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Toward the Corner of Mercy and Peace
It’s 1952 in the small town of Paducah, Ky., and Mrs. Minerva Place would prefer that everyone mind their own business, follow the rules, and if dead, stay dead. Nosy neighbors and irritating church members are bad enough but when residents of the local cemetery start showing up, the quirky widow wonders if she’s going crazy. Just as distressing, a new boy in the neighborhood seems intent on disrupting her life. Nevertheless, with charming perseverance, the boy and his father find a way into her closed-off life and an unlikely friendship begins. But just when Minerva starts to let her guard down, a tragic accident shatters her emerging reconnection with life. Now more than her sanity is at stake. With the help of the living and the dead, Minerva is forced to face issues she thought she had buried. She discovers the power of forgiveness and why it’s worth it to let others into your life, even when it hurts.
by Author Tracey D. Buchanan
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Still Crazy 2021, The Inn in Rhode Island 2022 and The Cottage 2023
From Judy Prescott Marshall multi-award-winning writer of STILL CRAZY and THE INN IN RHODE ISLAND comes the final book THE COTTAGE. A series that digs where others fear to tread.
Do you believe in second chances?
This small cottage once served as a safe harbor for Julie. It allowed her to find herself, restore her faith, believe in her dream and it is where Dan found her.
Soon the cottage will serve as the inn’s bridal suite, a warm place for new beginnings and everlasting love.
Dan and Julie Holliday are looking forward to enjoying their retirement running The Inn in Rhode Island, a twenty-five room inn surrounded by tranquil gardens, a pond boasting serenity, peaceful hiking trails, and a brand new swimming pool. At the inn, weddings are special, author events are exciting and afternoon tea is a must. The staff at the inn are gearing up for their most profitable year to date. Best of all, Dan and Julie are building their dream home – a farmhouse in Julie’s favorite harborside – Point Judith. First, the Hollidays are going on a long awaited vacation to Italy.
Just when life seems to be perfect, one of them is diagnosed with a life-threatening illness and everyone at the inn must come together to do whatever they can.
by Author Judy Prescott Marshall
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A View of My Own
In compact, explosive chapters, Elizabeth Benedict recollects her experience of cancer, from the terrifying discovery of a lump in her armpit through a muddled diagnosis, “natural” remedies, and debilitating treatments. Benedict’s wisdom and self-
effacing wit offset her obsession with her ailments, suffusing her memoir with humor, suspense, and the unexpected solace of silence.
EARLY ENDORSEMENTS:
“In Rewriting Illness, Elizabeth Benedict isn’t just rewriting the narrative she’s given when she’s diagnosed with cancer–she’s gifting us her company, which I couldn’t get enough of. With grace, wit, and refreshing candor, she turned her encounter with cancer into an intimate drama, a dark comedy, and a meditation on marriage, motherhood, friendship, secrets, fragility, and love, and in doing so, she asks us to pay attention to everything in our lives that really matters. When I finished the book, I felt like I had made a new friend, and all I wanted was to keep our conversation going. This is more than a memoir; it’s an experience.”
Lori Gottlieb, NYT bestselling author: Maybe You Should Talk To Someone & co-host of the “Dear Therapists” podcast
“By turns witty, vivid, and harrowing, Rewriting Illness reads as though Nora Ephron had written a book called, ‘I Feel Bad About My Tumor.’ Especially good on the abrupt, stopped time feeling when the flow of life – city life, complicated life, sentient life – collides with illness.” Thomas Beller: J.D. Salinger: The Escape Artist, Lost in the Game: A Book about Basketball
““Elizabeth Benedict’s book is brave, heartening and beautiful. We avert our eyes from the deep terror that she must face; she faces it and faces it down. This book is a lesson in how to live. Brava.”
Roxana Robinson, Sparta, Dawson’s Fall, Georgia O’Keefe: A Life.
“Memoirs of serious illness are often good suspense stories, and this one is a page-turner. I read Elizabeth Benedict’s Rewriting Illness in a single sitting and finished it infinitely more knowledgeable about what it means to be diagnosed with cancer. Here is someone who’s figured out not only how to think about the unthinkable but how to turn her into an honest, gripping, and genuinely humorous story. It’s the kind of inspiring book you want to share with all the important people in your life.” Sigrid Nunez, author of What Are You Going Through and The Friend, 2018 Winner National Book Award.
by Author Elizabeth Benedict
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Tales of the Friendship Bench
Gumbeaux Sistahs, Approach the Bench!
Tales of the Friendship Bench: The Gumbeaux Sistahs thought it was such a great idea to build a Friendship Bench in front of their art gallery. It was close by, and it offered a safe place and a friendly ear to visitors to talk about their lives and troubles with one sistah or another. The problem was — you never knew who was going to show up! When a thief, a pushy matriarch, a struggling artist, and a stubborn patient visit the bench, the sistahs are overwhelmed and go scrambling for help. But never underestimate the power of strong friendships—or of a Gumbeaux Sistah!
Your favorite, fiery Southern Women — Judith, Bea, Helen, Dawn, and Lola — wage wars with their bizarre, unique problems using their distinctive brand of hilarious, genius schemes, cocktail-encouraged strategy sessions, a shared passion for good gumbo, and life-long friendships.
Bonus feature : Includes a Purpose of Your Life Quiz .
by Author Jax Frey
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