Monthly Archives: October 2023
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Posted: October 24, 2023|Read more »
Discussion Questions for BREATH TAKING
- What expectations did you have for this memoir before you began reading it? How did you feel once you had finished?
- Chapter One of Breath Taking describes how Jessica and her husband first learn that something serious is threatening their daughter's health. What do we as readers learn about the author and her approach to being in the world at that moment? How does that initial impression change as we learn more of her story?
- Jessica emphasizes the need for joy to be louder than sorrow. Explore how the family finds moments of joy and how these moments become anchors in the face of heartbreak.
- There is much to make you cry in this book. Yet for all its seriousness, there are still many moments of levity and fun in Jessica's
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Coming May 2024: A compelling memoir about choosing to live with joy in the face of the unimaginable. "A story of relentless heartbreak met with wit, strength, and resilience." --ELLE Magazine " A master class in how to be a person." --Joanna Rakoff, author of My Salinger Year "The guide star so many seek when life hands them more than they ever imagined they could endure." --Daniel DeFabio, The Disorder ChannelRead more » -
Posted: October 17, 2023|Today more than ever, North American children and teens want to discuss Israel. Here are online and downloadable resources you can use today to engage them (and even their parents) in discussion, help them find answers to their questions, and help them grapple with the historical context of today's crisis.Read more »
