One of the things I’m most grateful for as an adult is my love of reading as a child. I’m only now realizing how much I learned from the main characters of my youth: stoicism and plain living from Laura Ingalls Wilder; family values and time management from the Gilbreth children; responsibility and cooperation from the […]
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The Castaways
Over the weekend, I devoured this excellent summer read, The Castaways by Elin Hilderbrand: My ONLY objection to this book was the title. When I read the cover, and saw that it was about a couple who are lost at sea, I assumed “the castaways” referred to them, and that they would eventually be discovered […]