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All the Pretty Things
All the Pretty Things: The Story of a Southern Girl Who Went through Fire to Find Her Way Home | Edie Wadsworth
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The night the trailer burned down, I think Daddy was the one who set it on fire. . . . For a long time, Edie thought she had escaped. It started in an Appalachian trailer park, where a young girl dreamed of becoming a doctor. But every day, Edie woke up to her reality: a poverty-stricken world where getting out seemed impossible. Where, at twelve years old, she taught herself to drive a truck so she could get her drunk daddy home from the bar. Where the grownups ate while the children went hungry. Where, when the family trailer burned down, she couldnt be caught squawlin over losing her thingsshe just had to be grateful anyone had remembered to save her at all. And at the center of it all, there was her daddy. She never knew when he would show up; she learned the hard way that she couldnt count on him to protect her. But it didnt matter: All she wanted was to make him proud. Against all odds, Edie made doctor, achieving everything that had once seemed beyond her reach. But her past caught up with herand it would take her whole life burning down once again for Edie to be finally able to face the truth about herself, her family, and her relationship with God. Readers of The Glass Castle will treasure this refreshing and raw redemption story, a memoir for anyone who has ever hungered for home, forgiveness, and the safe embrace of a fathers love.
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SamHeartCoffee
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So many pretty and luscious things in this month‘s #coffeebeanbookclub package from @Chrissyreadit ! This club is so fun! Both coffees look amazing and I cannot wait to try them. And I love the unicorn building blocks, calendar (yay!) and stickers! More yay! And hello kitty stickers. Thank you so much, friend! You‘ve brightened my day and week and month! 😘😘😍😍❤️❤️ (impossible to tire of #unicornstuff!) #cbbc @Mommamanzi

Chrissyreadit ❤️🎉💕so glad you like everything! I agree- I LOVE #cbbc so much!!! 5y
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Chrissyreadit Did your cbbc box arrive? It was supposed to be delivered last Monday or Tuesday. 5y
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tammysue
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I stumbled upon this while browsing the blog, lifeingrace dot com A southern memoir telling the story of an Appalachian childhood wrought with neglect, hunger and a beloved father that drank heavily.
I laughed, I shed tears; I found it to be an inspirational read for me. 🌿

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CareBear
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More prep work for this weekend's #readathon! I keep an excel spreadsheet too but this is so much prettier

JoeStalksBeck Awesome! 8y
rubyslippersreads 😍😍😍 8y
Roselyn_Reads I LOVE THIS 😍😍😍😍 8y
asiriusreader Love this setup! 8y
Jinjer That's great! 8y
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RiaWritten
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My tbr pile is astronomical. #SavetheFloorJoists

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TomesandTequila
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This memoir about Edie Wadsworth and her relationship with her alcoholic father, growing up in poverty-stricken Appalachia was good but lacked that special something. I think her voice was just so matter of fact, it made the stories lack some of the punch they should've had. But I give it a solid 3.5 stars.