 | Beautiful Child by Torey Hayden
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $3.01 I absolutely loved this book. It was so interesting to me as well as funny, sad, and touching.
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 | Marley&Me by John Grogan
Buy used from: $3.79 Good book that invokes lots of emotion--made me laugh, cry and got me angry at times about a couples story of picking and raising a lab puppy dog.
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 | My Funny Dad, Harry by Karen Arlettaz Zemek
Buy new: $12.95 / Used from: $10.74 This is the first book I wrote in memory of my dad that I believe will make you chuckle and also bring a tear to your eye. It is funny and touching. It is about my dad and me, his cats, frustrations of being a primary care giver to an aging parent and how God helped me through the very tough time following his death.
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 | One Child by Torey L. Hayden
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 Good, but very sad book about Shelia, a bright 6-year-old girl who tied up a 4-year-old and set him on fire and was put in Toreys crazy kid class until a space opened up in the State mental hospital for her. Leaves you wondering what happened to Shelia. (Tiger's Child i sequel)
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 | The Tiger's Child by Torey Hayden
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $1.96 This sequel to One Child was so good, I couldn't put it down! Story about Shelia as a teenager and how she had blocked a lot of her childhood out.
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 | Morning Glory by LaVyrle Spencer
Buy used from: $0.01 Superb story! Hard to put down. Very emotional with happy ending about Will, an ex-con gets fired and responds to want ad for husband because he has no place to live and nothing to eat. Elly is a widow with 2 little kids and a baby on the way who lives in a broken down house with messy yard and broken down buildings.
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 | Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers
Buy new: $10.19 / Used from: $2.95 Excellent historical novel about how girl's life changed but went through some very difficult times. Made me feel very sorry for the main characters but had a great ending.
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 | Gideon's Gift (The Red Gloves Collection #1) by Karen Kingsbury
A real tear jerker about how a little girl with cancer befriends a homeless man and changes his life.
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 | A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks
Buy new: $10.07 / Used from: $2.55 Funny, sad and very moving romance that deals with cancer.
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 | The Good Good Pig: The Extraordinary Life of Christopher Hogwood by Sy Montgomery
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $0.01 Book about a famous pig that made me laugh and cry.
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 | Love and Cherish by Dorothy Garlock
Buy used from: $0.01 Story about settling the wilderness and girl who kept getting almost raped and raped a couple times. A woodsman and his dog rescued her and she went with him to take care of his dead brothers two-year-old child. Made me cry.
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 | Return to Harmony by Janette Oke
Buy used from: $0.01 Very good Christian fiction book that I found to be emotional with a happy ending. This is my favorite Janette Oke book.
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 | A Child Called "It": One Child's Courage to Survive by Dave Pelzer
Buy new: $8.60 / Used from: $0.01 Fast read, captivating that made me sad, angry and depressed. Had to read the sequel so see what happened to him. (sequel is A lost Boy).
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 | Leota's Garden by Francine Rivers
Buy used from: $0.45 Excellent book about aging and family relationships. Funny and sad but also inspiring in a way too.
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| The Endearment by LaVyrle Spencer
Buy used from: $0.01 I loved this western romance book because is was humorous and quite an enjoyable read about a mail order bride for a Swede in Minnesota. It made me laugh.
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 | Can't Get There from Here by Todd Strasser
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.65 Sad good book, but enlightening, with happy ending about a homeless teen girl who lost her street family and finally chose to get off the streets.
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 | Ribbon in the Sky by Dorothy Garlock
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.01 Good book that is both funny and interesting with some sadness. Love story about Letty (Holy Rollers con preachers daughter) and Mike Dolan (a Catholic). Girl pregnant at 15 and was thrown out. Lived with grandparents.
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