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Amy Hammond Hagberg is an author, ghostwriter, speaker, and professional book reviewer. After over twenty years as a corporate executive, Amy hung up her suits to fulfill her lifelong dream of writing. Since making that bold leap of faith, her award-winning work has been featured in publications around the world.

Amy is the author/coauthor of fourteen books, including the "How Do You Know He’s Real?" inspirational book series, which contain real-life faith stories of well known sports, film, TV and music personalities. ...more

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	The Big Gig: Big-Picture Thinking for Success by Zoro (Goodreads Author), The Gourmet Bookworm (Goodreads Author), Lenny Kravitz (Foreword) 4.03 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How Do You Know He's Real?: Celebrity Reflections on True Life Experiences with God: Celebrity Reflections on Christ 4.06 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2006 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Favorite Christmas 3.55 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2006	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	100 Answers To 100 Questions To Ask Before You Say I Do by The Gourmet Bookworm (Goodreads Author), Lila Empson 4.11 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	My Favorite Christmas: Heartwarming Stories from Ricky Skaggs, Steven Curtis Chapman, Kurt Warner, President Jimmy Carter And Many Others by Steven Curtis Chapman, Kurt Warner, Jimmy Carter 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ransomed...Loving yourself from the inside out by Barbara T. Marshall, The Gourmet Bookworm (Goodreads Author) (Compiler) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Through Each Tomorrow (Timeless, #6)

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A Lovely Reminder to Savor the Ordinary ⭐⭐⭐⭐ I’ll admit, I expected Life: A Love Story to send my sappy meter straight into the red. Happily, it didn’t. This was warm, thoughtful, and heartfelt without laying the sentiment on with a trowel. At 92, Flore ...more
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A Lovely Reminder to Savor the Ordinary ⭐⭐⭐⭐ I’ll admit, I expected Life: A Love Story to send my sappy meter straight into the red. Happily, it didn’t. This was warm, thoughtful, and heartfelt without laying the sentiment on with a trowel. At 92, Flore ...more
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Amy’s Quotes

“he began frantically writing invisible letters in the air.”
― Michael Devaney, The Inheritance: Chain Letter of the Arts

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“She has saved this town and its people from countless monsters countless times. That the battles are usually in her head does not lessen the bravery of it. The hardest battles always are.”
― William Ritter, Jackaby

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“It’s so quiet you can hear the dark sliding down the sky.”
― William Kent Krueger, Northwest Angle

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“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.”
― Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

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“It is not hopeless,” he said with surety. “It is uncertain, and this is the cross God always gives us in life, uncertainty. But it is not hopeless.”
― Patti Callahan, Becoming Mrs. Lewis

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