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• Aggressively Happy

  a Realist's Guide to Believing in the Goodness of Life

  Clarkson, Joy

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  Clarkson shares stories and secrets on how to have joy, even when circumstances are difficult, and the world around you seems out of control.

• The Blue Castle by L. M. Montgomery

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  After Valancy Stirling receives a unexpected diagnosis, she throws all caution to the wind and decides to live her life to the full, resulting in a future she could never have imagined. Go to librarypoint.org/hoopla to learn how to access this large…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Comfort Book

  Haig, Matt

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  Haig shares some of the notes he wrote to his future self in these essays, which will encourage and reassure anyone who reads them.

• Delicious!

  a Novel

  Reichl, Ruth

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  Billie Breslin is hired to answer reader questions about recipes in a food magazine that has been shut down . As she explores the empty building, she uncovers a secret cache of letters from a famous chef to a young girl. In her attempt to uncover…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Gratitude Diaries

  How a Year Looking on the Bright Side Can Transformed Your Life

  Kaplan, Janice

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  Kaplan recounts her year of living gratefully and how it led to a richer, more satisfied existence. She includes some of her practices, stories of others, and research into how gratitude can improve your life. A positive, encouraging book.

• The Happiness Project

  Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun

  Rubin, Gretchen

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  Gretchen Rubin determines to live a happier life, and, over the course of the year, she tackles a different topic each month in her pursuit of happiness. Rubin's enthusiasm is contagious, and her book is filled with good ideas to implement a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Harry's Trees

  Cohen, Jon

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  Harry's love of trees sends him to the forest to find solace after a tragedy. While hiding among the trees, he is found by a young girl, Oriana, who decides that Harry can complete the story she has imagined in the woods near her home. With a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Hattie Big Sky

  Larson, Kirby

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  In order to make a home for herself, 16-year-old Hattie Brooks has no choice but to work her uncle's claim in Iowa. She faces the hardships with courage and resilience, while sharing her adventures with her friends and articles in her hometown…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I'll Be Your Blue Sky

  De los Santos, Marisa, 1966-

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  Clare Hobbs receives two gifts from an elderly woman she meets: the courage to break off her wedding and, a few weeks later, a house. At loose ends, Clare moves into the house and begins to uncover its secret history, leading her to understand who…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I Will Always Write Back

  How One Letter Changed Two Lives

  Alifirenka, Caitlin

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  The inspiring story of two pen pals from different countries and circumstances, whose correspondence leads to transformed lives for them and their families.

• Microjoys

  Finding Hope (especially) When Life Is Not Okay

  Spiegel, Cyndie

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  The author shares her secret of using "microjoys" to smooth over rough places and keep her going in dark times. Using essays and prompts, Spiegel helps readers look for microjoys in their lives, too.

• My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry

  a Novel

  Backman, Fredrik, 1981-

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  Elsa's fellow adventurer and grandmother dies, but she leaves Elsa with letters to deliver to a variety of people Granny had wronged over the years. Elsa goes on her greatest adventure to deliver the letters and finds hope and new beginnings in the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Redwood Court

  Fiction

  Dameron, DéLana R. A.

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  Mika Tabor grows up listening to her grandparents' and parents' stories of community, good futures, and helping one another in this family saga about how the American Dream plays out in one African American community in South Carolina.

• A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

  Smith, Betty, 1896-1972

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  This classic coming-of-age story features Francie Nolan, whose romantic father and practical mother instill their values in her, giving Francie a unique approach to life that allows her to shine.

• What You Are Looking for Is in the Library

  a Novel

  Aoyama, Michiko, 1970-

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  Sayuri Komachi is a librarian in a small community library, where she recommends the perfect book for everyone who asks her. Watching each individual's life as it changes for the better after receiving Komachi's recommendation is a delight, as is…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Wintering

  the Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times

  May, Katherine

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  This thoughtful memoir tells the story of a period in Katherine May's life that required her to retreat from the world for a period of rest, her pondering on how to stop and be still, and her discoveries along the way. An inspiring book with ideas…Read moreRead more of this annotation