Letters from a Shoebox

Letters from a Shoebox
Author: Jim Dohren
Publisher:
Total Pages: 106
Release: 2013-09
Genre: Soldiers
ISBN: 9781620062944

The author presents a collection of inherited letters, accompanied by his analysis and knowledge of family history, sent to New Cumberland, Ohio family and friends by brothers John and David Huffman and a family farm's boarder, William Bowman, during their time serving in the 85th Indiana Volunteer Infantry and the 126th Ohio Volunteer Regiment and fighting in the U.S. Civil War.

The Shoebox Effect

The Shoebox Effect
Author: Marcie J. Keithley
Publisher: Marcie J Keithley
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2019-11-12
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 9781949856170

Many of us have one--a place where we store mementos that remind us of an earlier period in our lives--either happy or sad. Those ties to our past are commonly found in a similar place, hidden in a shoebox buried at the back of a closet shelf. It's called The Shoebox Effect--where you "forget", intentionally or unintentionally, about the contents of the box and what they represent. Marcie Keithley's shoebox contained a secret, one she kept for decades, one released when her shoebox was unexpectedly revealed in a moment of grief. A flood of memories and emotions were unleashed when the lid was knocked off. No longer able to deny what she had sequestered away in her closet and in her spirit, the revelation created challenges for Marcie, but it also did something positively unexpected. Releasing the truth began a cascade that resulted in a freedom Marcie did not know was possible. The dramatic story of this long-kept secret, which has been reported globally on major networks and in newspapers across America, will intrigue and enthrall you. But Marcie Keithley doesn't just make her story all about her. Now known as The Shoebox Sherpa, she helps people unpack their own shoeboxes, and teaches us how to face our truths, heal our pasts, and find the freedom we deeply desire. Be prepared to consider Marcie's question to all of us, "What's in your shoebox?"

Letters From Grace

Letters From Grace
Author: C.J. Carmichael
Publisher: Tule Publishing
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2021-09-23
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 195489418X

Finding old love letters in her father’s closet inspires a teen to play matchmaker. Jessica Shanahan is off to college next year, but she’s worried about leaving her father, Levi Shanahan, alone. He’s been a single dad since his wife died when Jessica was only a toddler. He reassures her that he’s too busy running his family general store, taking care of his aging parents and volunteering in the community to be lonely. But Jessica has her doubts—especially when she finds old love letters from his high school sweetheart. Travel photographer Grace Hamilton is promoting her latest book when a student from her hometown reaches out about a research project. Curious, Grace meets with her and when the teen invites her to the Woodland Foliage Arts Festival, Grace accepts. Though her career’s been successful and fulfilling, she’s never met a man who touched her heart the way Levi Shanahan once did. Maybe a trip home will finally help her to move on and find the one thing that’s eluded her throughout her years of travel—love.

Out of the Shoebox

Out of the Shoebox
Author: Yaron Reshef
Publisher: Valcal Software Limited
Total Pages: 202
Release: 2022-03-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9789655752779

An unexpected phone call. A hidden shoebox. Memories stored away and forgotten. Yaron's father died suddenly when he was only seven years old, leaving him with precious few memories of a man he never got to know. But when an unexpected phone call leads him to a dusty shoebox full of old letters, the question of his past and roots only becomes more of a mystery. Embarking on a journey to rediscover his father, Yaron stumbles upon the secrets he left behind - secrets with potentially lifechanging consequences. From an abandoned lot and forgotten bank account to people he never knew but who were an integral part of his legacy, past and present intertwine as the search hurls him all the way back to World War II and its shocking consequences, on a quest to complete a decades-old puzzle.

Faithfully Yours

Faithfully Yours
Author: Alydia Smith
Publisher: The United Church of Canada
Total Pages: 136
Release: 2020-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1551342510

Many of us have shoeboxes under our beds stuffed with cherished communications from those we love. In many ways, the Bible is a similar shoebox of love letters between a people and their maker. The letters and reflections in Faithfully Yours will help you cherish the complex stories of the Bible during your Lenten journey. Daily scriptures, reflections, hymn suggestions, and prayers from a wide variety of United Church contributors offer comfort, inspiration, and a reminder that you are not alone. This collection may be used by for individual devotions or group study. Study guide included.

The Key to Love

The Key to Love
Author: Betsy St. Amant
Publisher: Revell
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2020-10-13
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1493426672

The only thing Bri Duval loves more than baking petit fours is romance. So much so, she's created her own version of the famous Parisian lovelock wall at her bakery in Story, Kansas. She never expects it to go viral--or for Trek Magazine to send travel writer Gerard Fortier to feature the bakery. He's definitely handsome, but Bri has been holding out for a love story like the one her parents had, and that certainly will not include the love-scorned-and-therefore-love-scorning Gerard. Just when it seems Bri's bakery is poised for unprecedented success, a series of events threaten not just her business but the pedestal she's kept her parents on all these years. Maybe Gerard is right about romance. Or maybe Bri's recipe just needs to be tweaked. Novelist Betsy St. Amant invites you to experience this sweet story of how love doesn't always look the way we expect--and maybe that's a good thing.

Love Letters to the Dead

Love Letters to the Dead
Author: Ava Dellaira
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2014-04-01
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0374346682

“Dear Ava, I loved your book.” —Award-winning actress Emma Watson For fans of Kathleen Glasgow and Amber Smith, Ava Dellaira writes about grief, love, and family with a haunting and often heartbreaking beauty in this emotionally stirring, critically acclaimed debut novel, Love Letters to the Dead. It begins as an assignment for English class: Write a letter to a dead person. Laurel chooses Kurt Cobain because her sister, May, loved him. And he died young, just like May did. Soon, Laurel has a notebook full of letters to people like Janis Joplin, Amy Winehouse, Amelia Earhart, Heath Ledger, and more—though she never gives a single one of them to her teacher. She writes about starting high school, navigating new friendships, falling in love for the first time, learning to live with her splintering family. And, finally, about the abuse she suffered while May was supposed to be looking out for her. Only then, once Laurel has written down the truth about what happened to herself, can she truly begin to accept what happened to May. And only when Laurel has begun to see her sister as the person she was—lovely and amazing and deeply flawed—can she begin to discover her own path.