DescriptionIn this collection of heartfelt and involving vignettes, Anne Rivers Siddons, the beloved best-selling author of Downtown, Hill Towns, and Colony, offers a stirring and insightful look at our everyday world and how one woman has chosen to live in it. Moving from memories of her gentle grandfather to her uncanny ability to attract stray animals, Siddons' intimate stories of her family are graced with the same poetic lilt and vibrant detail that have so wonderfully served her novels. For all those who know and love her works of fiction, John Chancellor Makes Me Cry is a glorious and thoroughly entertaining treat.
DescriptionWant a devotional that will lift your spirits? The funniest things sometimes occur at the most serious times and often in the most sacred settings. In this humorous, yet inspiring, devotional book, Barbara Eubanks offers 101 short stories taken from her own experiences as a pastor's wife, as well as from the experiences of those she has met and known through the years in her husband's various pastorates. Barbara's stories encompass everything from funny things children say, to what can happen when song lyrics are misunderstood, to crazy things that happen during church services. Each story is followed by a short devotion and scripture, and is sure to lift your spirit and to encourage you in your walk with the Lord.
DescriptionThis collection of tales is a tribute to the unique bond of the woman-woman relationship called girlfriends . Often the most valuable relationships in women's' lives, girlfriends make each other laugh, always lend a supportive shoulder, and sometimes know each other better than they know themselves. The inspiring and revealing tales told here explore the values these relationships are built upon - acceptance, forgiveness, loyalty, honesty, and much more.
DescriptionStoryteller Maggi Peirce delivers a delightful collection of Irish jokes, folktales, and childhood stories from Belfast, Ireland. Peirce, who was born and raised in Belfast and came to the States in 1964, gives a spirited and engaging performance that will have you looking for leprechauns - when you aren't laughing fit to split. Included are "Bali Slot Guthery, " "Finn McCool, " "The Bishop and the Wee Codger, " "The Wise Washer Women of Mongret, " "Redmond O'Hanlon, " "Strength in Unity, " "A Friend of My Father's, " and "The Large Stuffed Rabbit."…
