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My mother always said "books are our friends".
All children can find companionship, comfort and wisdom in books. Children of divorce are in need of these things even more.
Danny is the grown child of divorce discussed in the earlier articles, part one and part two. He had a rough adolescence; but before his parent's divorce, his mother read to him about four hours per day. Especially when Mom was pregnant with Danny's little brother, Mom would lay in bed and Danny would bring in a stack of books. After a favorite, Danny would shout "Again! Again!"
At the age of three, Danny could read whole books on his own.
Danny gave his opinion about some of his favorite books. Like just about every child who reads it, Danny liked Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card.
Card, a practicing Mormon wrote of the theme of Ender's Game, "Human Beings may be miserable specimens, in the main, but we can learn, and through learning, become decent people." This is a book with a message of hope, as well as fun reading.
Danny also likes all the books by Chuck Palahniuk (Fight Club, Choke). These are books that are violent and overtly sexual, but there is actually an inspirational message.
The proprietor of Book Tales in Encinitas, Patti McFarland gave her opinion about whether to allow children to read books like "Choke". "The only way you can get a child to read is to let him read what he wants to read."
Perhaps the greatest books of all time are the 66 books comprising the Bible. Even if the parents and the children lack faith or a religious doctrine, the Bible is full of inspiration, wisdom, engaging plots, and the basis of our political and social order in the United States. Danny read most of the Bible during his recovery and keeps a well worn copy on his coffee table.
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