Treasure Hunt/Book Review-for one more day

for one more day by Mitch Albom. The back cover blurb began with "Every family has a ghost story . . ." That statement ran through my mind the entire book and by the end realized how true the statement is. This wonderful story is about the relationship of parents with their child. I loved it from the beginning to the end. It really made me think about my relationships, not only with my parents, but with everyone around me. It is very thought provoking and I would recommend it to mid-teens and up. This is taken from Albom's website:

“Every family is a ghost story . . .”

As a child, Charley “Chick” Benetto was told by his father, “You can be a mama’s boy or a daddy’s boy, but you can’t be both.” So he chooses his father, only to see the man disappear when Charley is on the verge of adolescence. Decades later, Charley is a broken man. His life has been crumbled by alcohol and regret. He loses his job. He leaves his family. He hits bottom after discovering his only daughter has shut him out of her wedding. And he decides to take his own life. He makes a midnight ride to his small hometown, with plans to do himself in. But upon failing even to do that, he staggers back to his old house, only to make an astonishing discovery. His mother -- who died eight years earlier -- is still living there, and welcomes him home as if nothing ever happened.

SUMMER TREASURE HUNT RULES:

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June 2

SPONSOR: Jennifer Griffith

PRIZE: Delicious Conversation (LDS romance, an adaptation of Jane Austen's Persuasion, set in a chocolate shop in Salt Lake City), by Jennifer Griffith

QUESTION: Name at least 5 kinds of candy I ate at the last writers' conference I attended AND share YOUR favorite candy. (HINT: Read the April 20, 2011 post. Click on April under the Blog Archive in the right hand sidebar.)

WEBSITE/BLOG: http://cottoncandy4thesoul.blogspot.com/

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