a week of inspiration :: books

ernest hemingway

five books that have changed my life:

• moveable feast, ernest hemingway.  my very favorite hemingway book. it's a casual memoir of paris in the 20's that includes corner cafes and bars filled with wonderful people with enchanting stories.
• eating animals, jonathan safran foer.  an honest and different approach to the topic of vegetarianism
• mere christianity, c.s. lewis.  this book was/is the most simple, yet envoking book i've ever read.  it's a logical case for christianity that is written kindly.
• easy to love, difficult to discipline, becky bailey, ph.d.  this is a powerful book that helps parents learn how to stop policing and pleading with their children and use love instead.  it explains values of integrity, respect, responsibility, passion and more.
• the giving tree, shel silverstein. i had my parents read this to me over and over as a child, and i don't think i really knew why i loved it.  then, as i grew older, i forgot about it.  after my first son was born, i ran across it in the bookstore and as i read it to him, i realized the lessons i must have taken away as a little girl.  this book teaches to love and give freely, which is the best lesson anyone can pass onto their child really.