Books

Charla’s Reading List

Author: Brené Brown

Daring Greatly

The Gifts of Imperfection
This book continues to inspire me to live a more wholehearted life. Following my passions, dreams and values and letting go of perfectionism, control, and the expectations of others.

Dare to Lead

Atlas of the Heart

Author: Karma Brown

Come Away With Me

Recipe for a Perfect Wife

The Choices We Make

Author: Katherine Centre

How to Walk Away

Things You Save in a Fire

Author: Paulo Coelho

The Alchemist

Author: Bonnie Garmus

Lessons in Chemistry

Author: Michelle Good

Five Little Indians – a heart wrenching and powerful book…definitely a must-read for all Canadians who strive for personal understanding on our Reconciliation journey as a country.

Author: Shilpi Somaya Gowda

The Shape of Family

Author: Genevieve Graham

Tides of Honour / Come From Away

Letters Across the Sea

The Forgotten Home Child

Bluebird

Wish List – Promises to Keep, At the Mountain’s Edge

Author: Molly Green

A Sister’s Courage

An Orphan in the Snow

An Orphan’s War

Wishlist: An Orphan’s Wish, A Sister’s Song, A Sister’s War

Author: Martha Hall Kelly

Lilac Girls

Sunflower Sisters

Author: Matt Haig

The Midnight Library

Author: Kristin Hannah

The Nightingale

The Four Winds

Author: Kristin Harmel

The Room on Rue Amelie

The Book of Lost Names

The Sweetness of Forgetting

Author: Lawrence Hill

Any Known Blood

Author: Wendy Holden

The Royal Governess

Author: Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg

The little old lady who broke all the rules

Author: Pam Jenoff

The Lost Girls of Paris

The Orphan’s Tale

Author: Jonas Jonasson

The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden

Author: Mary Lawson

A Town Called Solace

Author: Sue Monk Kidd

The Book of Longings

Author: Michelle Obama

Becoming

The Light We Carry

Author: Kate Quinn

The Rose Code

Author: Waubgeshig Rice

Moon of the Crusted Snow

Author: Eden Robinson

Son of a Trickster

Author: Jennifer Robson

Coronation Year

Author: Nicholas Sparks

The Longest Ride

The Wish

Author: Bryn Turnbull

The Woman Before Wallis

Author: Jennifer Weiner

That Summer

All fall down

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