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Book Review: Full Circle

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FULL CIRCLE: A MEMOIR by PAMELA LOMBANA Genre:  Memoir   / Domestic Abuse / Forgiveness  Publisher: Wordfall Publishing Date of Publication: December 5, 2019 Number of Pages: 217 Scroll down for the giveaway!   Alcoholism and domestic abuse creep silently into people’s lives, shattering dreams. For Pamela Lombana, the excitement of marriage turned into paralyzing fear as alcohol became her husband’s best friend. Surviving the daily physical and emotional abuse was the norm for her and their children. Full Circle tells the story of how love and God’s abiding grace helped Pamela find the strength to leave her husband, Fernando. During this journey, healing and forgiveness allowed her and the children to be there for him when he needed them the most. CLICK TO PURCHASE   ║  AMAZON    ║    BOO...

Book Review: Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? By Roz Chast

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 So this is the book I have been reading for class. I'm so happy to be reviewing this book for you. This is definitely a different type of book, one that I have never read. I bought this book at half price and I was pleasantly surprised when I found a note on the inside. This was originally a gift from a son to a mother. This book does deal with children and parents, so I'm kinda curious if I could actually trace the original owner of this book. Anyways, on to the review! A L ittle Bit of Background Roz Chast came out with this book in 2013. Before his book, she illustrated many other books and has had her cartoons appear in the New Yorker since 1978. She continues to write and illustrate to this day. This whole book centers around Roz and her parents before there death, the passing of one and then the other. Throughout this book, there is writing, but it creatively drawn as if her own handwriting, which may be the case. There are also comic strips that go along wi...