A Memoir of Lying, Stealing, Writing, and Healing by Lara Love Hardin. An Oprah's Book Club choice. 2023. I didn't want to read this book. It was a book club choice. After I started it, I put it down and re-read " Cereal Murders" by Diane Mott Davidson, only this time I read the Large Print edition after I listened to the audio. Lara Love Hardin narrated the audio of her book. I finished it after our book discussion meeting. We couldn't relate. But sometimes that's why we read books. To understand other points of view and expand our compassion. I don't want to understand heroin addiction. I'm afraid of it. I'm afraid of drug adfiction. I'm afraid of drug addicts, because I'm afraid of the actions of drug addicts. Her story tries to help others have compassion. I understand that people need a second chance. I'm glad that Lara Love Hardin was given a second chance. But that's because I'm a reader, a lover of books, and books are her saving grace. I can relate to that. I can accept her value for her ability to write. I need to accept her for her value as a human being, someone with flaws who has a right to live, a right to being human on this planet. Just as I need to accept all people who have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. "For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God." Romans 3:23
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