Carolyn Jourdan





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Carolyn Jourdan

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A Best Book and Best Club Book of the Year !! (so says Book Sense & The Literary Guild)

A Most Fun Book (Ever) and a Favorite of the Year (so says Shelf Awareness)

FIRST EVER Book of the Month for Family Circle Magazine!

Rave reveiws from Fannie Flagg and Dolly Parton!!

Top 10 Summer Read New York Public Library and Canada.

Amazon and Tower Bestseller in Southern Memoir and Medical Humor.

My memoir is about a spoiled, high-powered Washington lawyer (me) who is forced to leave her job at the Senate and come back home to the Smoky Mountains to work as an unpaid and inept receptionist in her father's tiny medical office. Comedy, pathos, and bad reception follow -- and it's ALL TRUE!

It's gotten rave reviews from Publishers Weekly (a Starred Revie...more


Average rating: 3.72 · 547 ratings · 174 reviews · 1 distinct work
Heart in the Right Place
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Shakespeares Flowering of the Spirit by Margaret Bennel
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An Unknown Destiny by Michael Gruber
An Unknown Destiny: Terror, Psychotherapy, and Modern Initiation: Readings in Nietzsche, Heidegger, Steiner
by Michael Gruber
recommended for: mediators, Christians, consciousness studies
read in February, 2009
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This is a tremendous book. It is a priceless addition to the tool chest of anyone struggling to become a conscious human being. Reading it gives the experience of being in the presence of Christ and points the way to becoming a truly creative, constr...more
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Me by Brenda Ueland
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This is one interesting lady. Similar to Helen Luke in being a Wise Woman.
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The Way of Story by Helen M. Luke
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Nice to get to hear her read. She has a great voice even at age 90. No warbling or sqawking. And so wise. I want to be like her when I grow up.
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Kaleidoscope by Helen M. Luke
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A truly life-changing book for me. Especially the chapter analyzing the character of Eowyn in Lord of the Rings.
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“Inside a barn is a whole universe, with its own time zone and climate and ecosystem, a shadowy world of swirling dust illuminated in tiger stripes by light shining through the cracks between the boards. Old leather tack, lengths of chain, rope, and baling twine dangled from nails and rafters and draped over stall railings. Generations of pocketknives lay lost in the layers of detritus on the floor.”
Carolyn Jourdan, Heart in the Right Place

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Penelope Marzec Thanks for adding me as a friend!


message 13: by Carolyn

Carolyn Jourdan Dolly is a really nice person and very smart! She is a huge supporter of literacy in Tennessee and a kind person to all the people who live near her childhood home.


message 12: by Sam

Sam Excellent stuff. How did you ever get Dolly to read your book?


Computerdads Good Morning to you Carolyn

I hope you have a wonderful day

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message 10: by Eleanor

Eleanor You crack me up! You were (and are) a delight, and I forgot to tell you that if you ever get to meet Tim McGraw I wanna ride shotgun.


Bradley Hello der Carolyn, I hope you are having a good day! =)

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message 8: by Beth

Beth Thanks for becoming my friend, Carolyn. I'd love for my mystery books to get the kind of reviews your memoir has!


Msfersxsy Peace and Blessings



Jeannie Faulkner Barber Hi Carolyn and thanks so much for the add. I'm also a member of the Pulpwood Queens Book Club!
I keep my tiara close by. LOL.
Blessings,
Jeannie


message 5: by Dee

Dee Hi Ccarolyn!Thanks for the add!Have a good one!


message 4: by Lee

Lee Thanks for being my goodreads buddy, Carolyn!

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message 3: by Lily

Lily Hi Carolyn! How's the book tour going? I'm always recommending your book. It is one of my favorites!


Daniel
Carolyn, I've added your book Heart in the Right Place to my to-read list.


Michele thanks so much for your ad. Looking forward to getting to know everyone here. michele Marchetti
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