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Book Review: Dreamland

November 30, 2022by Anne Caroline Drake Leave a comment

Today I’m breaking my policy of never writing a negative review of a book. Yes, Dreamland by Nicholas Sparks was that bad. I’ve been a Sparks fan for decades, but […]

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Celebrating Survivors: SAFE HAVEN by Nicholas Sparks Debuts at #1

October 4, 2010by Anne Caroline Drake 2 Comments

Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks is about domestic violence and stalking. I was thrilled to see it debut at #1 on the best seller lists. What a great way to start […]

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Elizabeth Gilbert: Eat, Pray, Love
Elizabeth Gilbert is the quintessenial role model for leveraging a person's talents to learn how to survive, thrive, and find joy. When life handed her the lemons of a bitter divorce, she squeezed those lemons into the stratosphere of best-selling books. Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India, and Indonesia was on th […]
Impact of Domestic Abuse on Health
Physical abuse is no longer just about bruises and broken bones. Emotional abuse is about more than hurt feelings. The long-term health impacts of domestic violence (DV) are being characterized as "epidemic" and a "national scourge" by Robert S. Thompson, MD, because DV affects between 25% and 54% of women in their adult lifetimes, and a […]
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