TITLE: Tales2Inspire ~ The Diamond Collection - Series V
SUBTITLE: Stories of Turning the Page
SERIES TITLE: Tales2Inspire ~ The Diamond Collection
AUTHOR: Anthology of authors of contest winning inspiring stories
AUTHOR'S WEBSITE: https://www.tales2inspire.com
GENRE: Inspirational, non-fiction personal stories
AGE / INTEREST LEVEL: 21 +
PAGE COUNT: 236
PUBLISHER: Independently Published
REVIEWED BY: Emily Jane Hills Orford
REVIEW LINK: https://readersfavorite.com/book-review/tales2inspire
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Reviewed by Emily-Jane Hills Orford for Readers' Favorite
“Change is the current that drives our lives.” Janet Rice wrote these poignant words in her creative nonfiction story, Bygone Brooklyn. Change is also what makes our stories so empowering, so sensitive and compassionate, and so important. Life is all about stories; it’s what defines us as humans. Stories reveal our history, but stories also heal, nourish, and make us whole, make us complete, like the protective powers of the moonstone. Stories like a father hearing for the first time from an adult daughter he never knew existed; a woman who explores her connection to Holocaust survivors after attending a talk given at her grandson’s school; a child who blends in well with children of different races and doesn’t experience her own sense of alienation until her comfort zone, her home, changes; a teacher struggling with the pandemic-infused new teaching format and, stressed to the limits of endurance, seeks another path to follow. Powerful stories and there are many, many more that will open your hearts and minds to the depth of the human spirit and the strength to survive against all odds.
Lois W. Stern’s book, Tales2Inspire – The Diamond Collection - Series V, is a compendium of stories from the two Moonstone Collection anthologies. The stories collected cover a number of topics, from grief to love, from family tragedies to triumphs, and so much more. The binding theme of these stories is the ability of the author of each story to overcome the trials, the challenges, and to find another way forward, to accommodate the change that life presented. Like the heartwarming stories of Chicken Soup for the Soul and many others like Trisha Faye, these stories will have you laughing and crying and often cheering on the author, as we all can relate to these life-changing, challenging moments. Coupled with photographs, these stories are meant to be savored and enjoyed, one at a time.
