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Jen’s favorite books

The Children of Men by P.D. James Bridget Jones by Helen Fielding Angels, Guides & Ghosts by Sylvia Browne Past Lives, Future Healing by Sylvia Browne The Maytrees by Annie Dillard The Spiritual Life Of Children by Robert Coles Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein Boys and Girls by Vivian Gussin Paley New Moon Astrology by Jan Spiller You Can’t Say You Can’t Play by Vivian Gussin Paley
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Jen’s Quotes

Mitch Albom
“Worry is something you create ... to fill a void [of] faith”
― Mitch Albom, The Stranger in the Lifeboat
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“The power of misery is its long shadow. It darkens everything within view.”
― Mitch Albom, The Stranger in the Lifeboat
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Adult Fiction, Art, Book Club, Chick-lit, Children's, Classics, Comics, Contemporary, Crime, Ebooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Historical fiction, Literary Fiction, Mystery, Non-fiction, Paranormal, Philosophy, Psychology, Romance, Suspense, Spirituality, and Thriller


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