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Carol’s 2025 Year in Books
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With themes of identity, disability, and the redemptive power of love, the Goodbye, Orchid series is perfect for fans of Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin and Fault in Our Stars by John Green. Capable beauty executive wins a coveted job assignment to China; which forces her successful boyfriend to give up Read more of this blog post »
With themes of identity, disability, and the redemptive power of love, the Goodbye, Orchid series is perfect for fans of Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin and Fault in Our Stars by John Green. Capable beauty executive wins a coveted job assignment to China; which forces her successful boyfriend to give up Read more of this blog post »
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This is a book of beautiful tales, brave truths, with heart in every line.It started as a letter to the wounded hero who helped with my Goodbye Orchid series. He lost his legs and an arm to an explosion and taught me so much about life.
These personal ...more "
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Goodbye Orchid is a series of my heart.Inspired by wounded warriors, I wanted to explore the heartbreaking dilemma of a man who believes his disabling accident makes him the exact wrong person for the woman he loves.
Though this is fiction, these scen ...more "
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A sweet story of Takako, who is betrayed by her boyfriend. As a result, she leaves him and her job, and accepts her uncle's offer to work at their family's bookstore in exchange for room and board. Their musty but beloved store is nestled among 170 ot ...more |
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Dear Orchid: Letters and New Beginnings—True Stories and Fiction filled with Heart, Humor, and Hope:
"Beautifully written! These stories touched my heart, and I loved them all. I just flew through the pages. This author has a way of connecting the reader with her words. There are such heartfelt emotions that she poured into each and every story in th"
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| Rebecca Rosenberg’s prose sparkles. She has a rare gift for bringing the women behind champagne houses vividly to life. In License to Thrill, she introduces readers to Lily Bollinger, a woman whose struggles feel strikingly immediate rather than dist ...more | |
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Stikki the Squirrel by Jane H. Wood is a charming woodland tale that delights readers with warmth, humor, and a courageous main character. What is sweeter than a family of young squirrels? Stikki cavorts with his sisters through fall leaves and then s ...more |
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The audiobook is narrated by the author. By the end, it feels like you've met a new friend. Jen Hatmaker's 26 year marriage disintegrates after her husband whispers five simple words, thinking Jen was asleep. He was speaking to his mistress "I can't g ...more |
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This ghost writer for Desmond Tutu, who has dined with Dalai Lama and Oprah, has her own larger-than-life tale to tell. In the Many Lives of Mama Love, Lara Love details how she fell into heroin addiction, stole from neighbors, and plummeted from PTA ...more |
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Splitsville is a wonderfully penned page-turner. Kenzi is a divorce attorney who's been passed over as managing partner for her father's law firm. Should she strike out on her own? Join the competition? What happens when she takes on a young mother wh ...more |
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Harper Lee's story collection felt like spending time with a longtime friend. The introduction added depth to the reading experience. We learn that even though Lee is famous for writing about small town life in the South, she spent most of her adult l ...more |
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“His gaze slalomed down her face, maybe marveling, like she did, how sixteen years could pass with no sense of time, how family is rare and finite yet can slip away,
how features and mannerisms marked them as the same tribe.”
― Goodbye, Orchid
how features and mannerisms marked them as the same tribe.”
― Goodbye, Orchid
“From the back seat, he stared at the blue accessible parking tag she must’ve ordered. Above the seated figure in a wheelchair, the placard was stamped in capital letters:
PERMANENT.
Like I need a reminder that this isn’t temporary?
As they merged into traffic, the hangcard swung from the rearview mirror like a noose.”
― Goodbye, Orchid
PERMANENT.
Like I need a reminder that this isn’t temporary?
As they merged into traffic, the hangcard swung from the rearview mirror like a noose.”
― Goodbye, Orchid
“Scars wound like pale red tentacles over misshapen flesh. The sutures were gone but the raised, ropy skin stretched taut in the shape of each menacing stitch. Living death. Every nurse, therapist, doctor and family member had colluded in the grandiose lie that he was going to be able to do what he wanted.
What the hell were they talking about?”
― Goodbye, Orchid
What the hell were they talking about?”
― Goodbye, Orchid
“Scars wound like pale red tentacles over misshapen flesh. The sutures were gone but the raised, ropy skin stretched taut in the shape of each menacing stitch. Living death. Every nurse, therapist, doctor and family member had colluded in the grandiose lie that he was going to be able to do what he wanted.
What the hell were they talking about?”
― Goodbye, Orchid
What the hell were they talking about?”
― Goodbye, Orchid
“From the back seat, he stared at the blue accessible parking tag she must’ve ordered. Above the seated figure in a wheelchair, the placard was stamped in capital letters:
PERMANENT.
Like I need a reminder that this isn’t temporary?
As they merged into traffic, the hangcard swung from the rearview mirror like a noose.”
― Goodbye, Orchid
PERMANENT.
Like I need a reminder that this isn’t temporary?
As they merged into traffic, the hangcard swung from the rearview mirror like a noose.”
― Goodbye, Orchid
“His gaze slalomed down her face, maybe marveling, like she did, how sixteen years could pass with no sense of time, how family is rare and finite yet can slip away,
how features and mannerisms marked them as the same tribe.”
― Goodbye, Orchid
how features and mannerisms marked them as the same tribe.”
― Goodbye, Orchid
“actually, you being sensitive means you have more empathy than all those people
who say they’d never be able to make it through what I did.”
― Goodbye, Orchid
who say they’d never be able to make it through what I did.”
― Goodbye, Orchid
“Most people overestimate what they can do in one year and underestimate what they can do in ten years.”
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