The Friendship of Women: The Hidden Tradition of the Bible
10 best books like The Friendship of Women: The Hidden Tradition of the Bible (Joan D. Chittister): A Question of Holmes, Hum If You Don’t Know the Words, The Guards, When Bad Things Happen to Good People, Karamo: My Story of Embracing Purpose, Healing, and Hope, Light from Other Stars, The Next Right Thing: A Simple, Soulful Practice for Making Life Decisions, East Wind, Rain, Dear Mr. Knightley, Saints Behaving Badly: The Cutthroats, Crooks, Trollops, Con Men, and Devil-Worshippers Who Became Saints
The fourth book in the New York Times bestselling Charlotte Holmes series!
Charlotte Holmes and Jamie Watson think they’re finally in the clear. They’ve left Sherringford School—and the Moriartys—behind for a pre-college summer program at Oxford University. A chance to start...
Hum If You Don’t Know the Words
Perfect for readers of The Secret Life of Bees and The Help, a perceptive and searing look at Apartheid-era South Africa, told through one unique family brought together by tragedy.
Life under Apartheid has created a secure future for Robin Conrad, a nine-year-old white girl living with her...
| Author | Ken Bruen |
| ISBN | 0863223230 |
Still stinging from his unceremonious ouster from the Garda Síochána—the Guards, Ireland’s police force—and staring at the world through the smoky bottom of his beer mug, Jack Taylor is stuck in Galway with nothing to look forward to. In his sober moments Jack aspires to become Ireland’s...
When Bad Things Happen to Good People
| Author | Harold S. Kushner |
| ISBN | 1400034728 |
When Harold Kushner’s three-year-old son was diagnosed with a degenerative disease and that he would only live until his early teens, he was faced with one of life’s most difficult questions: Why, God? Years later, Rabbi Kushner wrote this straightforward, elegant contemplation of the doubts...
Karamo: My Story of Embracing Purpose, Healing, and Hope
| Author | Karamo Brown |
| ISBN | 1982111976 |
When Karamo Brown first auditioned for the casting directors of Netflix’s Queer Eye, he knew he wouldn’t win the role of culture expert by discussing art and theater. Instead he decided to redefine what ‘culture’ could — and should — mean for the show. He took a risk and declared, ‘I am...
| Author | Erika Swyler |
| ISBN | 1635573165 |
From the author of national bestseller The Book of Speculation, a poignant, fantastical novel about the electric combination of ambition & wonder that keeps us reaching toward the heavens.
Eleven-year-old Nedda Papas is obsessed with becoming an astronaut. In 1986 in Easter, a small...
The Next Right Thing: A Simple, Soulful Practice for Making Life Decisions
| Author | Emily P. Freeman |
| ISBN | 0800736524 |
Nothing gets our attention like an unmade decision: Should I accept the new position? Which schooling choice is best for my kids? How can I support my aging parents? When we have a decision to make and the answer isn't clear, what we want more than anything is peace, clarity, and a nudge in the right direction.
If...
| Author | Caroline Paul |
| ISBN | 0060780754 |
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Gutsy Girl comes this provocative, compelling novel of irrevocable consequences for people thrust unwittingly into a devastating war of nations and American identity—based on a little-known true event.
December 1941. The inhabitants...
Dear Mr. Knightley is a contemporary epistolary novel with a delightful dash of Jane Austen.
Samantha Moore survived years of darkness in the foster care system by hiding behind her favorite characters in literature, even adopting their very words. Her fictional friends give her an identity,...
Saints Behaving Badly: The Cutthroats, Crooks, Trollops, Con Men, and Devil-Worshippers Who Became Saints
| Author | Thomas J. Craughwell |
| ISBN | 0385517203 |
Saints are not born, they are made. And many, as Saints Behaving Badly reveals, were made of very rough materials indeed. The first book to lay bare the less than saintly behavior of thirty-two venerated holy men and women, it presents the scandalous, spicy, and sleazy detours they took on the road to...
Letter to a Suffering Church: A Bishop Speaks on the Sexual Abuse Crisis
The sexual abuse scandal has gripped the Catholic Church for the past thirty years, and continues to wreak havoc even today.
It's been a diabolical masterpiece, one that has compromised the work of the Church in every way and has left countless lives in ruin.
Many Catholics are understandably...
Calm the F*ck Down: How to Control What You Can and Accept What You Can't So You Can Stop Freaking Out and Get On With Your Life
The no-f*cks-given guide to taming anxiety and taking back control of your life, from the bestselling author of The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck and Get Your Sh*t Together
Do you spend more time worrying about problems than solving them? Do you let unexpected difficulties ruin your...
You Are the Girl for the Job: Daring to Believe the God Who Calls You
| Author | Jess Connolly |
| ISBN | 0310352452 |
You believe (or want to believe) God has called you and given you purpose, but where do you start? How do you get from feeling stuck to making a move? If this sounds familiar, bestselling author Jess Connolly has a message for you: You Are the Girl for the Job.
But this is not simply a peppy catchphrase....
Northumberland, 1809: A beautiful young heiress disappears from her locked bedchamber at Linn Hagh.The local constables are baffled and the townsfolk cry ‘witchcraft’.The heiress’s uncle summons help from Detective Lavender and his assistant, Constable Woods, who face one of their most...
You Learn by Living: Eleven Keys for a More Fulfilling Life
| Author | Eleanor Roosevelt |
| ISBN | 0664244947 |
This is a great book that discusses what we should seek in a politician. Eleanor Roosevelt's control and calm is what I admire most. She was comfortable in her own skin by the time her husband and her best friend, Tommy, died, when she wrote this book. She was well situated financially, but it was more than...
What if the fortune teller at the local village fair is a witch? And all her fortunes come true—even when she foresees a death...
When Lucy Swift’s cousin Violet decides to take over as the fortune teller at Moreton-under-Wychwood’s annual summer fête, Lucy thinks being her assistant...
The Essential Lenormand: Your Guide to Precise & Practical Fortunetelling
| Author | Rana George |
| ISBN | 0738736627 |
Master the keys of wisdom and insight
Lenormand is a 36-card deck with simple, straightforward illustrations that provide direct answers for the reader. For over 150 years, the Lenormand deck has been a popular divination tool around the world, and it's rapidly becoming a phenomenon in the...
'After The Party forces the reader to confront uncomfortable questions like, How far would you go to protect a child? How clear is the line between right and wrong? And, what does it truly mean to be a good mother?' - Mamamia
Be careful what you wish for...
Lisa Wheeldon has a lovely life....
