For this week’s Sunday Book Review, I’m thrilled to share 3 new reviews I came across this week for 2 of my books: Words We Carry and P.S. I Forgive You. It is humbling for me and most gratifying when I learn that my books touch a reader and offer something of value and hope to empower others.
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Blurb:
“I have been a great critic of myself for most of my life, and I was darned good at it, deflating my own ego without the help of anyone else.”
What do our shopping habits, high-heeled shoes, and big hair have to do with how we perceive ourselves? Do the slights we endured when we were young affect how we choose our relationships now?
D.G. takes us on a journey, unlocking the hurts of the past by identifying situations that hindered her own self-esteem. Her anecdotes and confessions demonstrate how the hurtful events in our lives linger and set the tone for how we value our own self-worth.
Words We Carry is a raw, personal accounting of how the author overcame the demons of low self-esteem with the determination to learn to love herself.
5 Star Reviews
The dysfunctional childhood suffered by author D.G Kaye has left her with great insight into the human condition, which she writes about with much accumulated wisdom in her inspirational non-fiction book ‘Words We Carry’. We read how parents, teachers, and events in our childhood shape the adults that we become. I suffered quite a few similar events in my own childhood that the author did, and found the whole book excellent and eerily uncanny to my own life experiences.
Ms Kaye believes, just as I do, that we should put on a smile, think positive thoughts, and dress to please ourselves and not others. It doesn’t matter if we are not blessed with outward beauty, a happy and friendly demeanour will shine through and attract new friends. Beauty is as beauty does; nobody gets pleasure from being around a miserable complainer, even though they may be the best looking person for miles around.
By the time the reader reaches the last page, they would have the recipe in their hands to give their self-esteem a huge boost. Over the years I have learned to feel comfortable in my own skin, just like the author had to, and to ignore or walk away from people whose only aim in life was to make disparaging comments in order to make me feel bad about myself.
I received this book in a free promotion, but I will definitely read it again. Thoroughly recommended!
Blurb:
“I hurt for her. She wasn’t much of a mother, but she was still my mother.”
Confronted with resurfacing feelings of guilt, D.G. Kaye is tormented by her decision to remain estranged from her dying emotionally abusive mother after resolving to banish her years ago, an event she has shared in her book Conflicted Hearts. In P.S. I Forgive You, Kaye takes us on a compelling heartfelt journey as she seeks to understand the roots of her mother’s narcissism, let go of past hurts, and find forgiveness for both her mother and herself.
After struggling for decades to break free, Kaye has severed the unhealthy ties that bound her to her dominating mother—but now Kaye battles new confliction, as the guilt she harbors over her decision only increases as the end of her mother’s life draws near. Kaye once again struggles with her conscience and her feelings of being obligated to return to a painful past she thought she left behind.
5 Star Review
Wonderful Debby and well deserved.. hugs ♥
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Aw, thanks bunches Sal ❤
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Fabulous review!
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Thanks Jennie. 🙂
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You’re welcome, Debby! ?
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Excellent reviews and nothing I disagree with. I’ve never been through what you have but you make it so real, I feel I have real empathy for that sort of experience.
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Thanks so much Jacqui. You are blessed you didn’t have to encounter some of these things. But I’m glad my stories can offer inspiration to others. 🙂
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Aw… Well done, Debby! ?
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Thanks so much Kev. 🙂
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Anytime, Debby!
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🙂
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Congrats Deb…some satisfaction that hurtful experiences gave us something positive! Keep writing dear friend 🙂
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Thanks for your encouragement my friend. 🙂 x
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Nice, Debby! Three awesome reviews. That’s a wonderful Sunday share. 🙂
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Thanks so much Diana 🙂
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Congratulations, Debby, on these fantastic reviews.
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Thanks so much Robbie 🙂
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Congrats on the great review, dear Deb!. Very well deserved, my friend xx 🙂
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Thank you my wonderful friend. 🙂 xx
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Deb, it warms my heart to see such fantastic reviews for your books ♥♥
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Thank you so much Tina. And it warms my heart that it warms your heart. Seriously. 🙂 ❤ xxx
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Fabulous – well deserved praise 🙂
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Thank you so much Christoph. 🙂 xx
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Great and wonderful! I wish all the best for you!
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Thank you! 🙂
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Awesome and well deserved reviews, Deb! Keep on sharing your words. 🙂 xo
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Thanks so much Lis! 🙂 xx
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Thank you so much for sharing my reviews. 🙂
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Beautiful and well deserved reviews my lovely. Please keep sharing your loving wisdom and insights, as the world sorely needs your light. ❤ Xxxxx ❤
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Jane, thank you for your most beautiful compliment, I sure hope my stories offer the light. ❤ Hugs to you my friend. ❤ xxx
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Congrats on receiving these wonderful reviews of your books, Debby. They are well-deserved. Hugs.
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Thanks for your kind words Michelle. ❤ 🙂
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Wonderful review, Debby, for a well deserved author. Hugs. xo
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Aw, thanks so much Patricia ❤
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Congrats, Debby – these are great reviews!
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Thanks so much John. 🙂
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Oh Debby, these are such wonderful reviews. Congratulations! I get so excited for fellow authors when they receive such fabulous feedback on their work. I hope that never goes away. Cheers to you!! 🙂
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Thank you so much Natalie. I know exactly what you mean about feeling happy for others when their work is rewarded. 🙂 x
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Congratulations, Debby. Fabulous reviews.
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Thanks so much Olga 🙂
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Excellent reviews dear Debby, and praise where praise is due.. ❤
Much love and I hope you are enjoying a wonderful Wednesday xx
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Thanks again Sue for your visit and your kind words you always leave behind. ❤ xoxo
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❤ 🙂
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So happy to read these well-penned examples of appreciation for your efforts producing these inspiring and uplifing books. Congratulations, and well-deserved, my friend.
xx,
mgh
(Madelyn Griffith-Haynie – ADDandSoMuchMORE dot com)
ADD/EFD Coach Training Field founder; ADD Coaching co-founder
“It takes a village to educate a world!”
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And thank you M for your ongoing support and always uplifting comments. 🙂 ❤
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My pleasure, Deb. ❤
xx,
mgh
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Congratulations, Debby – wonderful thoughtful reviews! ?❤️ Wishing you a lovely weekend. ?
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Thanks Annika. Happy weekend to you too. 🙂 ❤
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Awesome reviews, Debby. Well deserved. Congratulations!
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Thanks for your kind words and visiting my posts from the week Norah. 🙂
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It took me a while to get there. I hope you don’t mind. But I made it eventually. You always have interesting posts to read, and on such a variety of topics. I’d hate to miss out. 🙂
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Oh, thanks so much for that lovely compliment Norah. It’s always a pleasure to see you visit. And like I always say: Never apologize. We all have so much to contend with and work on our own schedules. 🙂
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Thanks for your understanding, Debby. I am honoured by your patient acceptance. ❤
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Of course Norah! 🙂 xx
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Congrats you weapon you xxxxxxxxxx
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Lol thanks fellow weapon woman! ❤ xxxxxx
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Oh Debby, you’re a perennial who is helping so many people ~ I’m so happy to see these new reviews for your books ♥ BIG congrats!
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And you are such a darling my swwet friend. Thank you. ❤ Weekend hugs! xx
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Hugging back! ♥
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