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She Danced Me a Story
She Danced Me a Story is the delightful, heartbreaking, and dreamlike tale of a 10-year-old girl, her atheist dad, and their family and friends as they experience the rollercoaster of thoughts and emotions faced when a child they know and love is diagnosed with terminal cancer. Jam-packed with jollity, heartbreaking stories, and surreal, archetypal dreamscapes, She Danced Me a Story will make you laugh, cry, and dream bigger thoughts about what it means to never give up, to keep on smiling, and to redeem the time…
… always remembering that, one day, we, too, shall die.
If you have experienced anything life-changing, miraculous, or otherwise inexplicable that you believe is directly related to Sami and the #TeamTinyDancer family… you are not alone. Please share your story with us by TeamTinyDancer@gmail.com
“... a meditation so beautifully wrought and so suffused with a sacramental vision. Thank you for taking my breath away; and for glimpsing through your words ‘a great promise of unexpected lights beyond.’”
-Leonard W. Grotenrath Jr.
Sage-in-Residence, Inquisitors GR
“This book is like David Lynch for kids.”
-Isaac Athanasius
#DreamBiggerThoughts
"Jeremiah has a unique poetic writing style… artistically decorated, with multi-colored stories that only candle light can appreciate."
-Phil Gonzalez
Curator of Booky-Books
“This book has brought me to tears, given me chills, made me laugh out loud, held me in suspense, and made me weep like a baby at its conclusion.”
-Phoebe Davis
Unbiased Editor of this Book
“Idiosyncratic… a modern beatnik…pure artistic mania… he paints word pictures with poetry and prose.”
-Timothy Flanders
Founder of The Meaning of Catholic
Publisher at Our Lady of Victory Press
Jeremiah T. Bannister is a poet, former AM/FM radio host, creator of Paleocrat Diaries (on The Meaning of Catholic YouTube channel), and “The Kaiser” of #DreamBiggerThoughts. He and his wife, Angela, live in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with their six kids, two cats, Lion and Francis, and Saint Bernard, Cocoa. For more information, PaleocratDiaries.com.
… always remembering that, one day, we, too, shall die.
If you have experienced anything life-changing, miraculous, or otherwise inexplicable that you believe is directly related to Sami and the #TeamTinyDancer family… you are not alone. Please share your story with us by TeamTinyDancer@gmail.com
“... a meditation so beautifully wrought and so suffused with a sacramental vision. Thank you for taking my breath away; and for glimpsing through your words ‘a great promise of unexpected lights beyond.’”
-Leonard W. Grotenrath Jr.
Sage-in-Residence, Inquisitors GR
“This book is like David Lynch for kids.”
-Isaac Athanasius
#DreamBiggerThoughts
"Jeremiah has a unique poetic writing style… artistically decorated, with multi-colored stories that only candle light can appreciate."
-Phil Gonzalez
Curator of Booky-Books
“This book has brought me to tears, given me chills, made me laugh out loud, held me in suspense, and made me weep like a baby at its conclusion.”
-Phoebe Davis
Unbiased Editor of this Book
“Idiosyncratic… a modern beatnik…pure artistic mania… he paints word pictures with poetry and prose.”
-Timothy Flanders
Founder of The Meaning of Catholic
Publisher at Our Lady of Victory Press
Jeremiah T. Bannister is a poet, former AM/FM radio host, creator of Paleocrat Diaries (on The Meaning of Catholic YouTube channel), and “The Kaiser” of #DreamBiggerThoughts. He and his wife, Angela, live in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with their six kids, two cats, Lion and Francis, and Saint Bernard, Cocoa. For more information, PaleocratDiaries.com.
406 pages, Paperback
Published March 27, 2023
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May 30, 2023
In 24 hours, I read the fantastical biography of Samantha Bannister. I cried, sobbed, wept, laughed, felt joy and everything in between. I felt it fitting to take these two photos in front. Y bookshelf which holds my religious texts.as well as a copy of The Complete Tales of Winnie the Pooh. This is a must read, I don't care what you believe, read this. Ride the Rollercoaster of every emotion, feel the wind in Sami's hair as she races, marvel at her care for others facing a 20 hour surgery, scream with her when she can't do what she used to. Follow Jeremiah Bannister and Angela L Bannister down to their Hell, sing with Ren Faire clans as they welcome #PrincessSamie as their Princess forever, feel the depth of love of her siblings, travel to London, help Doctor Who save the world, learn what it is to love into a million pieces. Bear witness to Nana and Aunt Curly has they obey God's calling to stay by Sami's side when her last breath leaves her and her soul soars to the Heavens with God's Angels.
May 8, 2023
Moving and Wonderful
The story is not only a heart and soul grabbing journey, but is also full of details and interludes that nurture the imagination and provide some heavy symbolism for your brain to chew on. But good luck having time to think, as you will find yourself desperately devouring more of the book for all of the touching details.
The story is not only a heart and soul grabbing journey, but is also full of details and interludes that nurture the imagination and provide some heavy symbolism for your brain to chew on. But good luck having time to think, as you will find yourself desperately devouring more of the book for all of the touching details.
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