Painted Hands

9 best books like Painted Hands (Jennifer Zobair): The Breadwinner, Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife, Gwyneth and the Thief, Warsan vs Melancholy, Poser: My Life in Twenty-three Yoga Poses, No Laughter Here, Diary of an Ugly Duckling, If Wishes Were Horses, A Stranger Is Watching

The Breadwinner

Author	Deborah Ellis
ISBN	0888994168

Since the Taliban took over Afghanistan, 11-year-old Parvana has rarely been outdoors. Barred from attending school, shopping at the market, or even playing in the streets of Kabul, the heroine of Deborah Ellis's engrossing children's novel The Breadwinner is trapped inside her family's one-room...

Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife

Author	Eben Alexander
ISBN	1451695195

Thousands of people have had near-death experiences, but scientists have argued that they are impossible. Dr. Eben Alexander was one of those scientists. A highly trained neurosurgeon, Alexander knew that NDEs feel real, but are simply fantasies produced by brains under extreme stress.

Then,...

Gwyneth and the Thief

Author	Margaret Moore
ISBN	0064473376

With her hand in marriage and the security of her beloved Haverleigh at stake, Lady Gwyneth is desperate. So when she comes upon a young man who might be the solution to her predicament, she does not hesitate to act, though it means entering into a dangerous deceit and inviting a thief into her castle.

All...

Warsan vs Melancholy

Author

Warsan Shire

amazing, beautiful woman, who burned my brain.
an adapted verion of her poetry in lemonade: "I tried to change. Closed my mouth more, tried to be softer, prettier, less awake. Fasted for 60 days, wore white, abstained from mirrors, abstained from sex, slowly did not speak another word. In that time,...

Poser: My Life in Twenty-three Yoga Poses

Author	Claire Dederer
ISBN	0374236445

The studio was decorated in the style of Don’t Be Afraid, We’re Not a Cult. All was white and blond and clean, as though the room had been designed for surgery, or Swedish people. The only spot of color came from the Tibetan prayer flags strung over the doorway into the studio. In flagrant defiance of...

No Laughter Here

Author	Rita Williams-Garcia
ISBN	0688162479

Even though they were born in different countries, Akilah and Victoria are true best friends. But Victoria has been acting strange ever since she returned from her summer in Nigeria, where she had a special coming-of-age ceremony. Why does proud Victoria, named for a queen, slouch at her desk and answer...

Diary of an Ugly Duckling

Author	Karyn Langhorne
ISBN	0060847557

What makes an otherwise sane woman appear on a reality TV show?

Especially one as drastic as Ugly Duckling? For Audra Marks, the last straw comes when she loses her shot with handsome Art Bradshaw to the prettier and lighter-skinned Esmeralda Prince. Audra's always lived in a classic movies...

If Wishes Were Horses

Author	Robert Barclay
ISBN	0062002171

In this unforgettable novel of love, hope & 2nd chances, a grieving man's personal plan for redemption is suddenly & unexpectedly turned upside down. Devastated by the senseless deaths of his wife & son at the hands of a drunk driver, Wyatt Blaine remains unable to forgive or to love again....

A Stranger Is Watching

Author	Mary Higgins Clark
ISBN	0743484371

A Stranger is Watching is a very simple story, but the killer here is not given God like status. He needs to work hard so as to avoid being brought in by the New York police. Eventually bad luck, plus some hard work on behalf of those people on the angels' side, literally catch up with him.

I think that...