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Smiles are baked right Hannah has just collapsed on "The Girl from Yamhill" is
into this coffee table book. stage during a college play and written in Beverly Cleary's
White Star has provided will emotionally collapse from usual straightforward, humor-
“365 Reasons for Smiling” the tragic news she is about to ous manner, even as she wrote
with hundreds of goofy and receive. Eric Wilson will weave about her times of struggle.
cheerful images of animals, the reader through regression, It's a revealing look at lifestyle
children, and other crazy Kimberly Williams-Paisley recovery, and ultimately I mean, who wouldn’t want differences between Cleary's T.A.M.B. of Jackson,
things. allows the reader into the redemption in the novel a grizzly bear as a warm and Great Depression-era and ours, Tennessee, Incorporated
light and the darkness “October Baby.” fuzzy friend? At least we can and it gives insight into events (Aspell) has a history much like that
surrounding her mother’s live vicariously through that sparked her desire to be a of its clients. It is a past filled with
battle with dementia. Charlie Hall’s hilarious and writer. setbacks, obstacles, and dark times.
“Where The Light Gets In” heartwrenching friendship However, like those living in recovery,
is one of the most honest with Emory in W. Bruce Aspell has overcome these challenges
depictions of dementia Cameron’s novel, “Emory’s by remaining faithful to a Higher
for the patient and the GIft.” Power. Tammy Yosich chronicles
family. Aspell's history perfectly in the book
"Beacon of Hope."

So grab a “cup of Joe”, or Joe himself and enjoy

a great read or six.

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