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The 10 Greatest Gifts We Give Each Other: A Memoir on the Magic of Marriage Vows
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About The 10 Greatest Gifts We Give Each Other: A Memoir
Product Description READERS FAVORITE AWARD WINNER • FINALIST, INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARD • IPPY BOOK AWARD WINNER • FINALIST, INDIE BOOK AWARD A joyful, heartfelt, laugh-out-loud love story that ranks up there with any Hollywood romantic comedy. —Steve LuKanic, screenwriter, For Richer or Poorer, producer/director, 13 Families The year: 2006. The setting: Littleton, Colorado. For 20 years, a New York Times best-selling author—a wealthy, globe-trotting entrepreneur'is on the loose. Who will snag him? Meet Barbara Lynn—a first-grade teacher by day, a divorced, single mom by night. This true love story chronicles the impossibly mismatched couple’s unlikely romance: Steve Vannoy lives in a mansion; Barb lives in a tract house built with garage sale money. He prefers breathing mountain air; she sucks helium with her first graders. Steve blushes after Barb passes him a sexy note in her classroom—as her students sound out words. And what's a bride-to-be to do when her future mother-in-law’s engagement gift is a headstone? Goodbye normal. The misfits bumble through astonishing dating backdrops: the Amazon jungle, Tasmanian bush, Swiss Alps, and Alaskan peninsula. After Steve proposes, they spend one year writing ten marriage vows, committing them to memory, but leaving room on the page for one more. Just in case. Their marriage quickly struggles, so Barb posts the vows in the most prominent place in their home: the master toilet. Joining their quest for marital sanity are three stepdaughters, two maladjusted dogs, and one Renaissance mother-in-law, Steve's Ma. The magic of the wedding vows reignites wild adventures for a grand reveal of the elusive 11th vow that changes everything—and their world. In a marriage memoir where vows become a force for good in the world, Barb’s infectious voice delights with irreverent, zany humor, teaches with masterful storytelling, and empowers with unanticipated, soft insights of hope. Reading The 10 Greatest Gifts We Give Each Other is like watching a Hallmark Channel movie on the TV in your mind. —Rob Owen, TV writer/critic, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Review "A joyful, heartfelt, laugh-out-loud love story that ranks up there with any Hollywood romantic comedy. A thoroughly entertaining read." --Steve LuKanic, screenwriter, For Richer or Poorer, producer/director, 13 Families "Reading The 10 Greatest Gifts We Give Each Other is like watching a Hallmark channel movie on the TV in your mind." --Rob Owen, TV writer/critic, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "This story will make you smile inside and love out loud. I should know. I was there." --Steven W. Vannoy, New York Times best-selling author, The Ten Greatest Gifts I Give My Children "The 10 Greatest Gifts We Give Each Other is raw, honest, humorous ... The priorities of this couple will have you feel that your faith in humanity has been restored!" --San Francisco Book Review "The writing is superb; it is both lyrical and efficient...It's a memoir; it's also a guidebook on marriage, child-rearing, and teaching. Overall, it's a beautiful tapestry filled with music, the love of animals and family bonds that shouldn't be missed ... Highly recommended!"-- Readers' Favorite "This promising debut ... is an unexpectedly fun, delightful read ...With a sharp eye for detail and vivid prose, Barbara Lynn-Vannoy is at once revealing, fun, serious, and wise."--Diane Donovan, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book Review "I laughed and cried and cheered them on and suddenly I believed in love again." --Dawn Shepherd, Past President, Littleton Public Library Board "My husband and I guffawed and wept our way through this book. It is aspirational, real, and very funny." --Karen Telleen-Lawton, author, Canyon Voices: The Nature of Rattlesnake Canyon "Hopeful, hilarious, and inspiring ... her story is a reminder of how God...honors the intentionality and power of covenant marriage vows lived out. If you are married, are about to get married, or just enjoy a great love story, this
