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ISBN: 0316031917

ISBN13: 9780316031912

Marriage and Other Acts of Charity: A Memoir

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Book Overview

In her award-winning memoir Here If You Need Me , Kate Braestrup won the hearts of readers across the country with her deeply moving and deftly humorous stories of faith, hope and family. Now, with her inimitable voice and generous spirit, she turns her attention to the subjects of love and commitment in MARRIAGE AND OTHER ACTS OF CHARITY. As a minister, Kate Braestrup regularly performs weddings. She has also, at 44, been married twice and widowed once, and accordingly has much to say about life after the ceremony. From helping a newlywed couple make amends after their first fight to preparing herself for her second marriage, Braestrup offers her insights and experiences on what it truly means to share your life with someone, from the first kiss to the last straw, for better or for worse. Part memoir, part observation of modern marriage, and part meditation on the roles of God and love in our everyday lives, MARRIAGE AND OTHER ACTS OF CHARITY is a unique and unforgettable look into why, and how, we love each other, and proves yet again why Kate Braestrup's writing is "inspirational in the best sense" ( New York Daily News ).

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0316031917

ISBN13:9780316031912

Release Date:January 2010

Publisher:Reagan Arthur Books

Length:217 Pages

Weight:1.25 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 5.7" x 8.3"

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Rated 5 stars
This is an enjoyable read

By Thriftbooks.com User, May 2, 2010

In Kate Braestrup's latest book: Marriage and Other Acts of Charity: A Memoir, she offers wisdom and commonsense advice. She discusses the three types of love eros, philos, and agape. She uses examples of couples that have sought her counseling. Braestrup is an ordained minister in the Unitarian Church. She entered the ministry after the death of her husband. However, this is not a religious book. She was very careful to...

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I suspect it has the power to change lives

By Thriftbooks.com User, January 25, 2010

As a minister, Kate Braestrup counsels people on marriage: how to start one, how to enrich or endure one, and how to leave one. In this memoir, she also draws upon her own experience with two marriages and a serious relationship between those two weddings in a series of illuminating essays that are by turns thoughtful, heartbreaking, joyful and hilarious. As readers who enjoyed the author's previous memoir, HERE IF YOU NEED...

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Another winner for Kate!

By Thriftbooks.com User, December 13, 2009

As a Mainer, I particularly enjoy Kate's writings. I know the places that she's talking of and I think that helps the book to be more "real" and applicable to my own life. I must say I really enjoyed this book. It didn't focus so much on her marriage (s) as it did the institution of marriage. Yes she uses some "big" words and faith to get her point across, but it isn't over done. As many poignant moments are in this book,...

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Rated 5 stars
Makes you want to love more...

By Thriftbooks.com User, November 6, 2009

What a wonderful and different book about love, its true meaning, how to enact it! With a telling of her past, Kate Braestrup, takes us on her own personal journey and growth to the present. As a minister and chaplain for the Maine Warden Service (search, rescue, support, and comfort), she nonetheless continues to embark on loving more and and giving more. Not a goody goody, there are quick and wonderful humerous vignettes,...

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Rated 5 stars
Another Moving Memoir From a Beautiful Writer

By Thriftbooks.com User, November 2, 2009

***** I read Kate Braestrup's award-winning first memoir "Here If You Need Me" as background before I read this--her latest book--and I'm so glad I did, because she is someone I wanted to know more about. It was helpful, but certainly not necessary, as this memoir stands alone. Together, the two are a wonderful read. Marriage and Other Acts of Charity is about the author's experiences with not only marriage, but life, love,...

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