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If These Hands Could Talk: The Girl who Touched the World is an uplifting memoir that reads like a novel, told with humor, heart, and soul. British-born massage therapist Mandy Urena educates and entertains in a narrative embroidered on a global tapestry that spans two decades and four continents as she shares her unique career and travel adventures. Hilarious chapters like Teaching the Art of Massage with Play-Doh are contrasted with moving personal anecdotes of end-of-life massages in Reflexology and Daddy's Feet and Humbled: Massaging People with Cancer. Curl up with a cup of tea and get ready to laugh, cry, and be inspired.

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In this, her debut memoir, Urena invites us into her world of massage and on her journey of self-discovery and personal growth. It is a story penned with passion-raw, entertaining, and touching in every way. -LORI OLIVER-TIERNEY, AUTHOR of TRUDGE: A MIDLIFE CRISIS on the JOHN MUIR TRAIL When I first heard Mandy Urena read from If These Hands Could Talk, I was hooked! Her matchless combination of heartfelt human compassion, true grit, and delicious British humor evoked so many emotions. I laughed out loud, I welled up with tears and was deeply touched so many times by her story. What an inspiration! -DAVID W. REED, BEST-SELLING AUTHOR of UPHILL AND INTO THE WIND Funny and at times poignant, IF THESE HANDS COULD TALK: THE GIRL WHO TOUCHED THE WORLD is an intriguing look at the people behind the hands that massage our aches away, as told by witty newcomer Urena. -MIKEL WILSON, BEST-SELLING AUTHOR of MURDER ON THE LAKE OF FIRE; DEATH OPENS A WINDOW and A LIGHT TO KILL BY In this poignant and engaging memoir, Mandy Urena's sense of humor and heart shine. Through questioning and self-doubt, Mandy discovered that her passion for connection was not only a career but a calling - the best of both worlds in my estimation. -CLAUDIA WHITSITT, AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR of KIDS LIKE YOU SERIES and BLACK ICE: LOVE and LOSS SERIES

"""In this, her debut memoir, Urena invites us into her world of massage and on her journey of self-discovery and personal growth. It is a story penned with passion-raw, entertaining, and touching in every way."" -LORI OLIVER-TIERNEY, AUTHOR of TRUDGE: A MIDLIFE CRISIS on the JOHN MUIR TRAIL ""When I first heard Mandy Urena read from If These Hands Could Talk, I was hooked! Her matchless combination of heartfelt human compassion, true grit, and delicious British humor evoked so many emotions. I laughed out loud, I welled up with tears and was deeply touched so many times by her story. What an inspiration!"" -DAVID W. REED, BEST-SELLING AUTHOR of UPHILL AND INTO THE WIND ""Funny and at times poignant, IF THESE HANDS COULD TALK: THE GIRL WHO TOUCHED THE WORLD is an intriguing look at the people behind the hands that massage our aches away, as told by witty newcomer Urena."" -MIKEL WILSON, BEST-SELLING AUTHOR of MURDER ON THE LAKE OF FIRE; DEATH OPENS A WINDOW and A LIGHT TO KILL BY ""In this poignant and engaging memoir, Mandy Urena's sense of humor and heart shine. Through questioning and self-doubt, Mandy discovered that her passion for connection was not only a career but a calling - the best of both worlds in my estimation."" -CLAUDIA WHITSITT, AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR of KIDS LIKE YOU SERIES and BLACK ICE: LOVE and LOSS SERIES"

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