Christmas Every Morning

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Summary: Lisa Bergren's best novel yet...
Review: Christmas Every Morning is one of the best books I've read all year and in my opinion the best book Lisa Bergren has ever written! The troubled relationship between Krista Mueller and her mother Charlotte is as authentic as it is complex. There is intensity and depth to the ravages of Alzheimer's that makes you want to call your mother to tell her you love her. Lisa Bergren avoids the trap of stereotypical pat solutions, offering a story that will keep you reading late into the night, get out the Kleenex for Christmas Every Morning!
-Traci DePree, author of A Can of Peas

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Summary: It's never too late for compassion
Review: I'm biased in favor of this book because I took the jacket photograph of St. Jerome Chapel at Taos Pueblo. I'm grateful to Lisa Tawn Bergren and Waterbrook Press for selecting my image for the cover.

Treating the world with compassion lies at the heart of everything whether you hear Soto Zen, Islamic or Christian tradition in your heart. Lisa's story of a daughter loving her mother again and forgiving herself reminded me of how difficult forgiveness for my father was. That forgiveness and my realization that he always did the best he could made our adult relationship close again before the strokes that eventually took his life. Lisa's story populated Taos with characters I grew to love, and makes me treasure my 84-year-old mother all the more.

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Summary: Christmas Every Morning
Review: This book was awesome; I cried healing tears as I read it. As the daughter of a woman who has mental health issues, and also as a mother of adult children who carried my own issues into my children's lives, I could relate strongly to this book. The messages received by this writer were: it is never too late to begin healing, our entire perspective on life can change if we only allow God to work in our lives, God wants us to be healthy, real love is not only about our feelings but is about committment and about seeing other's as God sees them, and the human spirit is indeed a mighty warrior. As a social worker I will use this book with select clients to help facilitate healing and peace. This is indeed a life changing book. Thank you, Lisa!

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Summary: Christmas Every Morning
Review: Without going into detail, I forgave my Mom for everything in our past, but she died (almost two years ago) never forgiving me. I couldn't stop crying reading this book. In spite of the sadness in my heart, I loved it. I hope Ms. Bergren will continue writing books that touch the heart so much.