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Brenda’s 2025 Year in Books
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Brenda K. Thompson
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Brenda K. Thompson
If I had sold everything except the few things needed for a life living aboard a sailboat, would I be alive today?
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A Feed Sack Dress for Sadie
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Alice Anyway
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Ivaleena
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Alice’s Journey Continues With You
Some stories never really leave us. Alice Anyway has been that kind of story for me.
I leave Alice in your hands, the hands of those who will read her, those who may love her. But I will admit, it is hard for me to let her go. She has walked so closely with me that she feels woven into my own soul.
She has been part of my daily life, keeping me awake at night, pulling me from sleep at odd hours to t Read more of this blog post »
I leave Alice in your hands, the hands of those who will read her, those who may love her. But I will admit, it is hard for me to let her go. She has walked so closely with me that she feels woven into my own soul.
She has been part of my daily life, keeping me awake at night, pulling me from sleep at odd hours to t Read more of this blog post »
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Willing suspense of disbelief . Chapter 12 "The wondering always ended the same way, with the weight settling back in and no answers to set it down on. Chapter 34 Home ... was the place she had shaped with her own hands. Powerful story of young wo" Read more of this review » |
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"This book had me openly crying. The writing was emotional and well done. You felt all the pain of the characters. Definitely recommend. "
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"Great book!!
Don’t know what to write. I thought I only read westerns. I tried this book and really liked it. Kept me interested for the whole story. You have to read it. " |
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"Wonderful read
Heart warming . real and very emotional loved it. The little girl dressed in the feed sack is perfect for the story" |
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Thank you, B. Suzanne! I truly appreciate your feedback. It will help me as I continue writing. Perhaps you might want to be an advanced reader for me
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The cover images for my two of my books, Alice Anyway and Ivaleena by Brenda K. Thompson are outdated/incorrect. The updated covers are already liv ...more " |
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Hi Connie! Thank you so much for reading and for your kind words. I’m grateful you enjoyed Sadie’s journey. Would you mind possibly hidingr a few plot
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“Grief lingered. Her toes clung to the crumbling edge… The wind would carry her, or it
wouldn’t. The water would catch her, or it wouldn’t. Either way, it didn’t really matter.”
― Alice Anyway
wouldn’t. The water would catch her, or it wouldn’t. Either way, it didn’t really matter.”
― Alice Anyway
“I want to raise a son… one who’ll grow up strong in the Lord, who’ll carry the Whitlow
name with pride… but what if it’s a girl?”
― Alice Anyway
name with pride… but what if it’s a girl?”
― Alice Anyway
“Have you ever wondered what it means to belong to someone?” he asked.
“A woman needs a covering.”
― Alice Anyway
“A woman needs a covering.”
― Alice Anyway
“Grief lingered. Her toes clung to the crumbling edge… The wind would carry her, or it
wouldn’t. The water would catch her, or it wouldn’t. Either way, it didn’t really matter.”
― Alice Anyway
wouldn’t. The water would catch her, or it wouldn’t. Either way, it didn’t really matter.”
― Alice Anyway
“I want to raise a son… one who’ll grow up strong in the Lord, who’ll carry the Whitlow
name with pride… but what if it’s a girl?”
― Alice Anyway
name with pride… but what if it’s a girl?”
― Alice Anyway
“Have you ever wondered what it means to belong to someone?” he asked.
“A woman needs a covering.”
― Alice Anyway
“A woman needs a covering.”
― Alice Anyway
“If youth is the season of hope, it is often so only in the sense that our elders are hopeful about us; for no age is so apt as youth to think its emotions, partings, and resolves are the last of their kind. Each crisis seems final, simply because it is new. We are told that the oldest inhabitants in Peru do not cease to be agitated by the earthquakes, but they probably see beyond each shock, and reflect that there are plenty more to come.”
― Middlemarch
― Middlemarch
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