Shayla Dugan
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Learning to Swim
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2024
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4 editions
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Misplaced Childhood: A True Story of Resiliency and Child Advocacy
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| This was a really vulnerable memoir regarding the abuse the author suffered as a child and how that affected her into adulthood. It was incredibly insightful in regard to how spending a childhood feeling unsafe can ripple into choices you make in adu ...more | |
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| As a former hospice social worker and grief counselor, this book struck many chords with me. It covered so many aspects beyond the typical stages of grief in such a raw, almost poetry slam style of cadence. Truly a beautiful experience to walk this j ...more | |
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| Several years ago, when our youngest child left the nest, I joked with my husband that we needed a gap year in Hawaii. It was a pipe dream. There were parts of this book that resonated deeply with that desire to escape responsibility, live an adventu ...more | |
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| This book is described as a "cozy mystery" and it definitely fills the bill along with a side of "rom com." Elle walks the tightrope of self doubt and confidence that nearly every woman experiences and she does it with wit and intelligent insight. Co ...more | |
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| I'm not a big Shakespeare person so sometimes when I see that something is done based on his works, my eyes glaze over and my mind does a time jump back to my least favorite part of high school theatre. That being said, this book experience was not t ...more | |
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The River Is Waiting
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“it was in these moments of weakness that strength is truly allowed to grow.”
― Learning to Swim
― Learning to Swim






















