The Present Giver
a memoir

by Bar Scott

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The Present Giver is a collection of 60 stories that describe Bar's life with her son Forrest who was diagnosed with pediatric cancer when he was 22 months old. Elizabeth Lesser - best selling author and founder of Omega Institute - had this to say about reading Bar's book:

    "…once I read the first sentence of The Present Giver, I did something I never do: I stopped everything and spent the day living in the book until the end. If you want to feel the power of love and faith working in your life - even when things are hard and hopeless - please, please, please read this book."
Audio Versions — NEW!

Playing Time: 5 hours 47 minutes

Now you can hear Bar read the stories for you (with an introduction written and read by Bar's father, Buck Scott). Recorded in her home studio, the audio version of The Present Giver was a natural for Bar. Instrumental versions of her songs have been interspersed throughout the reading. Listeners have described the audio version as "wonderful…emotional but not too emotional, great inflection," "powerful," and "moving."

Available in a 5 disc Audio CD format for playing in any CD player (car, home stereo, portable CD player, computer) and also in MP3 format on a single disc for playing on your computer or audio devices that support MP3 format.

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BONUS! Each Audio Package includes the following three music tracks from Bar Scott's CD Parachute:
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Advance Praise for The Present Giver

  • "The Present Giver is a profound and beautiful book."
    -- Abigail Thomas -- author of A Three Dog Life

  • "...once I read the first sentence of The Present Giver, I did something I never do: I stopped everything and spent the day living in the book until the end. If you want to feel the power of love and faith working in your life -- even when things are hard and hopeless -- please, please, please read this book."
    -- Elizabeth Lesser -- cofounder, Omega Institute;
    author of Broken Open: How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow

  • "A gorgeous book....more than anything this is a book about the incandescent spirit of Forrest....It is impossible not to fall in love with this fearless, funny, mystical little boy who invites us to never forget that life is a precious fragile gift."
    -- Gail Straub -- cofounder The Empowerment Institute;
    author of Returning to My Mother's House

  • "While The Present Giver wrapped me in heartbreak, I often laughed from deep in my belly. The rarest of treats."
    -- Martha Frankel -- author of Hats and Eyeglasses;
    executive director Woodstock Writers' Fest

 

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