Orem Library

"'Regardless of how much money you have, your race, where you live, what religion you follow, you are going through something. Or you already have or you will. As Momma always said, Everybody's got something.' So begins beloved Good Morning America anchor Robin Roberts's new memoir in which she recounts the incredible journey that's been her life so far, and the lessons she's learned along the way. With grace, heart, and humor, she writes about overcoming...

"Love 'em or hate 'em, there is little denying that rock stars have a special gift from God to do what they do. But where there is great anointing, there is also great warfare. How have these artists learned to relate to the God who gave them their gift? As you'll see, not all of them have. Some of them got rolled by rock, falling prey to addiction, excess, and early death. But others came to fall on the Rock of Ages, and found their souls along the...

Few contemporary writers ask the questions about faith, morality, and God that Christian Wiman does, and even fewer--perhaps none--do so with his urgency and eloquence. Wiman, an award-winning poet and the author of My Bright Abyss, lays the motion of his mind on the page in this genre-defying work, an indivisible blend of poetry, criticism, theology, and searing memoir.

Learn about family, happiness, and friendship in this hope-filled children's book. Our story starts with a boy named Paul, who lives in a cozy treehouse in a big city with his family. And then something unexpected happens--Paul befriends a wise, friendly fox on a walk home from the bakery. The fox gives Paul a space to think about what makes him happy and what friendship means--all in the pages of a bright and quirky storybook. Join Paul and the fox...

"Love is our only hope," Anne Lamott writes in this perceptive new book. "It is not always the easiest choice, but it is always the right one, the noble path, the way home to safety, no matter how bleak the future looks." In Somehow: Thoughts on Love, Lamott explores the transformative power that love has in our lives: how it surprises us, forces us to confront uncomfortable truths, reminds us of our humanity, and guides us forward. "Love just won't...

An uplifting picture book about the power of hope to make change and bring communities together.

Los deseos de Moshesiwä nacen en la selva donde vive y juega. Amunet sonríe al pensar en su futuro. Juana se deja llevar muy lejos mientras limpia los cristales de los coches y, al otro lado del mundo, Anja y su hermano Tovo rebuscan en un basurero sin dejar de soñar. Las niñas y niños de estas pequeñas historias vuelan su cometa y sueñan con un mundo mejor. Atrapa su hilo y viaja tú también con la cometa de los sueños.

"All of us live with some sort of longing in our hearts -- a gap between the life we want and the life we actually have. As we try to navigate this sense of longing and the circumstances we desperately wish would change, we try to hang on to the belief that God will fulfill our desires, while waiting to see the answers to our prayers realized. For some, those prayers are answered. Yet for others, the longing persists, making us weary at best and debilitated...

In present-day Greece, deep in an ancient forest, lives a family: Irini, who teaches children to read and play music; her husband, Tasso, who paints pictures of the forest, his greatest muse; and Chara, their young daughter, whose name means joy. On the fateful day that will forever alter the trajectory of their lives, flames chase fleeing birds across the sky. The wildfire that will consume their home, and their lives as they know it, races toward...