NOTHING TO PROVE
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Copyright © 2017 by Jennie Allen
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Allen, Jennie, author.
Title: Nothing to prove : why we can stop trying so hard / Jennie Allen.
Description: First edition. | Colorado Springs, Colorado : WaterBrook, 2017 | Includes bibliographical references.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016038222 (print) | LCCN 2016046536 (ebook) | ISBN 9781601429612 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781601429636 (electronic)
Subjects: LCSH: Christian women—Religious life. | Self-confidence—Religious aspects—Christianity. | Self-perception—Religious aspects—Christianity. | Self-perception in women.
Classification: LCC BV4527 .A45 2017 (print) | LCC BV4527 (ebook) | DDC 248.8/43—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016038222
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