Monday, January 7, 2008

My Grandfathers Blessings : Stories of Strength, Refuge, and Belonging (Rachel Naomi Remen)

(review by Mirjam)

I read this book last year and I still remember lots of stories. This is a book full of small stories about her grandfather and patients she had. She deals with a lot of cancer patients either dealing with death or people who are grieving. This would be a wonderful book for anyone in the health care system (thinking about Hanna and Genny, not necessarily for their husbands to read but you’ll be involved in the stories they bring home.)

It’s fun to read because all the stories are short (2-4) pages and each one will be inspiring and heartfelt.

One for example you have probably heard about the story in General Conference about the boy who loved his one special car from a big collection of cars. The relatives really wanted him to have all the cars in the collection and when he received this enormous gift he said: “I don’t know how to love that many cars” and never played with any of them. That's from her book. Anyway, it's a great gift and and even better book for Book Clubs. Promise!


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