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"Jake Olson tells more than his story. He reveals the ways of thinking, living, and praying that have kept him and his family triumphant in the face of their seismic tribulations. Told with sincerity and humor in tandem with leadership coach McKay Christensen, Open Your Eyes is not only a heartrending chronicle of the Olson family's struggle. Jake's story is a step-by-step lesson in perseverance and motivation from a young man who knows how to...
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Four years ago author Melissa Henderson bought a house in the Berkshire Mountains in Massachusetts-- weather-beaten, shabby and in serious need of repair-- but it was her salvation. When the hundred-year-old Victorian home is threatened by a wildfire and appears on the news, Melissa receives a call from her estranged sister, Hattie. After all these years Hattie, a nun, is on a mission: to track down the child Melissa was forced to give up when she...
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"Nicole "Coco" Martin is destined to have it all. As the only child of doting and successful parents, she has been given every opportunity in life. Having inherited her mother's stunning beauty and creativity, along with her father's work ethic and diligence, she has the world at her feet. Her graduation from Columbia is fast approaching, and with it the summer job of her dreams working at a magazine. Between work, leisurely weekends at her family's...
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Starry Night Publishing.Com
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
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This book is not solely written to discuss the plight of the underrepresented, but rather to assist former and current foster children and their foster parents to understand how to reach for and achieve success.This book will provide tools to overcome challenges as well as contribute to the knowledge foster children have about the great opportunities they have been afforded by simply being foster children. Written by a former foster child who now...
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Publisher
Zoe Publications
Pub. Date
�2009
Language
English
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The author tells how she overcame the events of her childhood, how she went from poverty, filth, hunger, and loneliness to affluence, order, fulfillment, and relationships, and more importantly, how others can use the obstacles in their lives as stepping stones to a great future.