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After a triggering incident at work reactivates paralyzing memories of her childhood sexual abuse, neuroscience professor Stacey Hettes reenters therapy. Her courageous account of therapy from the client's perspective is all the more powerful because of her clear explanations about the ways that trauma rewires the brain.
This is an exquisitely written, sometimes gut-wrenching, and ultimately hopeful story about a woman's strength, a family's complicated love, and a therapist's intelligence and persistence.
Stacey is living exactly the right life before she hits the psychological equivalent of a patch of black ice.
As Professor Hettes, her classes focus as much on neuroscience's beauty and wonder as its facts and theories. Fellow faculty members see her as a fair but outspoken leader on a campus steeped in the blended patriarchies of academia and southern gentility.
At an emotionally charged forum on sexual violence, she takes a stand against a colleague's reckless verbal assault, outing herself as a sexual abuse survivor in the process. Professor Hettes must continue her work even as Stacey finds herself…
Magical realism meets the magic of Christmas in this mix of Jewish, New Testament, and Santa stories–all reenacted in an urban psychiatric hospital!
On locked ward 5C4, Josh, a patient with many similarities to Jesus, is hospitalized concurrently with Nick, a patient with many similarities to Santa. The two argue…
I’m Jackie Kurtz, author of Kindness Heroes and founder of Matt’s Kindness Ripples On, a nonprofit I created after losing my son, Matt, in 2017. Matt lived with a natural, effortless kindness that touched so many lives, and after he died, I knew I had to carry that forward. What began as a way to honor him became a mission to recognize and encourage kindness in others. Through sharing stories, giving grants, and now writing this book, I’ve seen how even the smallest acts can create powerful ripple effects. That’s why I’m so passionate about kindness—it changes lives, often in ways we may never fully see.
This is a beautifully written, uplifting story about a gentle soul whose quiet kindness feels especially needed right now.
Allen Levi has created a character who feels real, thoughtful, and deeply impactful—I couldn’t help but fall in love with Theo.
When Theo arrives in Golden, Georgia, returning pencil portraits to their subjects, each interaction sparks meaningful conversations and subtle but powerful change. His motivation is simple: kindness. As he says, “At first, I did it, hoping to make someone else happy… now I do it because it brings such happiness to me.”
Levi brings each character to life with warmth and humanity, especially Ellen, whose struggles are portrayed with tenderness and care. By the end, I found myself wanting to be more like Theo—more present, compassionate, and open-hearted.
'For anything to be truly good, there must be love in it. Nothing is what it's supposed to be if love is not at the core.'
One morning, a stranger arrives in the town of Golden. No one knows who he is or where he came from...
His name is Theo and he's arrived there by chance - or has he? He visits the local coffeehouse, where ninety-two pencil portraits hang on the walls, portraits by a local artist of the people of Golden. He begins purchasing them, one…
