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Review: Home Truths - Charity Norman

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Review: Home Truths - Charity Norman - August 2024 I picked this one up on my Kindle while scrolling the other day and landed on Home Truths by Charity Norman. I'd heard her name before she's based here in New Zealand now but I honestly had no idea what I was walking into. The first chapter drops you straight into a courtroom, with Livia (who I quickly clocked as the mum of the family) on trial for torturing a man, waiting on the jury's decision. Then the book pulls back to the beginning, to show exactly how this ordinary family fell apart, domino by domino. It starts with her husband's brother dying, and from there Scott spirals into health-conspiracy territory , the rabbit-hole kind, the kind that turns extremist, especially once he starts watching videos and corresponding with a man called Dr. Jack. Meanwhile their daughter Heidi starts shoplifting, using the guilt and pain of it as a strange outlet for everything she's been bottling up. This is a proper slow-b...

VBT# Doctoroo and the Case of the Picnic Pirates - Dr. Rachel Wellner

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VBT# Doctoroo and the Case of the Picnic Pirates by Dr. Rachel Wellner and Illustrated by Irina Dringova - January 2023 In this fun children's story, Doctor Roo is back, and this time she has been called to help a group of bears known as the Pirates in America. They are due to perform at the 4th July Picnic as the entertainment, but they have all come down with a strange sickness, and no matter what, the organizer can't seem to get them healthy and motivated. Doctor Roo and her team from Australia, pack up their things and head to the US and visit Washington State where they meet the captain of the Picnic Pirates and the event organizers. The Doctor and his friends meet the bear cubs and soon start trying to diagnose them. Eventually, they are discovered to have been pulling off a Yogi Bear and eating too many picnic baskets. Of course, these picnic baskets have been a junk food soiree and we all know what junk food can do to us. The bears are showing signs of fatigue, grumpi...

Book Spotlight : Natural Beauties: Homemade Wellness Tips from Head to Toe by Marita & Mimina Meza

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  Join Us for This Tour from July 11 to July 22! Book Details: Book Title :  Natural Beauties: Homemade Wellness Tips from Head to Toe by Marita & Mimina Meza Category :  Adult Non-Fiction (18+) , 117 pages Genre : Non-Fiction, Beauty, How To Publisher :  Mascot Release Date : May 3, 2022 Content Rating :  PG.   Book Description: Natural Beauties: Homemade Wellness Tips from Head to Toe, teaches readers how to make natural beauty products at home that are easy and fun. From face creams and masks to post-conditioner hair sprays, this book aims to help readers look and feel youthful and invigorated every day.   Buy the Book: Amazon Target ~ B&N   Meet the Authors: Originally from Venezuela, Marita and Mimina Meza have had lifelong careers in the beauty industry. Along the way, they learned many insider tips and tricks for taking care of themselves and looking healthy using natural products. Marita and Mimina believe nature provides ev...

BIOLOGY OF THE BRAIN Book Blast - Kent MacLeod

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This post is part of a virtual book tour organized by Goddess Fish Promotions . The author will be awarding a $10 Amazon/BN GC to a randomly drawn host via Rafflecopter. Click on the tour banner to see the other stops on the tour. You are invited to today's launch party - click on the following invitation to RSVP: FOREWORD BY SUZANNE SOMERS Biology of the Brain Are you sick? Are you plagued by chronic health problems with no cure or remedy in sight? Are you tired of spending thousands on medications that only seem to make you worse? Think that your drugs are a sham that are just managing symptoms and never dealing with the root cause? You’re not alone! Millions suffer from similar ailments and health struggles just like you, only to be prescribed more medications that can actually cause harm, and in some cases, even kill you. The medical industry has it all backward! Chronic health conditions and mental health disorders are increasing at an alarming rate, ...