What she saw prompted a God-inspired vision. Spared incarceration, a renewed Brenda glimpsed into the lives of women serving time in one of the worst places in America-the Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women in Wetumpka, Alabama. In those dark moments, Brenda made a promise to God. The Scoop: For Brenda Spahn, entrepreneur and businesswoman, wealth was a lifestyle-until a brush with the law threatened to send her to prison. It will restore your faith in humanity, I promise. If you only read one non-fiction book this year, READ THIS.
Five hours later, my house was still a total mess and i was wiping tears off my face as I read the last page.
I sat down one Saturday afternoon and thought I'd read a few chapters of this non-fiction book and then get a few things done around the house. Miss Brenda and The Loveladies by Brenda Spahn and Irene Zutell With wry humor and tremendous heart, Emma Straub delivers a richly satisfying story of a family in the midst of a maelstrom of change, emerging irrevocably altered yet whole. This is a story of the sides of ourselves that we choose to show and those we try to conceal, of the ways we tear each other down and build each other up again, and the bonds that ultimately hold us together. But all does not go according to plan: over the course of the vacation, secrets come to light, old and new humiliations are experienced, childhood rivalries resurface, and ancient wounds are exacerbated. The sunlit island, its mountains and beaches, its tapas and tennis courts, also promise an escape from the tensions simmering at home in Manhattan. The Scoop: For the Posts, a two-week trip to the Balearic island of Mallorca with their extended family and friends is a celebration: Franny and Jim are observing their thirty-fifth wedding anniversary, and their daughter, Sylvia, has graduated from high school. So if that ends up sucking, you know who to blame! (Emma Straub, of course!) And it even inspired us write our next book in a third person narrative. But to my surprise and delight, this story about a family vacation was both witty and slyly insightful. It was so over-hyped last summer that I was sure I'd be disappointed.
The Vacationers by Emma StraubĬonfession: I didn't want to like this book. Oh, and be one the lookout tomorrow for Lisa's top books of the year plus another major TEN book giveaway! 1. Yep, ten! Leave a comment-contest closes December 14th at 8am PST. Tell us here and you'll be entered a stack of TEN mystery books. And we want to know what YOUR favorite books of 2014 were. SO many that it was really hard to narrow it down. And speaking of launches-we can't wait for The Status of All Things-officially launching June 2, 2015! Read what it's about here!īut one thing is for sure-we read a great TON of books this year. Where the hell did 2014 go? It feels like just yesterday we were getting ready to launch Your Perfect Life.
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