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Publisher
New Harbinger Publications, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Self-criticism and self-blame are often at the root of depression, anxiety, and addiction. These toxic forms of emotional self-harm can lead to feelings of helplessness and hopelessness, and interfere with day-to-day functioning. From an expert on self-forgiveness therapy, this workbook teaches proven-effective skills readers can use to develop the ability to forgive themselves, quiet their critical inner voice, and begin to build a life of meaning...
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Sages from Cicero to Oprah have told us that forgiveness requires us to let go of negative emotions and that it has a unique power to heal our wounds. In Failures of Forgiveness, Myisha Cherry argues that these beliefs couldn't be more wrong--and that the ways we think about and use forgiveness, personally and as a society, can often do more harm than good. She presents a new and healthier understanding of forgiveness--one that will give us a better...
Author
Publisher
Océano
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
Por qué el perdón es nuestro mejor regalo y nuestra única esperanza. "Las formas creativas en que los seres humanos podemos lastimarnos unos a otros parecen no tener fin, como tampoco las razones de que creamos justificado hacerlo. Pero la capacidad humana para sanar tampoco tiene fin. Cada uno de nosotros posee una aptitud innata para extraer felicidad del sufrimiento, hallar esperanza en las situaciones más difíciles y curar toda relación...
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Nathan Go's taut meditation on forgiveness and regret is told in the indelible voice of a Filipino chauffeur nearing the end of his life. After suffering a serious heart injury, Lito Macaraeg reaches out to his estranged son-a journalist who lives in the United States, far from his father's Manila nursing home-to promise him a scoop: the story of a secret meeting between Imelda Marcos and Corazon Aquino. Imelda, best known for her excessive shoe collection,...
Author
Publisher
Mira
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The people in Frankie Morgan's life say she's angry. Emotionally stunted. Combative. But really, who can blame her? It's hard being nice when your clients are insufferable, your next-door neighbor is a miserable woman and the cowardly driver who killed your mother is still out living it up somewhere. Somehow, though, she finds herself at her very first anger-management group session-drinking terrible coffee and learning all about how "forgiveness...
Author
Series
Wicked Women of Whitechapel volume 2
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"When Cecile Tremblay lost everyone and everything in the French Revolution, she never imagined that she'd earn her living as a markswoman in a London circus. But Farnham's Fantastical Female Fayre has become her home, her family, and her future. Another thing Cecile never imagined was becoming entangled with the man gossip columns call The Darling of the Ton. But mere weeks after her rejection of his insulting carte blanche--and his infuriating engagement...
Author
Publisher
HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The Next Chapter is Jana Kramer’s intimate and moving account about setting her life back on the right path after her sudden divorce. Chronicling the year that follows, Jana relives personal stories of early traumas and past relationships, and with raw honesty she shares topics dear to her heart and music, including hearing God, loving oneself, navigating setbacks, female friendships, grief, and motherhood. As she grapples with questions such as:...
Author
Publisher
Thomas Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"In one of America's most notorious prisons, a young man sentenced to life without parole miraculously found faith, forgiveness, redemption, and restoration. In 27 Summers Ronald Olivier shares his dramatic and powerful story and offers proof that God can bring healing and hope to even the darkest circumstances"--
Author
Publisher
Graydon House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"When thirty-three-year-old Athena Matthias is asked, yet again, to be a bridesmaid, she’s not exactly enthusiastic about the idea. Still reeling from a messy divorce from her wife, she's never felt less inclined to celebrate love. But Athena can't say no, especially to one of her oldest friends, and at least it's a destination wedding, which means three days of sun and sand. As the wedding weekend commences on the gorgeous beaches of Watercolor,...
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Growing up, Bryce, Beatriz, and Santiago were inseparable. But when Santiago moved away before high school, their friendship crumbled. Three years later, Bryce is gone, Beatriz is known as the dead boy’s girlfriend, and Santiago is back. The last thing Beatriz wants is to reunite with Santiago, who left all her messages unanswered while she drowned alone in grief over Bryce’s death by suicide. Even if she wasn’t angry, Santiago’s attempts...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A year after forest fires sweep through the town of Crow Valley and claim the life of Dale Jepson-karaoke legend, local prison guard, and "all-around good guy"-the community holds a karaoke competition. But when a convicted arsonist escapes from nearby Crow Valley Correctional, the residents learn there's more on the line than a trip to the National Karaoke Championships. Marriages are at stake, jobs are jeopardized, sobrieties threatened, and second...
12) Forgive me not
Author
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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All it took was one night and one bad decision for fifteen-year-old Violetta Chen-Samuels' life to go off the rails. After driving drunk and causing the accident that kills her little sister, Violetta is incarcerated. As a juvenile offender, her fate is in the hands of those she's wronged--her family. With their forgiveness, she could go home. But without it? Well... Denied their forgiveness, Violetta is now left with two options, neither good--remain...
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Language
English
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"Esther Larson has been cooking for funerals in the Northwoods of Wisconsin for seventy years. Known locally as the "funeral ladies," she and her cohort have worked hard to keep the mourners of Ellerie County fed--it is her firm belief that there is very little a warm casserole and a piece of cherry pie can't fix. But, after falling for an Internet scam that puts her home at risk, the proud Larson family matriarch is the one in need of help these...
Author
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"There are some acts that can never truly be forgiven. It's the height of WWII, and Nazi forces are driving through Europe. Decorated German fighter pilot Hans Vogel follows orders and doesn't ask questions. It's worked out well for him...so far. But when his plane is shot down in the middle of an air raid over London, he is dead before he hits the ground. And that's only the beginning of his problems. Writer and artist Sierra Barnes presents a rich...
Author
Publisher
Mariner Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"In 1924, four-year-old Cecily Larson’s mother reluctantly drops her off at an orphanage in Chicago, promising to be back once she’s made enough money to support both Cecily and herself. But she never returns, and shortly after high-spirited Cecily turns seven, she is sold to a traveling circus to perform as the “little sister” to glamorous bareback rider Isabelle DuMonde. With Isabelle and the rest of the circus, Cecily finally feels she’s...
Author
Publisher
Union Square & Co
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Florrie Butterfield--eighty-seven, one-legged, and of cheerful disposition--believes there can't be any more surprises in life. Yet one evening, there's an accident at Babbington Hall--the adult residence where she lives--so shocking and strange that Florrie is suspicious; is this really an accident? Or is she being lied to? Is she living alongside a potential murderer? In her efforts to learn the truth, Florrie is forced to look back on her own life,...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A squad of frogs is excited when they spot a Very Big Frog in their pond. But when the creature says that he isn't a frog, the frogs insist that he's the one who is wrong. What happens when the creature has had enough of the frogs' quibbling? Find out in this pitch-perfect, hilarious read-aloud about misunderstandings, imagination, forgiveness, and friendship!"--Amazon.
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Landmark
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A compelling debut that glows with bittersweet heart and touching emotion, deeply interrogating questions of family, redemption, and unconditional love in the sweltering summer heat of Savannah, as two people discover what it means to truly forgive. It's been eight years since Sara Lancaster left her home in Savannah, Georgia. Eight years since her daughter, Alana, came into this world, following a terrifying sexual assault that left deep emotional...
19) American mother
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Publisher
Etruscan Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"In late 2021, Diane Foley sat at a table across from her son's killer, Alexanda Kotey, a member of the ISIS group known as "The Beatles" who plead guilty to the kidnapping, torture, and murder of her son seven years before. Kotey was about to go serve life imprisonment and this was Diane's chance to talk to the man who had been involved with brutally taking her son's last breath. What would she say to his killer? What would he reveal to her? Might...
Author
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Northwest Washington State, 1985 For years, Harris Hayes has taught his daughter, Aggie, the ways of the northern woods. So when her mother's depression worsens, Harris shows the girl how to find and sketch the nests of wild birds as an antidote to sadness. Aggie is in a tree far overhead when her unpredictable mother spots her and forbids her to climb. Angry, the ten-year-old accidentally lights a tragic fire, then flees downriver. She lands her...
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