Bibliograph

Bittersweet, thoughts on change, grace, and learning the hard way, Shauna Niequist

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Bittersweet, thoughts on change, grace, and learning the hard way, Shauna Niequist

Language

eng

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Bittersweet

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

811061089

Responsibility statement

Shauna Niequist

Sub title

thoughts on change, grace, and learning the hard way

Summary

A personal memoir explores the intertwined natures of happiness and sadness, discussing how bitter experiences balance out the sweetness in life and how change can be an opportunity for growth and a function of God's graciousness

Table Of Contents

Learning to swim -- Blue house -- Closer you get -- What we ate and why it matters -- Heartbeat -- On desperation and cold pizza -- Things I don't do -- Alameda -- What we left in South Bend -- Feeding and being fed -- Sea dreaming -- Grace is new math -- Twenty-five -- Thin places -- Gifts, under the tree and otherwise -- Coming home -- What might have been -- Happy Mother's Day -- Say something -- On crying in the bathroom -- Headlines and lullabies -- San Juan -- Table -- Eight for eight -- Blessing for a bride -- Love song for fall -- Ravenous -- Whole heart -- Join the club -- Princess-free zone -- Home team -- Aurora -- My patron saint -- Knees or buns -- Evergreen -- Middle -- Steak fries -- Blueberries -- Phoenix -- Your story must be told

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