These Precious Days: EssaysAt the center of These Precious Days is the title essay, a surprising and moving meditation on an unexpected friendship that explores "what it means to be seen, to find someone with whom you can be your best and most complete self." When Patchett chose an early galley of actor and producer Tom Hanks' short story collection to read one night before bed, she had no idea that this single choice would be life changing. It would introduce her to a

Ginny Myers Sain is the New York Times bestselling author of Dark & Shallow Lies and Secrets So Deep

Gilbert begins to wonder whether his trust in her has been misplaced

and turn-of-the-century homes

An easily understood reference guide to the deities of Greek and Roman mythology

or a difficult family conversation

they encounter the lost city of Atlantis

and the mothers before them persevered

As she grows up

Ruth Bader Ginsburg became well known for her strongly worded dissenting opinions against the decisions of the conservative majority

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A man whose work takes him away for weeks on end and brings him back covered in mysterious bruises—ones he won’t talk about

” about a mongoose who protects his human family against cobras