Listopia > Sharon Rainey's votes on the list Books to Help You Change the World (23 Books)
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Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife
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"Reminded me of how real heaven is and that we will all be there one day. "
Sharon
rated it 5 stars
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Gift from the Sea
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"honest, open, real - a woman writing like this in that era was unique. i admire her courage. "
Sharon
rated it 4 stars
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The Peacegiver: How Christ Offers to Heal Our Hearts and Homes
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"helps to evaluate relationships and to work together towards healing and resolution."
Sharon
rated it 4 stars
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Us
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"a beautiful, honest love story. . . heart wrenching. "
Sharon
rated it 4 stars
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How Doctors Think
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"helped me better understand the medical community and helped me figure out how to navigate around it. "
Sharon
rated it 4 stars
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Making a Pearl from the Grit of Life
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"gives hope; makes lemonade out of lemons. "
Sharon
rated it 4 stars
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The Anatomy of Hope: How People Prevail in the Face of Illness
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"gave me ideas to utilize in managing my own chronic illness"
Sharon
rated it 5 stars
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When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
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"addresses spiritual crisis and how to get through it on the other side.
Sharon
rated it 3 stars
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Lit
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"honest, funny, so real. i could relate to almost every single word she wrote. "
Sharon
rated it 4 stars
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The House of Belonging
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"reading these literally transformed my soul . . . speechless"
Sharon
rated it 5 stars
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No More Words: A Journal of My Mother, Anne Morrow Lindbergh
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"shows mother/daughter relationship and the ups and downs . . .
Sharon
rated it 5 stars
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The Shack
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"read this after the suicide of my nephew. it was a relief. "
Sharon
rated it 4 stars
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The Old Man and the Sea
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"first book i read at 18 that made me rethink how authors write. transformed my writing style. "
Sharon
rated it 4 stars
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Fahrenheit 451
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"made me a stronger republican! less government is always better. period. "
Sharon
rated it 5 stars
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Eat, Pray, Love
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"searching for what we all want and it was within her the entire time. "
Sharon
rated it 5 stars
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The Secret Life of Bees
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"so many great quotes in here about what life and love are really about. "
Sharon
rated it 5 stars
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The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
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"such a foreign concept for me to explore; hard to read, yet fascinating at the same time. read it at age 18 and was mesmorized.
Sharon
rated it 5 stars
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Bird by Bird
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"BEST book about writing. EVER"
Sharon
rated it 5 stars
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On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
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"Second best book about writing. Ever. "
Sharon
rated it 5 stars
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Writing Down the Bones
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"Third best book about writing. Ever. "
Sharon
rated it 5 stars
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Elie Wiesel Reading from His Works; The Gates of Forest; Night; The Song of the Dead; The Jews of Silence.
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"left me with a hole in my heart and immense gratitude and tremendous respect. "
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The Last Lecture
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"daily, i judge what is most important and most of the time, it is relationships over tasks. "
Sharon
rated it 5 stars
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When the Heart Waits: Spiritual Direction for Life's Sacred Questions
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"Waiting is so hard; this book helped me understand how to wait effectively. "
Sharon
rated it 5 stars
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