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  US Review of Books (Jennifer Sope, reviewer) calls Kris Girrell's newest book, Spiritually Homeless :  "a steady and compassionate guide for anyone seeking meaning beyond organized religion" Read the full review  HERE . Book description: Many have walked away from organized religion not out of apathy, but out of honesty. Still the spiritual hunger remains; the longing for community and a place called home persists. Spiritually Homeless   offers a deeply compassionate and practical guide for those navigating spiritual life beyond church walls. Whether you left organized religion years ago or never belonged to some sect to begin with, this book will meet you right where you are. Through stories, reflection, and decades of experience in spiritual leadership and psychological insight, Spiritually Homelesss   explores how we find belonging, create ritual, face the dark night, and rediscover awe—without needing to return to doctrines that no longer fit. keywords: sp...

  GT Walker's book, Curse of the Maestro , recently received a great review from US Review of Books. "Readers with a darker sense of humor and a love of imaginative, even silly predicaments will be smiling throughout this riotous read." Read the whole review HERE . Book Description: A psychopath's scented love letters. Neo-Nazi music journalism. The museum guestbook, right beside a lifelike diorama of musicians in their natural habitat. This collection of hybrid fiction is all that remains of the Stonehaven Symphony Orchestra. In the aftermath of their fiery tour bus mishap,  Curse of the Maestro  documents the lives, loves, and musical pursuits of tuxedo-clad misfits in their own words, a shameless allegory for the performing arts today. Characters from the gamut of racial and sexual orientations drive these short stories, unreliable narrators exploring the secret trenches of high art. Fearless readers will embark upon an almost archaeological excavation of these art...

  "With a touch of humor and admirable self-awareness, ...  James offers up a quirky, sardonic guide for navigating the workforce and life as an independent, outspoken, middle-aged woman. " The Book That (Almost) Got Me Fired  by Kelly James received a great review from US Review of Books. Read the full review  HERE . Book description: You're 52. Divorced. Single mom to a teenaged son and a tween daughter. Happily self-employed but worried about the cost of health insurance, the inevitable impact of perimenopause on your body, and whether you should keep dating a sexy plumber who's sweet and funny but lives an hour away and doesn't seem that into you. So, after 22 years of fulltime freelancing, you take a day job as a tiny, creaky cog in the corporate American machine where you're decades older than most of your coworkers - and you write about it. The Book That (Almost) Got Me Fired: A Year in Corporate America is an entertaining, midlife memoir that shares wh...

  Kelly James, author of the newly released, popular book  The Book That Almost Got Me Fired , was recently US Review of Books. Says the reviewer, Joslyn Vann, " James offers up a quirky, sardonic guide for navigating the workforce and life as an independent, outspoken, middle-aged woman."  Read the full review HERE . #3 ON AMAZON'S LIST OF HOT NEW RELEASES FOR NEARLY A MONTH Book description: You're 52. Divorced. Single mom to a teenaged son and a tween daughter. Happily self-employed but worried about the cost of health insurance, the inevitable impact of perimenopause on your body, and whether you should keep dating a sexy plumber who's sweet and funny but lives an hour away and doesn't seem that into you. So, after 22 years of fulltime freelancing, you take a day job as a tiny, creaky cog in the corporate American machine where you're decades older than most of your coworkers - and you write about it. The Book That (Almost) Got Me Fired: A Year in Corp...