Books like Be Ready When the Luck Happens
12 books with a reading profile close to Be Ready When the Luck Happens by Ina Garten. Practical and clear-cut; an easy read.
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90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death and Life
by Don Piper
Also practical and clear-cut · memoir, inspirational
In 1989, a semi-truck crushed Don Piper’s car, leading medical professionals to pronounce him dead at the scene.
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We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story
by Simu Liu
Also clear-cut · memoir, inspirational
In this memoir, Simu Liu recounts his family’s move from Harbin, China, to Ontario, Canada.
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Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back
by Todd Burpo
Also practical and clear-cut · memoir, inspirational
Four-year-old Colton Burpo underwent an emergency appendectomy that nearly took his life.
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Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World
by Vicki Myron
Also practical and clear-cut · memoir, inspirational
On a frigid morning in 1988, library director Vicki Myron discovered a tiny, nearly frozen kitten wedged into the Spencer, Iowa, book return slot.
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Joni: An Unforgettable Story
Also practical and clear-cut · memoir, inspirational
After a diving accident in the Chesapeake Bay leaves seventeen-year-old Joni Eareckson a quadriplegic, she faces the sudden loss of her physical autonomy.
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The Magnolia Story
by Chip Gaines
Also practical and clear-cut · memoir, inspirational
Chip and Joanna Gaines, the couple behind the home-renovation show Fixer Upper, tell their own story in this memoir, which Chip narrates with Joanna's contributions.
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A Street Cat Named Bob
by James Bowen
Also practical and clear-cut · memoir, inspirational
James Bowen was a recovering heroin addict living in sheltered housing and busking on the streets of London when he discovered an injured ginger tabby cat in his apartment hallway.
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Kisses from Katie
Also practical and clear-cut · memoir, inspirational
At age eighteen, Katie Davis left her comfortable life in Tennessee to serve as a teacher in Jinja, Uganda.
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C.S. Lewis letters to children
by C.S. Lewis
Also clear-cut · memoir, inspirational
This collection gathers the private correspondence C.S.
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My Life on the Road
Also clear-cut · memoir, inspirational
Gloria Steinem details her decades spent traveling as an organizer and speaker, tracing her life from a childhood in a house trailer to her work in global social activism.
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The Soul of a Woman
Also clear-cut · memoir, inspirational
In this memoir and manifesto, Isabel Allende traces her evolution from a young girl witnessing her mother’s financial dependence to a prominent voice in global feminism.
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