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Finding Grace is the powerful, often humorous, and deeply moving story of one woman's journey of broken dreams. It is the story of how a painful legacy of the past is confronted and met with peace. This book is for anyone who has struggled to understand why our desires---even the simplest ones---are sometimes denied or who has questioned where God is when we need Him most. This story is about one woman's unlikely road to motherhood. Finally, it's a book about the "undeserved gift which is life itself."
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5 out of 5 stars
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Finding Grace... and joy, delight, and camaraderie
- De WeRLoved en 02-02-17
De: Donna VanLiere
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Ask Me Why I Hurt
- The Kids Nobody Wants and the Doctor Who Heals Them
- De: Randy Christensen M.D., Rene Denfeld
- Narrado por: Johnny Heller
- Duración: 8 h y 28 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 37
The unforgettable inspiring memoir of one extraordinary doctor who is saving lives in a most unconventional way, Ask Me Why I Hurt is the touching and revealing first-person account of the remarkable work of Dr. Randy Christensen. Trained as a pediatrician, he works not in a typical hospital setting but, rather, in a 38-foot Winnebago that has been refitted as a doctor's office on wheels. His patients are the city's homeless adolescents and children.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The reality of our streets
- De SusanInTheMidwest en 08-26-17
De: Randy Christensen M.D., y otros
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Nearly Normal
- Surviving the Wilderness, My Family and Myself
- De: Cea Sunrise Person
- Narrado por: Cea Sunrise Person
- Duración: 9 h y 26 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 142
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 118
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 118
In her best-selling memoir North of Normal, Cea wrote with grace about her unconventional childhood - her early years living in a tipi in Alberta with her pot-smoking, free-loving counterculture family. But her struggles do not end when she leaves her family at the age of 13 to become a model. Honest and daring, Nearly Normal reveals the many ways that Cea's unconventional childhood continues to reverberate through the years.
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2 out of 5 stars
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This one is just not for me
- De Pamela Plimpton en 03-15-19
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Everything You Ever Wanted
- A Memoir
- De: Jillian Lauren
- Narrado por: Jillian Lauren
- Duración: 8 h y 16 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 69
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 60
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 58
In her younger years, Jillian Lauren was a college dropout, a drug addict, and an international concubine in the Prince of Brunei's harem, an experience she immortalized in her best-selling memoir, Some Girls. In her 30s, Jillian's most radical act is learning the steadying power of love when she and her rock star husband adopt an Ethiopian child with special needs.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great for adoptive families
- De berry bomb en 07-06-22
De: Jillian Lauren
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Saints for All Occasions
- A Novel
- De: J. Courtney Sullivan
- Narrado por: Susan Denaker
- Duración: 15 h y 1 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 721
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 631
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 634
Nora and Theresa Flynn are 21 and 17 when they leave their small village in Ireland and journey to America. Nora is the responsible sister; she's shy and serious and engaged to a man she isn't sure that she loves. Theresa is gregarious; she is thrilled by their new life in Boston and besotted with the fashionable dresses and dance halls on Dudley Street. But when Theresa ends up pregnant, Nora is forced to come up with a plan - a decision with repercussions they are both far too young to understand.
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3 out of 5 stars
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The narration ruined it
- De Janis Reynolds en 06-12-17
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How to Be an American Housewife
- A Novel
- De: Margaret Dilloway
- Narrado por: Laural Merlington, Emily Durante
- Duración: 7 h y 49 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 237
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 195
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 196
How to Be an American Housewife is a novel about mothers and daughters and the pull of tradition. It tells the story of Shoko, a Japanese woman who married an American GI, and her grown daughter, Sue, a divorced mother whose life as an American housewife hasn't been what she'd expected. When illness prevents Shoko from traveling to Japan, she asks Sue to go in her place. The trip reveals family secrets that change their lives in dramatic and unforeseen ways.
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2 out of 5 stars
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big disappointment
- De Kirsten en 04-12-12
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The Wednesday Sisters
- De: Meg Waite Clayton
- Narrado por: Julie Dretzin
- Duración: 10 h y 19 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 170
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 101
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 105
For 35 years, Frankie, Linda, Kath, Brett, and Ally have met every Wednesday at the park near their homes in Palo Alto, California. Defined when they first meet by what their husbands do, the young homemakers and mothers are far removed from the Summer of Love that has enveloped most of the Bay Area in 1967.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved it!
- De Denise Wallace en 06-26-09
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Hope and Other Luxuries
- A Mother’s Journey Through a Daughter’s Anorexia
- De: Clare B. Dunkle
- Narrado por: Abby Craden
- Duración: 22 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 92
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 86
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 85
Clare Dunkle seemed to have an ideal life - two beautiful, high-achieving teenage daughters, a loving husband, and a satisfying and successful career as a children's book novelist. But it's when you let down your guard that the ax falls. Just after one daughter successfully conquered her depression, another daughter developed a life-threatening eating disorder.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Potent and Real
- De Susie en 09-17-15
De: Clare B. Dunkle
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May We Be Forgiven
- De: A. M. Homes
- Narrado por: Andy Paris
- Duración: 20 h y 43 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 161
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 140
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 139
May We Be Forgiven, a darkly comic novel of 21st-century domestic life, stars Harold Silver, a historian who's always been jealous of his successful brother, George. But when the hot-tempered George is institutionalized for committing a violent act, Harold finds himself comforting his brother's wife and children. What follows is a scathing examination of a family so fractured it may never be whole again.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Give this one a try!
- De JWB en 02-13-13
De: A. M. Homes
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Until I Say Good-Bye
- My Year of Living with Joy
- De: Susan Spencer-Wendel, Bret Witter
- Narrado por: Karen White
- Duración: 9 h y 15 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 126
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 112
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 108
Susan Spencer-Wendel's Until I Say Good-Bye: My Year of Living with Joy is a moving and inspirational memoir by a woman who makes the most of her final days after discovering she has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). After Spencer-Wendel, a celebrated journalist at the Palm Beach Post, learns of her diagnosis of ALS, more commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease, she embarks on several adventures, traveling to several countries and sharing special experiences with loved ones.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Until I Say Good-Bye is a paradox for me.
- De Bonny en 03-19-13
De: Susan Spencer-Wendel, y otros
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Get Lucky
- De: Katherine Center
- Narrado por: Morgan Hallett
- Duración: 8 h y 13 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 132
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 122
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 120
Filled with wit and heart, Get Lucky by Katherine Center explores the deep bonds of sisterhood. Sarah Harper’s whole world revolved around her job at a New York advertising agency before an email snafu got her fired. Now she’s seeking refuge at her sister Mackie’s home in Houston. But Mackie, who’s unable to get pregnant, is also down-and-out these days. So Sarah decides to do something good and becomes a surrogate mother.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good story.
- De joan hammontree en 01-17-24
De: Katherine Center
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I Can Barely Take Care of Myself
- Tales from a Happy Life Without Kids
- De: Jen Kirkman
- Narrado por: Jen Kirkman
- Duración: 6 h y 20 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 536
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 485
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 486
"You'll change your mind." That's what everyone says to Jen Kirkman - and countless women like her - when she confesses she doesn't plan to have children. But you know what? It's hard enough to be an adult. You have to dress yourself and pay bills and remember to buy birthday gifts. You have to drive and get annual physicals and tip for good service. Some adults take on the added burden of caring for a tiny human being with no language skills or bladder control.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Funny. Not fall down laughing funny, but funny
- De david en 05-22-13
De: Jen Kirkman
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Vegas Rich
- Vegas, Book 1
- De: Fern Michaels
- Narrado por: Laural Merlington
- Duración: 21 h y 28 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 265
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 193
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 191
With a heart full of dreams, Sallie Coleman leaves Texas and heads west determined to get as far from the squalor of her dirt poor beginnings. With its shifting sands, smoky saloons, and bingo palaces, Las Vegas seems like a paradise. A paradise where an extraordinary twist of fate makes Sallie the most powerful businesswoman in Nevada.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Get this booK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- De Amazon Customer en 09-26-10
De: Fern Michaels
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Suddenly
- De: Barbara Delinsky
- Narrado por: Carol Monda
- Duración: 15 h y 14 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 68
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 45
In the idyllic small town of Tucker, Vermont, life flows at a rhythmic pace for pediatrician Paige Pfeiffer. But when Mara O'Neill, her best friend and medical partner, inexplicably kills herself, Paige's comfortable world is suddenly shattered. Temporarily caring for Mara's newly adopted baby daughter while she comes to grips with her grief, Paige clings to the hope that, in time, her orderly life will return.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Parent guide! (not romance)
- De christine en 10-10-11
De: Barbara Delinsky
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Instant Mom
- De: Nia Vardalos
- Narrado por: Nia Vardalos
- Duración: 7 h y 34 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 224
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 201
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 201
Some families are created in different ways but are still, in every way, a family. Writer and star of My Big Fat Greek Wedding Nia Vardalos firmly believed she was supposed to be a mom, but Mother Nature and modern medicine had put her in a headlock. So she made a choice that shocked friends, family, and even herself: with only 14 hours' notice, she adopted a preschooler.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A wealth of information for those who wish to adopt
- De Michele Sutherland en 01-11-23
De: Nia Vardalos
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Chicken Soup for the Soul: Think Positive
- 101 Inspirational Stories about Counting Your Blessings and Having a Positive Attitude
- De: Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Amy Newmark, y otros
- Narrado por: Tanya Eby, Jim Bond
- Duración: 10 h y 39 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 175
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 145
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 148
101 True Stories about how Positive Thinking can change your life! Everyone needs a little attitude adjustment once in a while, and these amazing true life stories reveal how real people used positive thinking to improve their lives and overcome challenges. You’ll read stories about how you can make every day a special day, incorporate gratitude and joy into your daily life, count your blessings and change your outlook, use a few well-chosen words to reorient your life, manage cancer and other health challenges through a positive attitude, simplify and have a more meaningful life and more!
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great read!
- De AnAppleForEden en 02-12-13
De: Jack Canfield, y otros