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At the beginning of the year the owners of my rental house came to do their annual inspection. While walking around the garden together, they gave me some information about certain plants and trees. I had a particular interest in two trees. One bears both oranges and lemons on the same tree, and the other bears both apricots and nectarines. It seems that the previous owners had managed to graft...
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It Rains in February: A Wife's Memoir of Love and Loss
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It Rains In February: A Wife's Memoir of Love and Loss (Biographies & Memoirs)
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It Rains In February: A Wife's Memoir of Love and Loss is the true story of a husband's depression and obsession, not only with another woman, but also with ending his life. In this honest and heartfelt narrative, Leila Summers weaves a compelling tale of the year that led up to Stuart's suicide and the grief and self discovery that followed. Although each suicide is unique, this book gives the reader an insider's view from one perspective by way letters and email messages.
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“Sometimes the only reason for us to be somewhere else is to see things from a different perspective.”
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“Speak your truth with grace and integrity, even though it might upset some people. You never know who else, besides yourself, it might help.”
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“Sometimes in life, the happy ending unfolds, not through circumstances, but from what we learn from those circumstances.”
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― Leila Summers, It Rains in February: A Wife's Memoir of Love and Loss
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Merry Christmas Everyone! Hope you are having a relaxing and fun day :)
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.......................................... Hi Leila!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you for your friendship!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Happy reading!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If you enjoyed my book, please vote for it on Listmania!http://www.goodreads.com/list/book/12...
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THANKS so much Stuart!Stuart wrote: "Hello Leila,
Thank you, for the request and congratulations on the publication of, It Rains In February.
Best, Stuart"
Hello Leila,Thank you, for the request and congratulations on the publication of, It Rains In February.
Best, Stuart
Thanks much for including me among your goodreads friends, Leila. Best of luck with your work and in all other things as well.A Wife's Memoir of Love and Loss will be interesting, I'm sure. Meanwhile, I'd like to ask you to consider my spiritual allegory, Song of George: Portrait of an Unlikely Holy Man for your reading list. Namaste, jesse
Hi DavidYes, the surfing is brilliant and the sea is warm all year round! Great book trailer and your website is awesome too. Congratulations.
