The stories we tell
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Alamosa Public Library - BIOGRAPHY | 92 GAINES | On Shelf |
Pines and Plains - Elizabeth Public Library - NONFICTION | ANF 643.7 GAI | On Shelf |
Ruby Sisson Library - NONFICTION | 920 GAI, J | On Shelf |
Yuma Public Library - NONFICTION | 643.72 Gaines, Joanna | On Shelf |
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Self-help publications
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Inspiration & Personal GrowthŜELF-HELP / Personal Growth / General
Gaines, Joanna, -- 1978-
Interior decorators -- United States -- Biography.
RELIGION / Christian Life / Family
Self-perception.
Self-realization.
Television personalities -- United States -- Biography.
United States
Women interior decorators
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Inspiration & Personal GrowthŜELF-HELP / Personal Growth / General
Gaines, Joanna, -- 1978-
Interior decorators -- United States -- Biography.
RELIGION / Christian Life / Family
Self-perception.
Self-realization.
Television personalities -- United States -- Biography.
United States
Women interior decorators
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Published
New York : Harper Select, 2022.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
vii, 247 pages : 21 cm.
Street Date
2211.
Language
English
Notes
Description
""I thought I'd found myself in a world that, in order for me to fit into it, I had to fold myself up and break myself down. But it's a tight squeeze in a box that's only good for hiding."--Joanna Gaines"--
oanna Gaines' new book, The Stories We Tell, invites us on an authentic and deeply vulnerable journey into her story—and helps shine a light on the beauty of our own—guiding us to release the weights that hold us back so we may live and share our story in truth.
We've all dropped anchor in places that suited us for a time: a city, a perspective, a lie we mistook as truth. This book is an invitation to a kind of life where you know how to hold what you believe—about yourself and the quiet worlds behind the people you pass—with gracious and open hands. To see your story as greater than any past or future thing, but for all the beauty and joy and hope it holds today.
It’s an invitation to take stock of the chapters you’ve lived—the good and the bad, the beautiful and the ugly—glean what’s gold, and carry only that forward. Let it slow your feet and steady your life-in-motion so you can see where you stand today from a new point of view. No longer through weary or uncertain eyes, but a lens brimming with hope.
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"The only way to break free was to rewrite my story. Because something would happen every time my pen stopped: It was like my soul was coming back to my body. Like the deepest parts of me that got knocked around and drowned out by all the crap I let the world convince me about who I was came back to the surface. And what was left was only what was real and true. I was, finally, standing in the fullness of my story. I felt hopeful. I felt full. Our story may crack us open, but it also pieces us back together.
We all have a story to tell. This happens to be mine—every chapter a window into who I am, the journey I’m on, and the season I’m in right now. Because this is my story, maybe you won’t always relate, or maybe it will feel like you’re looking in a mirror. Whatever we have in common and whatever differences lie between us, I only hope my story can help shine a light on the beauty of yours. That my own soul work will stir something of your own. And that by the time you get to the end of my story, you’re also holding the beautiful beginnings of your own.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Gaines, J. (2022). The stories we tell . Harper Select.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Gaines, Joanna, 1978-. 2022. The Stories We Tell. Harper Select.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Gaines, Joanna, 1978-. The Stories We Tell Harper Select, 2022.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Gaines, Joanna. The Stories We Tell Harper Select, 2022.
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