Books To Inspire a Hopeful Holiday Season

From: Penguin Random House - Wednesday Dec 14,2022 03:03 pm

Surround yourself with stories of perseverance and joy.

Rekindle Hope With These Reads

With all the ups and downs in a year, it can be difficult to find a positive mindset during a busy holiday season. Take a step back with us and discover books that will bring hope and joy into your life.

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How to Stop Time

By Matt Haig

Tom Hazard has a dangerous secret. He may look like an ordinary teacher, but he’s been alive for centuries. As long as he keeps changing his identity, he can stay alive. The only thing he must not do is fall in love . . .

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On Living

By Kerry Egan

As a hospice chaplain, Kerry Egan was given the chance to witness firsthand what she calls the “spiritual work of dying” — the work of making meaning of one’s life. What she learns from the dying offers an uplifting guide to living.

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It's Not All Downhill From Here

By Terry McMillan

After a sudden change of plans, a remarkable 68-year-old woman, helped by her loyal group of friends, must summon all her strength, resourcefulness, and determination to pursue joy, heal old wounds, and chart new paths.

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The Big Activity Book for Teacher People

By Jordan Reid and Jacqueline Ann May

This interactive volume is a hilarious, relatable way to honor the everyday heroes we all know and love, with illustrated laugh-out-loud activities and journaling prompts.

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The Beauty in Breaking

By Michele Harper

In this poignant true story of one doctor’s journey toward self-healing, each patient teaches Harper — and us — something important about recuperation and recovery, and about releasing fear and accessing compassion.

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The Book of Joy

By His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu with Douglas Abrams

Two spiritual giants. One timeless question: how do we find joy in the face of life's suffering? In this collaboration, they offer inspirational reflections of real lives filled with pain amid which they have discovered peace.

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The Music Shop

By Rachel Joyce

Frank, the owner of a small record shop, has a knack for connecting his customers with the exact music they need. When a beautiful woman enters the shop, Frank withdraws, but, eventually, the two use music to overcome their emotional baggage.

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The Kite Runner

By Khaled Hosseini

The unforgettable, heartbreaking story of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy boy and the son of his father’s servant, caught in the tragic sweep of Afghanistan at a tense and crucial moment of change and destruction.

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Wintering

By Katherine May

Sometimes unforeseen circumstances can derail a life. Author Katherine May endured such a period and, in this narrative, makes a case for the active acceptance of sadness and the transformative and nourishing power of rest and retreat.

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The Light We Carry

By Michelle Obama

In this stirring follow-up to her bestselling memoir, Becoming, former First Lady Michelle Obama shares practical wisdom and powerful strategies for staying hopeful and balanced in today’s highly uncertain world.

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Totally '90s Coloring Book

By Christina Haberkern

In a world where everything '90s is back, from fanny packs and scrunchies to VHS tapes, Totally '90s Coloring Book offers the perfect combination of nostalgia and coloring fun, together in a hilarious and giftable package.

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Exit West

By Mohsin Hamid

Two lovers are cloistered at home, hiding from the unrest roiling their city. They hear rumors of doors that can whisk people far away, if perilously and for a price. As violence escalates, they find a door and step through. . .

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We Were the Lucky Ones

By Georgia Hunter

Inspired by the incredible true story of one Jewish family separated at the start of World War II, determined to survive — and to reunite — We Were the Lucky Ones is a tribute to the triumph of hope and love against all odds.

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