mouthed, red-headed, suburban Samson who ultimately shook the walls of their family until it collapsed. Poignant and provocative, Departure...
Author
Language
English
Description
What feels shaky in your world? Maybe you feel hurt by the past, disappointed by the present, or worried about the future. If so, there is hope. For every problem in life, God has given you a promise.
In the New York Times bestselling book, Unshakable Hope, Max Lucado unpacks 12 of the Bible's most significant promises, equipping you to overcome difficult circumstances by keeping your focus on the hope found
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Publisher
Penguin Life
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"A small book for anyone in search of hope, looking for a path to a more meaningful life, or in need of encouragement. 'Happiness occurs when you forget who you're expected to be. And what you're expected to do. Happiness is an accident of self-acceptance. It's the warm breeze you feel when you open the door to who you are.' Years ago, Matt Haig began writing notes to his future self. These notes were meant as gifts to his future self: offerings of...
Author
Publisher
Red Comet Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Hear the rhythmic beat of the drum and the musical chant that gives voice to dreams for a better world. Join with your friends and shout these hopeful lines out loud to the skies. From the unique voice of Italy's beloved children's poet comes twenty-four thought-provoking rhymes of hope for he future. Imagine!" -- Jacket flap.
Author
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Author and pastor Max Lucado celebrates God's promise to restore and renew. Max prepares readers for the journey ahead by encouraging them to trust that God is the author of new beginnings; rely on God's love and protection; hold on to enduring hope; make a difference in the lives of others; and set our sights on our eternal home.
Author
Publisher
[Place of publication not identified]
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
"'Hello Mom. Hello Dad. It has been a long time.' I was standing over Mom’s and Dad’s graves. I was there not to say goodbye, but to say hello. Hello so that I could tell them about Pauline, the love of my life, whom they had never met." Thus begins Brian's book about the deaths of both of his parents--less than two years apart-- while he was in high school, and the death of his wife of 10 years, Pauline, 15 years later.This book is a love story,...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
I am stockpiling antibiotics for the Apocalypse, even as I await the blossoming of paperwhites on the windowsill in the kitchen," Anne Lamott admits. Despair and uncertainty surround us: in the news, in our families, and in ourselves. But even when life is at its bleakest -- when we are, as she puts it, "doomed, stunned, exhausted, and over-caffeinated" -- the seeds of rejuvenation are at hand. "All truth is paradox," Lamott writes, "and this turns...
13) Begin Again
Author
Publisher
Brilliance Audio, Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Max Lucado celebrates God's promise to restore and renew.
15) I hope
Author
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"This beautifully illustrated picture book, written by award-winning Indigenous author Monique Gray Smith, explores all the hopes adults have for the children in their lives."--
Author
Series
Little Mole volume 1
Publisher
Beaming Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Little Mole is sad, so his mother teaches him about hope by leading the way out of their dark burrow into a bright world filled with the promise of spring.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Oscar Dunleavy, a teenager who used to make incredible apple tarts, has gone missing and everyone thinks he is dead, but Oscar's best friend Meg and his little brother Stevie, try to figure out what happened to him.
Author
Publisher
Faith Words
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Joyce Meyer teaches readers how to transform their lives by tapping into the power of hope. One of the most powerful forces in the universe is hope--the happy and confident anticipation that something good is going to happen. Regardless of where one is in life, it is impossible to live successfully and to the fullest without hope...This book will help readers avoid misplacing their trust in unreliable things, and help them ground their hope steadfastly...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"A rhythmic collection of happiness and hope inspired by real-life good news, this book reminds us that there are positive things happening every day and we can all be a part of it".--Provided by publisher.
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