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Chocolate for a Woman's Courage: 77 Stories That Honor Your Strength And Wisdom [Large Print] [Hardcover]

Kay Allenbaugh (Author)
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June 2006
Be Brave! Celebrate and Eat Chocolate!

Every woman knows that courage isn't just something you find in a crisis, it's something you tap into every day of your life. In this triumphant salute to mothers, daughters, sisters, friends, and colleagues, these 77 true-life stories celebrate women at their best -- willing to take risks, stand up for family and friends, find the love they need, claim their true spirit, laugh at their own foibles, and celebrate someone else's success.

Once again, Kay Allenbaugh has called upon women of all ages and backgrounds to share their own experiences as well as the strength and wisdom that have helped them through everyday challenges and difficult times. Here are tales about surviving loss, showing compassion, getting fired (and getting even), facing illness, laughing at yourself when the chips are down, and stopping long enough to enjoy sweet success! This volume in the beloved Chocolate series celebrates a softer element of courage -- kind yet strong, loving yet steadfast -- exploring the many subtle ways courage manifests itself in day-to-day life. This book is sure to feed your hunger for courage!

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With these two works, publishers continue to milk the desire for feel-good books. Acting more as a compiler than a writer, Allenbaugh serves up more bland, warm-and-fuzzy anecdotes la the successful "Chocolate" series (Chocolate for a Teen's Heart; Chocolate for a Mother's Heart). Women ranging from housewives to business professionals contributed 77 brief and sentimental stories that illustrate pluckiness in the face of adversity. "The Tattooed Stranger," for example, explores prejudice and how to overcome it. Carlson's book will rev the engines of self-helpers without kicking them into drive. Like many of his previous titles (Don't Sweat the Small Stuff), his latest is observational and general, with generic wisdoms that quickly become repetitive. Entries wax on a range of topics, including divorce, stress, and the grieving process. Carlson misses more than he hits, although good points sometimes emerge, e.g., in "Dedicate Yourself to Mindfullness," he exhibits uncharacteristic clarity in advising readers to experience thoughts and emotions peacefully. Of little practical use, this is more a pep talk than a means to an end. Read it in conjunction with more focused titles like T.D. Jakes's frankly Christian Woman Thou Art Loosed: Healing the Wounds of the Past. As with entries in the popular "Small Miracles," "Taste Berries for Teens," and "Chicken Soup" series, these books contain so much recycled material that libraries would be better off purchasing them only on demand. There are also serviceable single volumes like Barry and Joyce Vissell's Meant To Be: Miraculous Stories To Inspire a Lifetime of Love or Anna Quindlen's A Short Guide to a Happy Life.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Richard Carlson bestselling author of Don't Sweat the Small Stuff Good stuff -- great inspiration for men and women. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 464 pages
  • Publisher: Thorndike Press (June 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0786286458
  • ISBN-13: 978-0786286454
  • Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.7 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,846,687 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

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5.0 out of 5 stars Life is a Box of Chocolates, October 5, 2006
Some are nutty, others very sweet, then there are the bittersweet ones, and then the rich mocha varieties. A celebration of womens' lives that mirror "sometimes life is a box of chocolates" a la Forest Gump.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A great quick read! Inspirational!, November 23, 2002
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I really enoyed this book. Kay Allenbaugh has done an excellent job selecting contributors for this book. It's a nice, quick read with many short stories and essays which I found inspirational. Of course, you may want to check out a story called "Abby's Fight". It's a story which I submitted about my daughter's hospitalization as a newborn. O.K., I'm biased. But I would have enjoyed this book anyway.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Real People, Real Stories, November 22, 2002
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Maureen Robertson (Pine Grove, Ca. USA) - See all my reviews
This anthology is another jewel in Kay Allenbaugh's crown. With story after story of triumphant courage, the reader finds her spirit being lifted higher and higher. As with the other Chocolate books, the stories from everyday people never fail to touch and lighten our hearts.
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