As a chalk-fingered child, I had worn my craving for Mama's love on my sleeve. But as I grew, that craving became cloaked in excuses and denial unt...
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Dec 25, 2011
Stephanie
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Dec 29, 2009
Sunflower
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A powerful and emotionally charged story,"Color the Sidewalk for Me",is one of those books that you don't want to read unless you have a box of tissues nearby.
By the time you are done with this book, you'll find yourself in tears and smiling and filling interwined with the characters as if they are flesh and blood.
Set in the small town of Bradleyville, Kentucky, the main character, Celia Matthews, finds herself returning home to help her father recover from a More...
By the time you are done with this book, you'll find yourself in tears and smiling and filling interwined with the characters as if they are flesh and blood.
Set in the small town of Bradleyville, Kentucky, the main character, Celia Matthews, finds herself returning home to help her father recover from a More...
Dec 28, 2009
Twinkle
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A powerful and emotionally charged story,"Color the Sidewalk for Me",is one of those books that you don't want to read unless you have a box of tissues nearby.
By the time you are done with this book, you'll find yourself in tears and smiling and filling interwined with the characters as if they are flesh and blood.
Set in the small town of Bradleyville, Kentucky, the main character, Celia Matthews, finds herself returning home to help her father recover from a d More...
By the time you are done with this book, you'll find yourself in tears and smiling and filling interwined with the characters as if they are flesh and blood.
Set in the small town of Bradleyville, Kentucky, the main character, Celia Matthews, finds herself returning home to help her father recover from a d More...
Jan 02, 2011
Kasi
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As a chalk-fingered child, I had worn my craving for Mama’s love on my sleeve. But as I grew, that craving became cloaked in excuses and denial until slowly it sank beneath my skin to lie unheeded but vital, like the sinews of my framework. By the time I was a teenager, I thought the gap between Mama and me could not be wider.
And then Danny came along. . . .
A splendidly colored sidewalk. Six-year-old Celia presented the gift to her mother with pride—and received only ange More...
And then Danny came along. . . .
A splendidly colored sidewalk. Six-year-old Celia presented the gift to her mother with pride—and received only ange More...
Aug 12, 2009
Linda
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In Color the Sidewalk for Me, Celia is an adult working for an advertising agency miles from her parents. She gets a call that her father has had a stroke. She feels she must go home and help out with his care. But her mother is still living, and Celia has always felt rejected and unloved by her mother. Her brother was born when she was six, and Celia even colored a 'welcome home' picture on the sidewalk for her mom and brother. She got scolded for that! She stays to help with her dad, but the t
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Apr 09, 2011
Loraine, Family History Lady
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Collins' story of a tenuous mother-daughter relationship as Celia grows up comes full circle as Celia returns to nurse her father after a stroke as she learns the secrets that made life unbearable growing up. It is only when mother and daughter forgive each other and turn to God that healing takes place and they both find peace and happiness.
Jul 31, 2009
Leslie
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I liked this book, some things surprised me in this book. At the end I didn't want to put it down because it explained so much of why things happened the way they did earlier in the book.
I learned that every circumstance effects someone else somehow, not just how effects you. We should all be a little more aware of each other and how even small things can change everything.
I learned that every circumstance effects someone else somehow, not just how effects you. We should all be a little more aware of each other and how even small things can change everything.
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Feb 06, 2010
Michelle
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Not exactly great literature, but a good story about assumption and missunderstanding. It advocates looking beyond yourself, and going to the source to discover why people act the way they do, instead of opperating off your best guess.
Sep 14, 2009
good. different. a "christian" book, i guess one would call it, but not over the top religious. some interesting relationships formed and situations presented.
Jan 07, 2012
Jacqueline
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I really love this book. It's probably not the most well-known book ever but it was a light-hearted emotional read by a christian author.
Sep 27, 2007
joyce lynn
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oh, this book hit SO close to home in SO many painful ways!!!
not really in a bad way, tho. it brought up, as i said, painful memories, but made me think about them in a different perspective than i have before. i think that CAN be good. i'll have to keep thinkin' on it. we don't usually like to face bad moments, nor faults and/or fears of our own, do we?! 8^( but, there are many times when we must, like it or not, and this book brought some of those to surface for me again.
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not really in a bad way, tho. it brought up, as i said, painful memories, but made me think about them in a different perspective than i have before. i think that CAN be good. i'll have to keep thinkin' on it. we don't usually like to face bad moments, nor faults and/or fears of our own, do we?! 8^( but, there are many times when we must, like it or not, and this book brought some of those to surface for me again.
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Feb 23, 2009
Jean
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Not a bad read. It deals with dreams, relationships, and forgiveness in a small.
Nov 21, 2007
Diane
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Excellent book! Well written, with characters you can identify with, and explores mother/daughter relationships, family relationships, small town life, big dreams.
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