Bloom
Finding Beauty in the Unexpected - A Memoir
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Kelle Hampton
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Kelle Hampton
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There is us. Our Family. We will hold our precious gift and know that we are lucky....
From the outside looking in, Kelle Hampton had the perfect life: a beautiful two-year-old daughter, a loving husband, and a thriving photography career. When she learned she was pregnant with their second child, they were ecstatic. But when their new daughter was placed in her arms in the delivery room, Kelle knew instantly that something was wrong. Nella looked different than her sister, Lainey, had at birth. As her friends and family celebrated, a terrified Kelle was certain that Nella had Down syndrome - a fear her pediatrician soon confirmed. Yet gradually Kelle embraced the realization that she had been chosen to experience an extraordinary and special gift.
With lyrical prose and gorgeous photography, Bloom takes listeners on a wondrous journey through Nella's first year of life - a gripping, hilarious, and intensely poignant trip of transformation in which a mother learns that perfection comes in all different shapes.
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Interesting read for bachelor/bachelorette fans
- By Melanie on 03-31-16
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Inconceivable
- A Medical Mistake, the Baby We Couldn't Keep, and Our Choice to Deliver the Ultimate Gift
- By: Carolyn Savage, Sean Savage
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell, Danny Campbell
- Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 68
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 55
A medical mistake during an IVF procedure.An unthinkable situation....you're pregnant with the wrong baby. You can terminate, but you can't keep him. What choice would you make?
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3 out of 5 stars
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"Misconception" and "Inconceivable"
- By Simone on 12-17-12
By: Carolyn Savage, and others
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Fly a Little Higher
- How God Answered a Mom's Small Prayer in a Big Way
- By: Laura Sobiech
- Narrated by: Amber Quick
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 153
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 137
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Story5 out of 5 stars 137
"Okay, Lord, you can have him. But if he must die, I want it to be for something big. I want someone’s life to be changed forever." This is what Laura Sobeich prayed when she found out her 17-year-old son had only one year to live. With this desperate prayer, she released her son to God’s will. At that point, Zach Sobiech was just another teenager battling cancer. When his mother told him to think about writing good-bye letters to family and friends, he decided instead to write songs. One of them, "Clouds", captured hearts and changed not one life but millions, making him an international sensation.
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4 out of 5 stars
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What an emotional, inspirational read!
- By Daryl on 04-05-15
By: Laura Sobiech
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Rare Bird
- A Memoir of Loss and Love
- By: Anna Whiston-Donaldson
- Narrated by: Hillary Huber
- Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 64
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 57
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Story5 out of 5 stars 57
On an ordinary September day, 12-year-old Jack is swept away in a freak neighborhood flood. His parents and younger sister are left to wrestle with the awful questions: How could God let this happen? Can we ever be happy again? They each fall into the abyss of grief in different ways. And in the days and months to come, they each find their faltering way toward peace. In Rare Bird, Anna Whiston-Donaldson unfolds a mother's story of loss that leads, in time, to enduring hope.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Warning! Tears
- By Madge on 08-16-15
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Dancing on Broken Glass
- By: Ka Hancock
- Narrated by: Amy Landon, Zach Villa
- Length: 13 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 190
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 167
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 168
Lucy Houston and Mickey Chandler probably shouldn't have fallen in love, let alone gotten married. They're both plagued with faulty genes - he has bipolar disorder and she has a ravaging family history of breast cancer. But when their paths cross on the night of Lucy's 21st birthday, sparks fly, and there's no denying their chemistry. Cautious every step of the way, they are determined to make their relationship work-and they put it all in writing. Mickey promises to take his medication. Lucy promises not to blame him for what is beyond his control. He promises honesty.
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5 out of 5 stars
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wow is all I can say.
- By karen on 10-25-18
By: Ka Hancock
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Nearly Normal
- Surviving the Wilderness, My Family and Myself
- By: Cea Sunrise Person
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- Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 146
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 122
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 122
In her best-selling memoir North of Normal, Cea wrote with grace about her unconventional childhood - her early years living in a tipi in Alberta with her pot-smoking, free-loving counterculture family. But her struggles do not end when she leaves her family at the age of 13 to become a model. Honest and daring, Nearly Normal reveals the many ways that Cea's unconventional childhood continues to reverberate through the years.
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2 out of 5 stars
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This one is just not for me
- By Pamela Plimpton on 03-15-19
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Does This Baby Make Me Look Straight?
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 868
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 796
In 2005, Dan Bucatinsky and his partner, Don Roos, found themselves in an L.A. delivery room, decked out in disposable scrubs from shower cap to booties, to welcome their adopted baby girl - launching their frantic yet memorable adventures into fatherhood. Two and a half years later, the same birth mother - a heroically generous, pack-a-day teen with a passion for Bridezilla marathons and Mountain Dew - delivered a son into the couple’s arms.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A Parenting Book with Humor and Heart
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Finding Grace
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- By: Donna VanLiere
- Narrated by: Donna VanLiere
- Length: 4 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 27
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 28
Finding Grace is the powerful, often humorous, and deeply moving story of one woman's journey of broken dreams. It is the story of how a painful legacy of the past is confronted and met with peace. This book is for anyone who has struggled to understand why our desires---even the simplest ones---are sometimes denied or who has questioned where God is when we need Him most. This story is about one woman's unlikely road to motherhood. Finally, it's a book about the "undeserved gift which is life itself."
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5 out of 5 stars
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Finding Grace... and joy, delight, and camaraderie
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By: Donna VanLiere
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Instant Mom
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- Narrated by: Nia Vardalos
- Length: 7 hrs and 34 mins
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 225
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 202
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 202
Some families are created in different ways but are still, in every way, a family. Writer and star of My Big Fat Greek Wedding Nia Vardalos firmly believed she was supposed to be a mom, but Mother Nature and modern medicine had put her in a headlock. So she made a choice that shocked friends, family, and even herself: with only 14 hours' notice, she adopted a preschooler.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Witty and Heartfelt
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By: Nia Vardalos
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Sunrise
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 345
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 290
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In preparation for their wedding day, Dayne Matthews and Katy Hart are determined to keep the ceremony a secret from the paparazzi. Their relationship grows closer and stronger as they plan together, but before the wedding, Katy and Dayne face what may be their greatest challenge. Is it possible for Katy to find a place in Dayne's world? Or could the pressures of fame rip away everything they've fought to find together?
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5 out of 5 stars
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More Baxter Family Books I Love it!
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By: Karen Kingsbury
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Hope and Other Luxuries
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 95
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 89
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Clare Dunkle seemed to have an ideal life - two beautiful, high-achieving teenage daughters, a loving husband, and a satisfying and successful career as a children's book novelist. But it's when you let down your guard that the ax falls. Just after one daughter successfully conquered her depression, another daughter developed a life-threatening eating disorder.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Potent and Real
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Can't Forgive
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 104
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When Kim Goldman was just 22, her older brother, Ron, was brutally killed by O. J. Simpson. Ron and Kim were very close, and her devastation was compounded by the shocking not guilty verdict that allowed a smirking Simpson to leave as a free man.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Selfish
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 736
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Kari Baxter Jacobs is furious, hurt, and confused. Her husband, Tim, a respected professor of journalism, is having an affair with a student. Stunned, Kari returns home to the Baxter family to sort things out. But when an old flame comes back into her life, she is more confused than ever.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very, very good book!
- By Wendy Anderson on 04-16-15
By: Karen Kingsbury, and others
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Lies and Other Acts of Love
- By: Kristy Woodson Harvey
- Narrated by: Janet Metzger
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 855
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Story4 out of 5 stars 774
After 60 years of marriage and five daughters, Lynn "Lovey" White knows that all of us, from time to time, need to use our little white lies. Her granddaughter Annabelle, on the other hand, is as truthful as they come. She always does the right thing - that is until she dumps her hedge fund manager fiance and marries a musician she has known for three days. After all, her grandparents fell in love at first sight....
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1 out of 5 stars
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One big giant cheese ball
- By Book.Lover 1350 on 06-16-19
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Lifemark
- By: Kendrick Bros. LLC, Chris Fabry
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Melissa had clung to the thin thread of hope given by the adoption agency that someday her newborn son might want to connect with her. When his eighteenth birthday arrived, she called the agency to simply update her contact information, not expecting a response.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I love the emphasis on abortion being wrong
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The Ramblers
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- By: Aidan Donnelley Rowley
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 95
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Set in the most magical parts of Manhattan - the Upper West Side, Central Park, Greenwich Village - The Ramblers explores the lives of three lost souls bound together by friendship and family. During the course of one fateful Thanksgiving week, a time when emotions run high and being with family can be a mixed blessing, Rowley's sharply defined characters explore the moments when decisions are deliberately made, choices accepted, and pasts reconciled.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Lovely Portrait of The City
- By Dingo27 on 02-19-16
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- Janelle
- 03-10-24
Beautiful Story
This is a beautiful story of transforming grief and sadness into joy and hope, through the support of an amazing family and true friendship. So inspiring when going thru any trial, Kelle tells of her journey beautifully.
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- Melissa
- 05-11-15
excellent
thank you for opening up with the truth ...and a great life that hit a few struggles
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- perkimom
- 04-12-15
Beautifully written!
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
I love how this book is written. So descriptive with raw emotion. I cried page after page.
Who was your favorite character and why?
Kelle was my favorite character. I love that she shared something so personal and emotional. After experiencing a similar situation I went throughout debilitating depression, Kelle was able to put in to words how I felt. It was a very cathartic read.
If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
I think that the book is perfectly named. "Finding beauty in the unexpected"
Any additional comments?
I loved the narrator! Beautiful book and beautifully read. Some narrators have voices that you just can't stand. Kelle has a nice voice and she reads the book with pure love and emotion. I cannot recommend this book enough!
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- Meredith
- 05-08-17
Wonderful and inspirational
This book was a wonderful story of grief, friendship, and unconditional love. I recommend this book for any mom, dad, relative, or individual who desires to understand what compassion and support look like. And while difficult to read as an expectant mother of a down syndrome child, Kelly and Nella's story is a great encouragement and story of hope.
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- Allicia
- 09-14-23
Everyone needs to hear this!
This was easy to listen to and so well written and performed! Kelle’s raw description of her longing to become a mother and her feelings along the way tug at the heartstrings. It is easy to get into and is a beautiful story that showcases pain and love mixed with humor. This is one of the best books I’ve listened to!
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- Marian
- 06-27-14
The narrator talks too fast ,can hardly catch up
It's a beautiful inspiring book , specially to those parents who's going through the same situation ..
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- Melissa
- 06-03-14
The author is so whiny, I couldn't keep listening!
What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?
I like books about parenting. I like stories about children with challenges. I didn't finish this book however - I got SO sick of the author's "woe is me" attitude! Mind you, this is probably how she really felt about the situation, and I'm sure if I continued to read she would have eventually shut the hell up, but I just couldn't take it anymore. Ruined it for me.
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- Susanne
- 03-16-18
Disappointed
I love her writing style and could relate to her memoir after becoming a mama to a child with DS. But, after spending the first year of our life with my child in the NICU & subsequent hospital stays, I just felt that this book became unrelatable and honestly a bit whiney. I was hoping by halfway through this memoir, to not be still engulfed in those tough hospital days. Sorry, you lost my interest and was hoping for more inspiration.
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