The Right Words at the Right Time Volume 2: Your Turn!, Volume 2

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Simon and Schuster, 2007 M10 2 - 432 pages
In her remarkable follow-up to The Right Words at the Right Time, Marlo Thomas once

again taps into the human spirit, assembling a breathtaking collection of inspiring essays about the enduring power of words. From big cities to farm communities, from office cubicles to hospital wards, Thomas presents 101 new first-person stories that are at once universal and strikingly personal.

You'll meet a "Plain Jane" from Seattle, whose world was rocked by a passing remark made by her favorite musician backstage at a concert. You'll hear from the bereaved fiancé of a 9/11 victim, who found hope in a note pinned to a teddy bear left by a schoolgirl. And your heart will break for a prison inmate, who recalls the one piece of advice he still wishes he took. In each case, words had made all the difference.

As this astonishing anthology proves, the "right words" can be found anywhere -- the pages of a dusty, old songbook; the pulpit of a neighborhood church; the wreckage of Ground Zero; a hand-stitched sampler hanging on a wall; and a child's simple expression of love.

The Right Words at the Right Time, Volume 2: Your Turn! is a collection to be read and read again -- a volume that will be cherished by both fans of the original book and anyone who has ever been touched by the startling and life-affirming magic of words.
 

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Contents

Wanted
3
A Beautifkl Shade of Yellow
8
Zen and the Art of Trying
23
PART
33
Jumping the Tracks
46
Prison Saved
62
Bottom of the Ninth
78
Everyone Is
82
A Hitchhikers Tale
197
Just Getting Started
211
What You Tolerate
229
PART EIGHT
243
SOSO
257
Australian Love Story
270
PART NINE
275
Coming to America
288

PART FOUR
99
Through My Daughters Eyes
114
By Any Means Necessary
129
PART FIVE
133
Bitter or Better
141
A Single Word
148
The Poem That Reached Through Time
155
Nobody Dies Here
162
IS Minutes
168
The Well
175
The Boy at Ground Zero
179
PART
301
The Chemistry Test
315
A Bird on Your Head
330
A Matter of Forgiveness
346
My Sisters Letter
361
PART TWELVE
367
Keep It in Your Head
375
Surviving
383
Coda
390
A Regular
397
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About the author (2007)

Marlo Thomas graduated from the University of Southern California with a teaching degree. She is the author of six bestselling books: Free to Be…You and Me; Free to Be…a Family; The Right Words at the Right Time; The Right Words at the Right Time, Volume 2: Your Turn!; Thanks & Giving: All Year Long; and her memoir, Growing Up Laughing: My Story and the Story of Funny. Ms. Thomas has won four Emmy Awards, a Peabody Award, a Golden Globe, and a Grammy, and has been inducted into the Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame for her work in television, including her starring role in the landmark series That Girl, which she also conceived and produced. She is the National Outreach Director for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, which was founded by her father, Danny Thomas, in 1962. In 2010, Ms. Thomas launched her website, MarloThomas.com, on The Huffington Post and AOL. She lives in New York with her husband, Phil Donahue.

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