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  Today's shared blog post comes from Elizabeth Mahlou, author of A Believer-in-Waiting's First Encounters with God and Blest Atheist :   My cooking is well known -- for how bad it is. In fact, the topic figured prominently in Doah's book,  Mommy Poisoned Our House Guest . My mother gave up on teaching me to cook years ago, saying that it was too expensive because I ruined so much of what I touched. My kids quickly learned that it was better to have Donnie do the cooking, and I could almost always get them to do whatever I asked by threatening to cook. There is, however, one thing I can cook well: ham. So, for this new year's New Year dinner, I made a ham. Now, we usually go out to dinner on special occasions since it really is only Donnie, Doah, and I. However, this year, it was rainy and cold and seemed perfect for a ham dinner and fire in the fireplace. Doah was not so certain, however. Right after that, he ran hollering to Donnie, "Come quick! Mom's cookin...

  Over the past week, Irit Schaffer, author of Good Blood, Second Edition , has been sharing family photos to help readers get a feel for the people in the memoir. Here she shares a photograph of her Aunt Elli, who is featured in the book, writing -  " Here is a photo of my Great Aunt Elli and myself in Kosice. She is 88 years old in the photo. Ice cream was a rare delicacy for her. She was the one who shared with me that the greatest gift of life is the gift of love. She shared how the Nazis knew nothing about love and what is important in life, and it was why she was able to forgive the Nazis. She was the closest person to an angel that I knew. She was filled with so much light and love. " Book description: When she was a child, her father said he had "good blood" and that is why he and his wife survived and healed from the Holocaust. The author searched for the meaning and significance of her father's words over two continents and through four generations. He...

    Just released --- and waiting for Amazon to finish all the details (but it is available there and elsewhere for purchase) --  Good Blood, Second Edition. Book description: When she was a child, her father said he had "good blood" and that is why he and his wife survived and healed from the Holocaust. The author searched for the meaning and significance of her father's words over two continents and through four generations. Her journey uncovered a unique voice of wisdom revealing mysteries of the healing powers within us and the existence of light in every situation that helps us overcome and transcend any obstacle. This book is a quest into the depth of the human spirit. It is a rich family memoir, being deeply personal, sharing joy and pain and fear and forgiveness. It encompasses the themes of life and a topic in common with every reader: complicated family relationships. Awards earned by the first edition of this book: Hollywood Book Festival silver medal, Paris Bo...

Good Blood  is now really, truly, fully released, with images and all at online sellers. It was planned for release on May 7. It was released by the publisher on May 7, but due to some communication issues between Amazon and the wholesaler, copies were not available until just now. But we will celebrate, anyway. Two releases! We can handle that! Can you? It's a great book -- the awards for the first edition say so, and the fans say so. Book description: When she was a child, her father said he had "good blood" and that is why he and his wife survived and healed from the Holocaust. The author searched for the meaning and significance of her father's words over two continents and through four generations. Her journey uncovered a unique voice of wisdom revealing mysteries of the healing powers within us and the existence of light in every situation that helps us overcome and transcend any obstacle. This book is a quest into the depth of the human spirit. It is a rich fam...

    Just released --- and waiting for Amazon to finish all the details (but it is available there and elsewhere for purchase) --  Good Blood, Second Edition. Book description: When she was a child, her father said he had "good blood" and that is why he and his wife survived and healed from the Holocaust. The author searched for the meaning and significance of her father's words over two continents and through four generations. Her journey uncovered a unique voice of wisdom revealing mysteries of the healing powers within us and the existence of light in every situation that helps us overcome and transcend any obstacle. This book is a quest into the depth of the human spirit. It is a rich family memoir, being deeply personal, sharing joy and pain and fear and forgiveness. It encompasses the themes of life and a topic in common with every reader: complicated family relationships. Awards earned by the first edition of this book: Hollywood Book Festival silver medal, Paris Bo...

    Just released --- and waiting for Amazon to finish all the details (but it is available there and elsewhere for purchase) --  Good Blood, Second Edition. Book description: When she was a child, her father said he had "good blood" and that is why he and his wife survived and healed from the Holocaust. The author searched for the meaning and significance of her father's words over two continents and through four generations. Her journey uncovered a unique voice of wisdom revealing mysteries of the healing powers within us and the existence of light in every situation that helps us overcome and transcend any obstacle. This book is a quest into the depth of the human spirit. It is a rich family memoir, being deeply personal, sharing joy and pain and fear and forgiveness. It encompasses the themes of life and a topic in common with every reader: complicated family relationships. Awards earned by the first edition of this book: Hollywood Book Festival silver medal, Paris Bo...

Peek into the future...and wait just a bit. Coming up some time this year is the publication of  Stealing Doah , a new book by Elizabeth Mahlou.  The first time. Doah, a CHARGE Syndrome baby, at six months, was losing weight daily while in the hospital, where the staff was insisting in the kind of care that the mother and pediatrician and already determined would result in failure to thrive. Then, the hospital proposed surgery as the best approach, and the pediatrician, with a little research, learned that the suggested surgery had 25% chance of success and a pretty high risk of death. (Years later, research would show that most surgeries had a 35% chance of resulting in long-term dependence on a life machine and a poor prognosis.) The hospital decided to seek custody from the courts (without informing the parents). Elizabeth found out because she read -- and understood -- all Doah's medical records, and the doctors had left a trail. Propelled by gut instinct, Elizabeth stole ...