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Linda Hale Bucklin's Inspiring Story of Forgiveness and Resilience Beyond His Control is for anyone seeking to understand the power of forgiveness and resilience. Linda Hale Bucklin recounts her extraordinary life, the unraveling of her family, and her own journey of forgiveness. With this book, you will discover: - The power of resilience and overcoming adversity - The strength to forgive and find peace - How to make the most of your life, no matter the circumstances In March 1969, Linda learned of her vivacious mother's death, her right temple blown out by a bullet from her father's pistol. Was it suicide or homicide? Standing up to her father, Prentis Cobb Hale-heir to the Broadway/Hale Department Store fortune-Linda is disinherited and ostracized from the family she loves. The family unravels when her father marries Hollywood hostess Denise Minnelli, stepmother to Liza Minnelli. This book includes Linda's vivid account of her life, her father's decision to leave the family fortune to Denise Minnelli, and her own journey to forgiveness. It also includes her recollections of the family's 10,000-acre ranch, hunting trips to Africa and Alaska, and high society vignettes of a fourth-generation San Francisco family. With this book, you will find the power of resilience in overcoming adversity that brings life-transforming peace.

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"""...a jolting memoir."" The New York Post"" ""...a book you won't be able to put down."" David Patrick Columbia, New York Social Diary"

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"A fourth generation San Franciscan, Linda Bucklin has worked in public relations and as a freelance writer. Her articles have appeared in House & Garden, Journal of Commerce, and Nob Hill Gazette. She now lives in Mill Valley and feels blessed to be surrounded by her three sons, two daughters-in-law, and four grandchildren.Beyond His Control (ePublishing Works, 2008) was a New York Times bestseller, in both paperback and ebook editions. A Page Six article in The New York Post, ""Tennis Queen Rips Stepmom,"" hailed this book ""as a jolting new memoir."" With Mary Keil, Linda wrote Come Rain or Come Shine (Adams Press, 1999), a book about women's friendships. The Love of Angels (ePublishing Works, 2016), her third book, a collection of stories, including the author's own, chronicles encounters with angels, spiritual beings, and living people who show up to remind us of love's power. In The Distant Shore, her fourth book, written after her husband's death in 2016, Linda weaves her thoughts and memories with others' stories to explore the possibility of life after death.She served for many years as a trustee of Grace Cathedral. A nationally ranked tennis player, Linda became #1 in the U.S. in the 60's mixed doubles with her long-time partner Charlie Hoeveler in 2006. She now holds six national titles. Recently she became a bronze Life Master in duplicate bridge. In addition to family and friends, her passions include reading, deep conversation, fly fishing, and camping under the star-studded Montana sky."

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