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Heartbreakingly poignant - it just makes you want to turn to the ones you love and hug them a little harder than is strictly necessary.
December 2016 selection of South Austin Spiritual Book Group
I am in a grieving frame of mind that makes me open to this book.
I highlighted a few phrases that stuck out in my mind because they described how I felt in a way that I couldn't. It made me want to keep a reading journal so I could revisit how thesewords made me feel.
Some people felt the author was name-dropping too many people and places, but I enjoyed the peek into her life. I have never heard these people or places so I'm not put off by the supposed snobbery.
This book gave me an appreciatio ...more
I highlighted a few phrases that stuck out in my mind because they described how I felt in a way that I couldn't. It made me want to keep a reading journal so I could revisit how thesewords made me feel.
Some people felt the author was name-dropping too many people and places, but I enjoyed the peek into her life. I have never heard these people or places so I'm not put off by the supposed snobbery.
This book gave me an appreciatio ...more
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