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What Happened to Goodbye is a Must Read

7/6/11 6:00am by theprovidentwoman
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I couldn’t imagine being a teenager moving from town to town and from one high school to another over and over. That’s just what Mclean, or was it Beth or Liz or Eliza or Lizbet, did in What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen. Mclean’s parents went through an extremely public divorce which led to a custody dispute over her. She chose to live with her father.  Read more >

A Good Way of Getting to Happy

6/19/11 12:30pm by theprovidentwoman
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Getting to Happy by Terry McMillan starts out with four best friends, Savannah, Bernadine, Robin, and Gloria, struggling in life around age 50. They all were hit with major D’s: divorce, depression, death, denial, and distress. The friends all go through major life changing events and they all have to work their way back to being happy. The book is their journey to that happiness.  Read more >

Girl in Translation Is A Moving Book But I Didn't Like the Ending

5/11/11 5:30am by theprovidentwoman
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Jean Kwok wrote Girl in Translation in a way that makes it easy to picture how Kimberly Chang and her mother lived. I could picture the sweat shop and their disgusting, unheated, roach- and rat-infested apartment. I read the book able to see them using stuffed animal fur for warmth after digging it out of the trash.  Read more >

Hey, I've got a giveaway!

10/27/09 7:30am by theprovidentwoman
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Because it's fun! Because I can! Because I've made changes to my website! Because I love blogging! Because you keep coming back! Because I'm itching to have one! And it all comes down to: Because I want to! I'm having a give away! The winner will get:  Read more >

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