Get inspired with this month’s good reads. Two memoirs offer a path forward through challenges – to something better than their writers ever imagined. Plus spread books and holiday joy, get inspired to feather your nest, or launch a travel adventure.

“Awake” by Jen Hatmaker (Avid Reader Press) If you have read any of Jen Hatmaker’s books, you probably follow her on social media. And you might have noticed that she disappeared from socials for a time during the height of Covid in 2020. It was then that her world blew up – at 2:30 a.m. on July 11, 2020, to be exact. Her marriage of 26 years came to an abrupt, crushing halt in a way that upended her life and the lives of her children.

This is the story of that time and so much more. Hatmaker stuns with vulnerability and courage in these p

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