Jolene Hart

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Missouri

A Sunrise-To-Moonlight Guide to Feeling Joyful, Resilient, and Lit from Within

Light up your life -- and your self -- with this joy-filled guide to beauty, healing, and personal energy that includes delicious recipes, immune-strengthening wellness rituals, and practical steps for building a better world. Whether it's fresh flowers, old family photos, an intense sweat session, or a good friend, we all have things that light us up, that shift our energy and help us thrive. Ignite Your Light helps you shine, with the support of 13 key energy influencers in your life -- from relationships and environment to food, creativity, and mindset. Start with a Define Your Energy quiz to learn what influences your energy at each time of day, from sunrise to moonlight. Then, think back to your last amazing meal, or remember a great conversation you had. How will you make space for the things that grow your beauty and resilience through life's varied chapters and challenges? Each page of this immersive guide is packed with inspirational, actionable ways to bring life-changing happiness and healing into your life. If you've been struggling with self-care and want to boost your daily joy, Ignite Your Light has ideas and inspiration for you, including: Delicious recipes that support glowing skin and optimal health Fresh takes on self-care rituals, from yoga nidra to skin care as energy release Support for releasing negative energy and stuck habits Inspiration-packed profiles of the 13 leading factors that influence your energy and power your inner light Simple shifts that improve your long-term happiness via your mindset, actions, environment, and relationships Filled with colorful illustrations and photos, Ignite Your Light is both a beautiful and practical guide for anyone who wants to positively influence their own energy, grow the beauty in their daily life, and shine their light on the world around them.

Ignite Your Light

36e349be-bd20-47f9-8813-58061175c8c6-1

Sonia Manzano

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Minnesota

Pura Belpré Honor winner for The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano and one of America's most influential Hispanics--'Maria' on Sesame Street--delivers a beautifully wrought coming-of-age memoir. Set in the 1950s in the Bronx, this is the story of a girl with a dream. Emmy Award-winning actress and writer Sonia Manzano plunges us into the daily lives of a Latino family that is loving--and troubled. This is Sonia's own story rendered with an unforgettable narrative power. When readers meet young Sonia, she is a child living amidst the squalor of a boisterous home that is filled with noisy relatives and nosy neighbors. Each day she is glued to the TV screen that blots out the painful realities of her existence and also illuminates the possibilities that lie ahead. But--click!--when the TV goes off, Sonia is taken back to real life--the cramped, colorful world of her neighborhood and an alcoholic father. But it is Sonia's dream of becoming an actress that keeps her afloat among the turbulence of her life and times. Spiced with culture, heartache, and humor, this memoir paints a lasting portrait of a girl's resilience as she grows up to become an inspiration to millions.

Becoming Maria: Love and Chaos in the South Bronx

7760b6af-c9ca-4ee3-8fa2-1af74ab56cb5-1

Karen Duffy

Living with Chronic Pain Without Turning into One

An inspirational, powerful, and funny manual for coping and living with devastating pain.

For two decades, Karen Duffy --New York Times bestselling author, former MTV VJ, Revlon model, and actress-- has managed to live an enriching life despite living in a state of constant pain. Duffy has sarcoidosis, a disorder that causes the growth of inflammatory cells on different organs of the body. In her case, her sarcoidosis is located in her brain, causing her unimaginable pain. In this powerful, inspirational, funny, and important manual for surviving pain, Duffy draws on her experience as a patient advocate, certified recreational therapist, and hospital chaplain to illuminate gratifying methods people can use to cope with chronic pain and reinforces the sentiment that "circumstances determine our lives, but we shape our lives by what we make of circumstances" (Sir John Wheeler Bennet).

More than one-third of the US population--nearly 113 million Americans--is currently living with chronic pain, while another 133 million Americans live with some form of chronic illness. Half of the US population lives with the challenges of these invisible illnesses where their symptoms are not always obvious to the casual observer. Addressing a country ravaged by both chronic pain and opioid addiction, Backbone offers a salve of self-sufficiency, spunk, and perseverance. With a light tone, deft wordplay, and interactive gems such as the Bill Murray Pain Scale, Mastectomy Paper Dolls, and a crown to wear just for getting out of bed, Duffy's serious--and seriously funny--book is for the massive population living with chronic pain who are eager to be understood and helped, and sends the message that despite the pain, there is a way to a good life.

Backbone

fcec1196-83bd-482c-8713-5265f9c470ae-1

#hardcover #protectivecover #formerlibrarybook #resilience

California

A Novel

From Jennifer Mathieu, the author ofThe Truth About Alice comes a novel about the courage to believe and what it means to be truly devoted.

Rachel Walker is devoted to God. She prays every day, attends Calvary Christian Church with her family, helps care for her five younger siblings, dresses modestly, and prepares herself to be a wife and mother who serves the Lord with joy. But Rachel is curious about the world her family has turned away from, and increasingly finds that neither the church nor her homeschool education has the answers she craves. Rachel has always found solace in her beliefs, but now she can't shake the feelingthat her devotion might destroy her soul.

Devoted

dd84cec9-8a68-4a1e-b394-63c726e27e18-1

Sheryl Sandberg

Adam. Grant

Colorado

Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy

"The author's experience with grief after the sudden death of her husband, combined with social science on resilience"--

Option B

666a7254-1827-468b-b65b-65014ac9fc2f-1

Nathan Filer

North Carolina

Struggling to understand what happened to his brother years earlier after they both snuck out of the house during the middle of the night, Matthew believes he has found a way to bring his brother back by going off his meds, in this beautifully complex story that exposes the awful parts of life and the darkness of the heart. 50,000 first printing.

Where the Moon Isn't / The Shock of the Fall

34921538-430c-41b5-b8d0-c567a2373f8d-1

Lý Tran

Michigan

A Memoir

"A ... memoir by 25-year-old Ly Tran about her immigrant experience and her recent family history in the aftermath of the war that spans from Vietnam to Brooklyn, and ultimately to the Ivy League"--

House of Sticks

7058c058-b728-4dde-91e4-0d6cac877703-1

AUSA TODAYBest seller!

Bestselling author Nicole Dweck brings to life one of history's greatest yet overlooked stories of love and resilience.

In 2002, thirty-two-year-old Selim Osman, the last descendant of the Ottoman sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, flees Istanbul for New York. In a twist of fate, he meets Hannah, the daughter of a Holocaust survivor and an artist striving to understand the father she barely knows. Unaware that the connection they share goes back centuries, the two feel an immediate pull to one another. But as their story intertwines with that of their ancestors, the heroic but ultimately tragic decision that bound two families centuries ago ripples into the future, threatening to tear Hannah and Selim apart.

From a sixteenth-century harem to a seaside village in the Holy Land, from Nazi-occupied Paris to modern-day Manhattan, Nicole Dweck'sThe Debt of Tamar weaves a spellbinding tapestry of love, history, and fate that will enchant readers from the very first page.

The Debt of Tamar

44507ea4-1276-4206-9a6b-d677e8760591-1

Steve Pemberton

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Massachusetts

An Orphan Boy, a Mysterious Past, and How He Found a Place Called Home





"Pemberton's beautifully told story is a rags to riches journey--beginning in a place and with a jarring set of experiences that could have destroyed his life. But Steve's refusal to give in to those forces, and his resolve to create a better life, shows a courage and resilience that is an example for many of us to follow."

--Stedman Graham, author, educator

Home is the place where our life stories begin.  A Chance in the World is the astonishing true story of a boy destined to become a man of 

 * resilience
 * determination
 * and vision.

Down in the dank basement, amidst my moldy, hoarded food and beloved worm-eaten books, I dreamed that my real home, the place where my story had begun, was out there somewhere, and one day I was going to find it.

Taken from his mother at age three, Steve Klakowicz lives a terrifying existence. Caught in the clutches of a cruel foster family and subjected to constant abuse, Steve finds his only refuge in a box of books given to him by a kind stranger. In these books, he discovers new worlds he can only imagine and begins to hope that one day he might have a different life, that one day he will find his true home.

A fair-complexioned boy with blue eyes, a curly Afro, and a Polish last name, he is determined to unravel the mystery of his origins and find his birth family. Armed with just a single clue, Steve embarks on an extraordinary quest for his identity, only to find that nothing is as it appears.

Through it all, Steve's story teaches us that no matter how broken our past, no matter how great our misfortunes, we have it in us to create a new beginning and to build a place where love awaits.

A Chance in the World

1fbb6dfa-8d0f-4ce5-b767-c8a3fb46b4ac-1

Sara Zarr

I was thirteen when my dad caught me with Tommy Webber in the back of Tommy's Buick, parked next to the old Chart House down in Montara at eleven o'clock on a Tuesday night. Tommy was seventeen and the supposed friend of my brother, Darren.
I didn't love him.
I'm not sure I even liked him.

In a moment, Deanna Lambert's teenage life is changed forever. Struggling to overcome the lasting repercussions and the stifling role of "school slut," Deanna longs to escape a life defined by her past. With subtle grace, complicated wisdom, and striking emotion, Story of a Girl reminds us of our human capacity for resilience, epiphany, and redemption.

Texas

Now a movie on Lifetime! I was thirteen when my dad caught me with Tommy Webber in the back of Tommy's Buick, parked next to the old Chart House down in Montara at eleven o'clock on a Tuesday night. Tommy was seventeen and the supposed friend of my brother, Darren. I didn't love him. I'm not sure I even liked him. In a moment, Deanna Lambert's teenage life is changed forever. Struggling to overcome the lasting repercussions and the stifling role of "school slut," Deanna longs to escape a life defined by her past. With subtle grace, complicated wisdom, and striking emotion, Story of a Girl reminds us of our human capacity for resilience, epiphany, and redemption.

Story of a Girl

b0e078ff-970d-4103-ba36-ed260eec33b3-1

Nomadland

dca4d28a-2304-4b27-b41e-077a510adb2b-1

Ayana Mathis

Maryland

Traces the story of Great Migration-era mother Hattie Shepherd, who in spite of poverty and a dysfunctional husband uses love and Southern remedies to raise nine children and prepare them for the realities of a harsh world. A first novel. Reprint.

The Twelve Tribes of Hattie

31e77304-e08a-47fb-bef3-8a5c2d6472b2-1

Pennsylvania

Black mark on base, discoloration on top edge. See photos. 

A Tale of Tragedy and Redemption

"Former NFL star Kermit Alexander tells the ... true story of the ... massacre of his family and his subsequent years of despair, followed by a spiritual renewal that showed him a way to rebuild his family and reclaim his life"--Amazon.com.

The Valley of the Shadow of Death

7b2a438f-3f28-4bf2-97d2-f9740e263c72-1

Christina Baker Kline

New Mexico

Orphan Train

b81dfb03-c4d4-44f3-889a-8f59975d6ae6-1

Suzanne Feldman

Inspired by real women, this powerful novel tells the story of two unconventional American sisters who volunteer at the front during World War I

August 1914. While Europe enters a brutal conflict unlike any waged before, the Duncan household in Baltimore, Maryland, is the setting for a different struggle. Ruth and Elise Duncan long to escape the roles that society, and their controlling father, demand they play. Together, the sisters volunteer for the war effort--Ruth as a nurse, Elise as a driver.

Stationed at a makeshift hospital in Ypres, Belgium, Ruth soon confronts war's harshest lesson: not everyone can be saved. Rising above the appalling conditions, she seizes an opportunity to realize her dream to practice medicine as a doctor. Elise, an accomplished mechanic, finds purpose and an unexpected kinship within the all-female Ambulance Corps. Through bombings, heartache and loss, Ruth and Elise cherish an independence rarely granted to women, unaware that their greatest challenges are still to come.

Illuminating the critical role women played in the Great War, this is a remarkable story of resilience, sacrifice and the bonds that can never be vanquished.



The Sisters' War

710fb2ea-3542-4025-930b-c652c6d885c5-1

Monica Holloway

Recounts how the author struggled to retain her optimism in spite of her father's sexual abuse, her mother's abandonment, and her siblings' betrayals; her morbid fascination with a local funeral business that led to her job as a hearse driver; and the insecurities that have overshadowed her survival. Reprint. 40,000 first printing.

Driving with Dead People

cd2cb7b7-95b5-4417-b7ba-eaa950463676-1

#paperback #Africa #shortstories #africanamericans #oprahsbookclub #compilation #debut #wisdom #resilience #threedollarsteals

New Jersey

A collection of tales about modern African children in crisis includes "An Ex-Mas Feast," in which an eight-year-old child shares in his family's sacrifices to obtain enough food and enable his education.

Say You're One of Them

5fe05c70-7414-4973-aed0-ab829ff5821e-1

Ohio

#paperback #fiction #historical #historicalfiction #orphantrain #resilience 

Browse by categories

Save this search

Jolene Hart

Ignite Your Light

Sonia Manzano

Becoming Maria: Love and Chaos in the South Bronx

Karen Duffy

Backbone

Jennifer Mathieu

Devoted

Sheryl Sandberg; Adam. Grant

Option B

Nathan Filer

Where the Moon Isn't / The Shock of the Fall

Lý Tran

House of Sticks

Nicole Dweck

The Debt of Tamar

Steve Pemberton

A Chance in the World

Sara Zarr

Story of a Girl

Jessica. Bruder

Nomadland

Ayana Mathis

The Twelve Tribes of Hattie

Sheryl Sandberg; Adam. Grant

Option B

Kermit Alexander

The Valley of the Shadow of Death

Christina Baker Kline

Orphan Train

Christina Baker Kline

Orphan Train

Christina Baker Kline

Orphan Train

Suzanne Feldman

The Sisters' War

Monica Holloway

Driving with Dead People

Uwem Akpan

Say You're One of Them

Christina Baker Kline

Orphan Train

Christina Baker Kline

Orphan Train

Christina Baker Kline

Orphan Train

Christina Baker Kline

Orphan Train