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Chicken Soup for the Soul: Count Your Blessings: 101 Stories of Gratitude, Fortitude, and Silver Linings Audiobook
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This follow-on audiobook to Tough Times, Tough People continues Chicken Soup for the Soul’s focus on inspiration and hope in these difficult times. These inspirational stories remind us that each day holds something to be thankful for — whether it is having the sun shine or having food on the table. Power outages and storms, health scares and illnesses, job woes and financial insecurities, housing challenges and family worries test us all. But there is always a silver lining. The simple pleasures of family, home, health, and inexpensive good times are described. These stories of optimism, faith, and strength will make a great start to the new year.
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"When I started reading the "Chicken Soup" books, I didn't care too much for books of short stories. I have now read several of these and this one is the best! It's and absolute must read for dog lovers! "
— Stephanie (5 out of 5 stars)
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Count Your Blessings Listener Reviews
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" Good, but long. Made me think about how selfish I have become. "
— Kristyn, 11/13/2013 -
" a pick me up type of book. short stories, good book filler to read between large novels. "
— Sandy, 11/5/2013 -
" like always, some stories were good and some stories didn't make me feel touched. "
— Ellya, 4/20/2013 -
" Biased here too, I have an essay in this book "
— Chantal, 2/5/2012 -
" I do practice counting my blessings every day. Realizing How lucky I am to be born as ME :D. "
— Hoang, 12/1/2011 -
" The first one was different at the time and inspiring. I haven't read any others. "
— Dodde, 8/26/2011 -
" Great book for those sad days... gives you that warm fuzzy feeling "
— Melanie, 8/6/2011 -
" It's teaches you how u can be a better person,it is very interesting to read "
— Zengele, 7/11/2011 -
" I liked it. It's meant to be for easy reading and it really does uplift you. The stories are very touching but sometimes quite cheesy, but all in all it's a good read. "
— Hana, 6/28/2011 -
" i thought it was a good book for people going through problems or need hope. "
— Eden, 5/31/2011 -
" everybody's got to read this! it's one of my favorites.. "
— Jenny, 5/22/2011 -
" The book contain of too much unbelievable stories ! "
— Huda, 5/22/2011 -
" I love these books. I own and have read most of them but they are always great when I need a pick me up. "
— Brandee, 5/20/2011 -
" Garbage that has doubtless sold and made millions, but also the most wretched collection of egregious offal ever published in English. The most insipid collection of platitudes and mindless trash I have ever read or seen. Absolutely horrid. "
— Ross, 5/14/2011 -
" kisah-kiash yang disuguhkannya sangat isnpiratif!<br/><br/>Kadang bikin aku nyaris nangis juga :')<br/><br/>aku sadar aku kurang bersyukur atas nikmatNya setelah membaca buku ini :( "
— F.J., 5/13/2011
About the Authors
Jack Canfield is the cocreator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series, which includes forty New York Times bestsellers and has received international recognition. An internationally renowned corporate trainer, keynote speaker, and popular radio and TV talk show guest, he is also the CEO of the Canfield Training Group and the founder of the Transformational Leadership Council. He lives in Santa Barbara, California.
Joyce Bean is an accomplished audiobook narrator and director. In addition to having won several AudioFile Earphones Awards, she has been nominated multiple times for the prestigious Audie Award. Equally adept at narrating fiction and nonfiction, and she also narrates audiobooks under the name Jane Brown.
Dan John Miller is an American actor and musician. In the Oscar-winning Walk the Line, he starred as Johnny Cash’s guitarist and best friend, Luther Perkins, and has also appeared in George Clooney’s Leatherheads and My One and Only, with Renée Zellweger. An award-winning audiobook narrator, he has garnered multiple Audie Award nominations, has twice been named a Best Voice by AudioFile magazine, and has received several AudioFile Earphones Awards and a Listen-Up Award from Publishers Weekly.
Amy Newmark is publisher, coauthor, and editor of the Chicken Soup for the Soul book series. She has edited or coauthored the last one hundred books in the series. Amy graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University where she majored in Portuguese, and spent her senior year editing a newsletter about telecom sales in Brazil and also traveling in northeast Brazil, collecting poems and stories of local writers for her thesis. She went on to run her own hedge fund, specializing in telecommunications and technology companies and stepped in as publisher of Chicken Soup for the Soul in 2008. She is delighted to have come full circle in her writing career. Amy is married to Chicken Soup’s CEO, Bill Rouhana.
Buck Schirner’s professional career has primarily been on stage as a character actor. He is currently active in the theater scene in Philadelphia. Buck also appears in the independent film In the Woods.
About the Narrators
Laural Merlington is an audiobook narrator with over two hundred titles to her credit and a winner of multiple Earphones Awards. An Audie Award nominee, she has also directed over one hundred audiobooks. She has performed and directed for thirty years in theaters throughout the country. In addition to her extensive theater and voice-over work, she teaches college in her home state of Michigan.
Buck Schirner’s professional career has primarily been on stage as a character actor. He is currently active in the theater scene in Philadelphia. Buck also appears in the independent film In the Woods.