Today's Featured Books

Happy holidays from LitNuts and from the authors of today's featured books...a selection of 13 titles with holiday-related themes!

"The holiday season is a time for storytelling." ~Lemony Snicket, The Lump of Coal

Today, LitNuts is shining a spotlight on the work of Rev. Dr. Anne Hays Egan, a high-energy community building consultant who loves to write! Featured in today's special newsletter are three of Anne's books:

• Building Communities of Hope
• God's Eyes
• Moving Mama

Read on to learn more about these inspirational and enjoyable books and about Anne's work.

★★★★★ "Building each other up to do amazing things together." ~Amazon Vine Voice Review

Building Communities of Hope: How People are Making Positive Change

Each of us has the spirit and fire within to live in joy. We are built for it! We can make positive changes that empower and bring hope to ourselves and others. 

Building Communities of Hope is a guide for those of us who yearn for a change in our lives. It’s a roadmap for creating positivity and a meaningful difference in our communities and society. It’s a resource for those who need support and motivation to recover from life’s challenges. It is intended to help each of us:

• Believe in ourselves.
• Take steps to improve our lives.
• Address challenges and break through barriers.
• Build hope that’s our own – that’s practical and works for us.
• Strengthen our personal purpose and power.
• Win friends, influence, lead, and support others.
• Be a force for positive change in our communities.

We all face challenges…natural disasters, accidents, health issues, economic setbacks, and more. This book teaches that there is a way through and beyond these challenges, especially when we rely on each other. We have the power within us!

Praise for Building Communities of Hope

★★★★★ "A great book that guides readers toward building a strong community through good deeds. It is also a much-needed resource for self-healing from life’s challenges and advocating compassion, kindness, and love to support one another." ~Literary Titan, Gold Award

God's Eyes - A Vision for Us: Presence, Promise, and Power

Want a book that will help you get up in the morning, fired up and ready to take on the world? Want something that shares the power of spiritual transformation? Presence, promise, and power? This book may provide you with some great, practical tools.

God's Eyes is for seekers, those who know they're on a spiritual path, out-of-the-box thinkers, and all who want greater focus and purpose in their lives. God’s Eyes shares the author’s experience of a powerful vision where, for a minute, she got to see the world and its promise through what she experienced as God’s perspective. Early readers call the book profound, captivating, and transformative...a "great work" that is "much needed in our world."

Praise for God's Eyes

★★★★★ "A thought-provoking book that invites us to embrace the mystery of divine encounters, live in the slipstream of divine guidance, and contribute to a more compassionate world through small acts of kindness," ~Goodreads Review

Moving Mama: Taking Care of Mother During Her Final Years with Alzheimer's

More than 6.7 million people in the United States are living with Alzheimer's. Worldwide, more than 55 million people have dementia. Most of us need help and this book has a lot to offer.

Navigating the complexities of Alzheimer’s is life-changing. Caring for your loved one takes all you have in the way of physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual stamina. There are also many gifts that come from the experience, and times of sacred space.

Anne Hays Egan lived through this struggle in her own family and has worked as a consultant in health and aging, In Moving Mama, Anne shares relatable stories and practical advice, including resources, hope, and guidance for what often feels like an overwhelming journey. 

Praise for Moving Mama

★★★★★ "A compassionate guide through Alzheimer's." ~Amazon Vine Voice Review 

★★★★★ "Valuable advice and strategies for navigating the complexities of elder care." ~Amazon Review

Free online Sunday: The Back Room. Join authors Jeffery Deaver, Karen Dionne, James L'Etoile, and Nishita Parekh for an evening of great conversation. Sunday, December 17, 6-8 PM CST. 

"The more the pleasures of the body fade away, the greater to me is the pleasure and charm of conversation." ~Plato, Republic

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