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Jan 31, 2006 · A young widow raising two boys, Sarah Laden is struggling to keep her family together. But when a shocking revelation rips apart the family of her closest friend, Sarah finds herself welcoming yet another troubled young boy into her already tumultuous life.
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helping strangers—often risking time and treasure and occasionally even life and limb to do so. It’s about you and me, and how we treat everybody else. It’s about the kindness of strangers. When it comes to compassion for strangers, the human species is in a class of its own. Chimpanzees, like humans, regularly help kith and
Apr 23, 2013 · Recommended to book clubs by 2 of 3 members. On a quiet street in the suburban Midwest, a popular, seemingly stable family keeps a terrible, dark secret behind closed doors -- a secret that will have life-changing consequences for all who know them.
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4. In Patti See and Dorothy Pirovano’s essays, we see a scale to kindness to strangers, both given and received, that is much larger than we are used to. Would you be comfortable donating a kidney anonymously—or building a life that depends on the assumption that strangers are willing to pick you up every time you fall? Why or why not? 5.
1. The power of human connection: The book emphasizes the transformative impact of random acts of kindness from strangers. It demonstrates how small acts of empathy, compassion, and support from people we may never meet again can leave a lasting impact on our lives.
Jul 9, 2021 · The kindness of strangers. Publication date. 2003. Topics. Voyages and travels, Kindness, Travelers' writings. Publisher. Melbourne, Vic. : Oakland, Calif. : Lonely Planet. Collection. internetarchivebooks; inlibrary; printdisabled.
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Sep 3, 2020 · 'This fascinating and wide-ranging book presents a new theory of why we are kind to strangers. Michael E. McCullough argues that the standard answers are mistaken—our kindness is not the product of a special evolved system, nor is it a biological accident.
