Forgiving What You Can’t Forget: Discover How to Move On, Make Peace with Painful Memories, and Create a Life That’s Beautiful Again

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Epub Edition September 2020 9780718039882

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: TerKeurst, Lysa, author.

Title: Forgiving what you can’t forget : discover how to move on, make peace with painful memories, and create a life that’s beautiful again / Lysa TerKeurst.

Description: Nashville, Tennessee : Thomas Nelson, 2020. | Includes bibliographical references.

Identifiers: LCCN 2020017428| ISBN 9780718039875 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780718039882 (epub)

Subjects: LCSH: Forgiveness—Religious aspects—Christianity.

Classification: LCC BV4647.F55 T44 2020 | DDC 234/.5—dc23 LC record available at https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lccn.loc.gov_2020017428&d=DwIFAg&c=hh7v4vz1gCZ__1Ci-hUEVZfsSwlOcPhT2q8Zs1ka6Ao&r=Q1U7VAu8vnEFNcKy9X9eo6ZL6Tl1gQpA_YZGTohm6DM&m=jgG2EgCJ1nbagN6CXtEDZMzmAp2-lIFJaIVgM12ROYE&s=an9T9NOqdrugddSUHlSyFv_hmH8FKbMAkuvISAWeFHI&e=

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