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Forgotten at home when we left for extended travel...

About half done now. Made great progress on an international flight! Was a little of a rough start to the book (for me), but enjoying it more now.

Hoping a quick and light read after a long and heavy one I just finished.

Recommended by the bookseller at the Mall of America Barnes and Noble, she says 'It will change the way you think about everything -- it will change your life!'
9-6-14 Slow going. Alot happening in my life right now. Not enjoying as much as I expected from the glowing recommendation of the bookseller :(

Recommended by the bookseller at the Mall of America Barnes and Noble, she says 'It will change the way you think about everything -- it will change your life!'

Wow! Before I even start, look at the graph of the reviews! Of 451 reviews, nearly consistently 5 stars!

I picked this up so many times when it first came out. Now I am glad I waited, because I found it on the bargain table at Barnes and Noble last weekend!

Before I begin, I want to say that my parents grew up in Minnesota during the Depression, so I will be reading it with their voices, I am sure.

'It's where I went when I was especially mad or afraid or sad. It was hard to pray actual thoughts during those times. I don't know very many people who can piece together eloquent prayers when their souls are wounded. Words don't come at those times, but tears do. I have always thought of my tears as prayers.'

Forgotten on the bed stand at my parents house. I will resume when it is mailed back to me.

All the INFORMATION matches for the edition I am reading, but not the cover photo. I knew it had been made to a movie, but my edition does not have the actors photos on the cover.

I actually started reading on 3-12, and thought I added it to my 'currently reading' already. NOW I've got it.

This book has been on my shelf for a LONG time! Let's give it a go now ...

So far, so weird.

Working on the third story.

'When the sadness came, I realized it had been there all along,' he said, 'underneath it all. Everyone tries to hold it down, deny it with the routines and busyness of everyday life, never calling it by name. Preachers sugarcoat it, teachers hide it, therapists duck it, but people in the mental wards see it.

p 31: "I hid my deepest feelings so well I forgot where I had placed them."

Ok. I give up. Almost half way through, and two and a half weeks into it. I find myself looking for other things to do than read, and those who know me know that is NOT me!