7 Best parenting books like The Other Side of Special: Navigating the Messy, Emotional, Joy-Filled Life of a Special Needs Mom by Amy J. Brown

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The Other Side of Special: Navigating the Messy, Emotional, Joy-Filled Life of a Special Needs Mom

By: Amy J. Brown

4.63

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Find Hope, Joy, and Community as a Special Needs Mom For the special needs mom who yearns for comm…

If you liked the parenting plot in The Other Side of Special: Navigating the Messy, Emotional, Joy-Filled Life of a Special Needs Mom by Amy J. Brown , here is a list of 7 books like this:

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1. Prayer: Finding the Heart's True Home

By: Richard J. Foster

4.15

Format: 275 pages, Hardcover

Best-selling author Richard J. Foster offers a warm, compelling, and sensitive primer on prayer, he… read more

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  • religion
  • nonfiction
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2. Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling

By: John Taylor Gatto

4.15

Format: 142 pages, Paperback

A highly praised bestseller for over a decade, Dumbing Us Down is a radical treatise on public educ… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • parenting
"… nothing important can ever really be boring."

-John Taylor Gatto, Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling

"As redes operacionais tornam as pessoas solitárias."

-John Taylor Gatto, Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling

"I assign a type of extended schooling called “homework,"

-John Taylor Gatto, Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling

"Networks like schools are not communities, just as school training is not education."

-John Taylor Gatto, Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling

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3. Psalms (Bible #19), ESV

By: Anonymous

4.14

Format: None pages,

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  • religion

4. Same Kind of Different as Me

By: Lynn Vincent , Ron Hall , Denver Moore

3.18

Format: 159 pages, Hardcover

Meet Denver, a man raised under plantation-style slavery in Louisiana in the 1960s; a man who escap… read more

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5. Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience and Finding Joy

By: Sheryl Sandberg , Adam M. Grant , Adam Grant

3.93

Format: 512 pages,

From Facebook's COO and Wharton's top-rated professor, the #1 New York Timesbest-selling authors of… read more

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6. Hope Heals: A True Story of Overwhelming Loss and an Overcoming Love

By: Joni Eareckson Tada , Katherine Wolf , Jay Wolf

4.47

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

When all seems lost, where can hope be found? Katherine and Jay married right after college and … read more

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  • nonfiction

7. Changes That Heal: How to Understand the Past to Ensure a Healthier Future

By: Henry Cloud

4.06

Format: 32 pages,

This book focuses on four developmental tasks -- bonding to others, separating from others, integra… read more

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8. Farmer Boy (Little House, #3)

By: Laura Ingalls Wilder , Garth Williams

5.00

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Growing up on his family's farm in New York, Almanzo Wilder wishes for just one thing--his very own… read more

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9. Hinds' Feet on High Places

By: Hannah Hurnard

3.67

Format: 220 pages,

Hinds' Feet on High Placesis one of Hannah Hurnard's best known and best loved books. This book is … read more

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10. Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy: Discovering the Grace of Lament

By: Mark Vroegop

4.54

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Lament is how you live between the poles of a hard life and trusting God's goodness. Lament is h… read more

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  • nonfiction
"To cry is human, but to lament is Christian."

-Mark Vroegop, Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy: Discovering the Grace of Lament

"Every lament is a prayer; a statement of faith"

-Mark Vroegop, Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy: Discovering the Grace of Lament

"When brokenness becomes your life, lament helps you turn to God. It lifts your head and turns your tear-filled eyes toward the only hope you have: God's grace."

-Mark Vroegop, Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy: Discovering the Grace of Lament

"The lament of Good Friday was answered three days later with the empty tomb. The greatest injustice in history became the greatest display of divine mercy. Tragedy became triumph. Lament was the voic…"

-Mark Vroegop, Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy: Discovering the Grace of Lament

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11. Counting the Cost

By: Jill Duggar

4.06

Format: 287 pages, Kindle Edition

For the first time, discover the unedited truth about the Duggars, the traditional Christian family… read more

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  • religion
  • nonfiction
"He loved spending time with us and told us often that we were his number one hobby."

-Jill Duggar, Counting the Cost

"Sometimes you have to be okay with other people not being okay with you. And you have to be okay with you not being okay too."

-Jill Duggar, Counting the Cost

"The dangers were not just out there on the street or in the mall, and they weren't just limited to the summer. They were closer to home as I soon discovered."

-Jill Duggar, Counting the Cost

"It's like roses and thorns, justice and grace. You can recognize the beauty and happy parts of your story while also recognizing the more difficult parts. The two can coexist. The highs aren't automa…"

-Jill Duggar, Counting the Cost

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12. The Dragon and the Stone (The Dream Keeper Saga, #1)

By: Kathryn Butler

3.94

Format: 301 pages, Paperback

Even though she’s only 12 years old, Lily McKinley already feels the weight of the world’s brokenne… read more

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13. For Every One

By: Jason Reynolds

4.30

Format: 102 pages, Hardcover

Originally performed at the Kennedy Center for the unveiling of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial… read more

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"Dreams don't have timelines, deadlines, and aren't always in straight lines."

-Jason Reynolds, For Every One

"When it comes to my dream, the way I like to describe it is that it's a rabid beast that found me when I was young"

-Jason Reynolds, For Every One

"The truth is, finding that beast may or may not happen. But the treasures I've discovered under the heavy stones and behind the massive trees and deep in the dark caves have created the hunter and th…"

-Jason Reynolds, For Every One

"One thing I am now certain of is that this road less traveled has in fact been traveled by far more suckers than you think. All of us out here, slumped over wearing weird fake broken smiles, trying t…"

-Jason Reynolds, For Every One

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14. Devoted: Great Men and Their Godly Moms

By: Tim Challies

4.53

Format: 130 pages, Kindle Edition

Women shaped the men who changed the world. History tells of women whose love for the Bible shaped… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • parenting
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15. Suffer Strong: How to Survive Anything by Redefining Everything

By: Katherine Wolf

4.41

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

Is it possible to embrace suffering as a privilege, rather than a punishment? Beloved authors Kathe… read more

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  • nonfiction
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16. Good Boundaries and Goodbyes: Loving Others Without Losing the Best of Who You Are

By: Lysa TerKeurst

4.42

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Relationships are wonderful . . . until they're not. Join #1 New York Times bestselling author L… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Love can be unconditional but relational access never should be"

-Lysa TerKeurst, Good Boundaries and Goodbyes: Loving Others Without Losing the Best of Who You Are

"Trauma isn't just something that happens to you. It happens in you"

-Lysa TerKeurst, Good Boundaries and Goodbyes: Loving Others Without Losing the Best of Who You Are

"Even when people turned on Jesus, He didn't let a goodbye turn Him into someone He was never meant to be"

-Lysa TerKeurst, Good Boundaries and Goodbyes: Loving Others Without Losing the Best of Who You Are

"If we want recovery and healing we would be wise to take a break or possibly make a clean break from the one wounding us>"

-Lysa TerKeurst, Good Boundaries and Goodbyes: Loving Others Without Losing the Best of Who You Are

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17. Hard Is Not the Same Thing as Bad: The Perspective Shift That Could Completely Change the Way You Mother

By: Abbie Halberstadt

4.34

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BESTSELLER Bestselling author Abbie Halberstadt helps women see how God can us… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • parenting
  • family
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18. A Million Little Choices

By: Tamera Alexander

4.44

Format: 394 pages, Kindle Edition

Sometimes secrets just won’t stay hidden . . . From USA Today bestselling author and Christy Award… read more

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19. All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir

By: Beth Moore

4.47

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

New York Times, Publishers Weekly, and Wall Street Journal bestseller! An incredibly thoughtful,… read more

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  • religion
  • nonfiction
"Once you've broken to pieces, the luxury of imagining yourself unbreakable evaporates."

-Beth Moore, All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir

"You want to know how to love me? Love my children. You want to be good to me? Be good to my children."

-Beth Moore, All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir

"A teenager doesn't know she's still a child. A teenager feels like an adult, I suppose primarily because her outside, her flesh and her face, her body, her size, her width and height, look like - and…"

-Beth Moore, All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir

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20. The One and Only Family (The One and Only #4)

By: Katherine Applegate

4.46

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

For more than a decade, readers have been enchanted by the modern classic The One and Only Ivan , a… read more

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  • family
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21. The Extraordinary Deaths of Mrs. Kip

By: Sara Brunsvold

4.37

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Aidyn Kelley is talented, ambitious, and ready for a more serious assignment than the fluff pieces … read more

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"Ours is a God of new life~Mrs. Kip"

-Sara Brunsvold, The Extraordinary Deaths of Mrs. Kip

"Keep the fight in your veins, honey. Never let it fade."

-Sara Brunsvold, The Extraordinary Deaths of Mrs. Kip

"Hard things usually end in the biggest blessings. ~Mrs. Kip"

-Sara Brunsvold, The Extraordinary Deaths of Mrs. Kip

"Lord, you are so good, and your love holds everything together."

-Sara Brunsvold, The Extraordinary Deaths of Mrs. Kip

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22. The Star That Always Stays

By: Anna Rose Johnson

4.08

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

When bright and spirited Norvia moves from the country to the city, she has to live by one new rule… read more

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  • family
Cover of Habits of the Household: Practicing the Story of God in Everyday Family Rhythms by Justin Whitmel Earley

23. Habits of the Household: Practicing the Story of God in Everyday Family Rhythms

By: Justin Whitmel Earley

4.61

Format: 226 pages, Paperback

Discover simple habits and easy-to-implement daily rhythms that will help you find meaning beyond t… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • parenting
  • family
Cover of Like a River: Finding the Faith and Strength to Move Forward after Loss and Heartache by Granger Smith

24. Like a River: Finding the Faith and Strength to Move Forward after Loss and Heartache

By: Granger Smith

4.67

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Publishers Weekly, ECPA Bestseller 'Country mus… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Mama Bear Apologetics: Empowering Your Kids to Challenge Cultural Lies by Hillary Morgan Ferrer

25. Mama Bear Apologetics: Empowering Your Kids to Challenge Cultural Lies

By: Hillary Morgan Ferrer

4.38

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

*Foreword written by Nancy Pearcey* #RoarLikeAMother The problem with lies is they don’t of… read more

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  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • parenting
Cover of Someone Like You (The Baxter Family, #6) by Karen Kingsbury

26. Someone Like You (The Baxter Family, #6)

By: Karen Kingsbury

4.14

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

One frozen embryo. Two families with secrets. And a guy who never planned to fall in love again… read more

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Cover of Habits for a Sacred Home: 9 Practices from History to Anchor and Restore Modern Families (Helping Moms Experience Peace & Return to Simple Daily Rhythms from Historic Christians like St. Benedict) by Jennifer Pepito

27. Habits for a Sacred Home: 9 Practices from History to Anchor and Restore Modern Families (Helping Moms Experience Peace & Return to Simple Daily Rhythms from Historic Christians like St. Benedict)

By: Jennifer Pepito

4.14

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Frightened by the chaos in society, many parents fear for their children's futures--and end up rais… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • parenting
  • family
Cover of She’s Not Your Enemy – Includes Ten-Session Video Series: Conquering Our Insecurities So We Can Build God’s Kingdom Together by Jenn Schultz

28. She’s Not Your Enemy – Includes Ten-Session Video Series: Conquering Our Insecurities So We Can Build God’s Kingdom Together

By: Jenn Schultz

4.20

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Find freedom from jealousy and insecurity as you rest in your true worth and identity in God. Compl… read more

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29. The Other Side of Special: Navigating the Messy, Emotional, Joy-Filled Life of a Special Needs Mom

By: Amy J. Brown

4.63

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Find Hope, Joy, and Community as a Special Needs Mom For the special needs mom who yearns for comm… read more

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  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • parenting
  • family
Cover of Embracing Trust: The Art of Letting Go and Holding On to a Forever-Faithful God by Joanna Weaver

30. Embracing Trust: The Art of Letting Go and Holding On to a Forever-Faithful God

By: Joanna Weaver

4.68

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Trusting God. It's such a cliché. Yet nothing means more to our heavenly Father than when we surren… read more

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  • nonfiction
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31. Sighing on Sunday: 40 Meditations for When Church Hurts

By: Megan Hill

4.67

Format: 120 pages, Hardcover

Neglect. Rejection. Sin. Conflict. Change. It’s difficult to go to church when you’ve suffered some… read more

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6 must-read religion books like The Other Side of Special: Navigating the Messy, Emotional, Joy-Filled Life of a Special Needs Mom by Amy J. Brown

Transform Your Habits

Prayer: Finding the Heart's True Home

Richard J. Foster

4.15

Transform Your Habits

Psalms (Bible #19), ESV

Anonymous

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Counting the Cost

Jill Duggar

4.06

Transform Your Habits

All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir

Beth Moore

4.47

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The Roads We Follow (Fog Harbor, #2)

Nicole Deese

4.39

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The Masterpiece

Francine Rivers

4.30

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Just for the Summer

Melody Carlson

3.49

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Love, Unscripted

Denise Hunter

4.15

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