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  When Wisdom Arrives - From...

  Rosalyn Rourke

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  If thoughts and feelings were truth, they would be called facts. In the pages of this fable and companion memoir, we learn about truth and the simple way we can transcend the lie of unworthiness. Imagined unworthiness shows up as a tyranny of thoughts and feelings that cause psychological suffering. Eleven-year-old Gem struggles with looping thoughts and feelings of self-hate because of her body weight. She believes she is unworthy of love. A wise woman comes into young Gem's life and demonstrates that her looping, hurtful, repetitive thoughts are untrue. When Gem moves her attention away from her habitual looping patterns, she finds her true 'I,' a deeper part of herself that is free. The true 'I' is not tied to thoughts and feelings, or the past or future. It is a presence that is available in each person. Rosalyn Rourke has been all three characters in the fable and all three in the memoir companion: the judgmental mother, the hurt daughter, and the wise woman. Even with a successful, decades-long psychotherapy practice and credentials as an eating disorder expert and trauma specialist, Rosalyn struggled with worry and judgment about her daughter, Melissa's, weight. The same protocol Gem discovers in the fable helped Rosalyn transcend compulsive worry and judgment about Melissa's weight and later helped her transmute grief after Melissa's unexpected death. When Wisdom Arrives in our lives, we discover how imagined unworthiness can transform into the knowledge of what we are in truth.

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  Born a Crime: Book Summary &...

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  This is a concise summary and analysis of Born a Crime, by Trevor Noah. It is not the original book and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Trevor Noah. Ideal for those seeking a quick and insightful overview.
   
  This memoir tells the compelling story of a boy growing up in apartheid and post-apartheid South Africa, navigating the complexities of identity, family, and survival. Born to a Black South African mother and a white Swiss father, his very existence was considered illegal under the laws of the time. Through a mix of humor and raw honesty, he recounts his childhood misadventures, the sacrifices of his fearless mother, and the resilience required to overcome systemic oppression. This book is a powerful, moving, and often hilarious exploration of race, class, and personal determination.

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  The Girl Who Left - From Croatia...

  Debra Gavranich

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  From Croatia to the Canefields. Marija's idyllic early childhood on the beautiful Croatian island of Korčula is brutally disrupted by the invasion of the Italians and then the Nazis in 1941, bringing death and destruction. The devastation has left families struggling to survive years after the war has ended. In 1950 an opportunity arrives for 17-year-old Marija to escape the hunger and despair all around her by committing herself to a complete stranger in faraway North Queensland, through a proxy marriage. Taking the plunge, she leaves her family and friends, her culture and everything she has ever known, to sail 12,000 km to a future in a land where she knows nothing and no one, whose language she doesn't speak. Is it a chance for a better life? Will her husband be a good man? Will she ever see her family again? This is the true story of an incredibly courageous young woman who risks all in her quest to escape a still-traumatised Europe.

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  This is a concise summary and analysis of Careless People, by Sarah Wynn‑Williams. It is not the original book and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Sarah Wynn‑Williams. Ideal for those seeking a quick and insightful overview.
  “Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism” is a searing memoir from a former senior public policy executive at Facebook/Meta. It offers a gripping, darkly funny, and often shocking behind‑the‑scenes look at the company’s internal culture—highlighting its aggressive global expansion, unchecked power, workplace misogyny, sexual harassment, and its profound failures in addressing hate speech and geopolitical manipulation.

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  The Headmaster - Frank L Boyden...

  John McPhee

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  "It was a delight to re-read and record The Headmaster. My Deerfield days came back to me in a great rush. ... So much of Mr. Boyden's teaching focused on what boys needed to grow up to be adults in society, with a particular emphasis on giving back to the community.” —Edoardo BalleriniStarting in 1902 at a country school that had an enrollment of fourteen, Frank Boyden built an academy that has long since taken its place on a level with Andover and Exeter. Boyden, who died in 1972, was the school's headmaster for sixty-six years. John McPhee portrays a remarkable man "at the near end of a skein of magnanimous despots who...created enduring schools through their own individual energies, maintained them under their own absolute rule, and left them forever imprinted with their own personalities." More than simply a portrait of the Headmaster of Deerfield Academy, it is a revealing look at the nature of private school education in America. A Macmillan Audio production from Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

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  Spare: Book Summary & Analysis

  Alexander Pike

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  This content is an independent and unofficial summary created for informational and educational purposes only. It is not affiliated with, authorized, approved, licensed, or endorsed by the original author or publisher. All rights to the original work belong to its respective copyright holders. This summary is not intended to substitute the original book, but to offer a concise overview and interpretation of its main ideas.
   
  
  
   
  Spare is not merely a memoir—it’s a courageous act of truth-telling. In a world ruled by protocol, expectations, and silence, this is the story of what happens when one man decides to reclaim his voice.
   
  From the trauma of early loss to the burdens of public life, from royal duty to personal liberation, the author invites listeners on a deeply human journey of identity, resilience, and reinvention. Told with raw honesty and introspective clarity, this audiobook explores the tension between obligation and freedom—and what it takes to choose a life aligned with your values.
   
  This is more than a story about royalty. It’s a story about becoming whole, even when the world would rather you remain fractured. It’s for anyone who’s ever questioned their role, doubted their worth, or longed to step out of the shadow of expectation and into the light of authenticity.

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