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The Gratitude Diaries: How a Year Looking on the Bright Side Can Transform Your Life

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The Gratitude Diaries: How a Year Looking on the Bright Side Can Transform Your Life

On New Year’s Eve, journalist and former Parade Editor-in-Chief Janice Kaplan makes a promise to be grateful and look on the bright side of whatever happens. She realizes that how she feels over the next months will have less to do with the events that occur than her own attitude and perspective. Relying on both amusing personal experiences and extensive research, Kaplan explores how gratitude can transform every aspect of life, including marriage and friendship, money and ambition, health and fitness.

Click here to see the 100 winners selected to read and take the survey about the book.

The Gratitude Diaries: How a Year Looking on the Bright Side Can Transform Your Life
by Janice Kaplan

Winners

Amber from Naperville, IL
Angie from Yuma, AZ
Ann from West Henrietta, NY
Ann from Lancaster, PA
Anne from Groton, CT
Anne from Williamsport, PA
Anne from Wheaton, IL
Annette from Peoria, AZ
Audrey from Fleetwood, PA
Caitlyn from Eugene, OR
Camille from Basking Ridge, NJ
Carol from Daytona Beach Shores, FL
Carol from Centerville, MA
Carolyn from Cincinnati, OH
Celia from Vero Beach, FL
Charleen from Salt Lake City, UT
Christine from Taunton, MA
Cynthia from Seffner, FL
Dana from Basehor, KS
Debra from Brandon, MS
Debra from Lawndale, CA
Deby from Blaine, MN
Denise from Carlsbad, CA
Diane from Annapolis, MD
Diane from New York, NY
Diane from Moorhead, MN
Donna from Saginaw, MI
Donna from Summerville, SC
Eva from Auburn, PA
Frederick from Milwaukie, OR
Gail from Anoka, MN
Gail from Methuen, MA
Jacqueline from Atlanta, GA
Jana from Cambria, CA
Janice from Bradenton, FL
Jennie from Highland, CA
Jill from Lexington, KY
Jim from South Lyon, MI
Jim from Fort Smith, AR
Joann from Stewartsville, NJ
Joann from Mckinney, TX
Joanne from Jefferson, MA
Karen from Morro Bay, CA
Kelly from Palos Verdes Estates, CA
Kimberly from Joplin, MO
Kirsten from Highlands Ranch, CO
Laura from Biloxi, MS
Lauri from Mascoutah, IL
Laurie from Farmington Hills, MI
Libby from Tulsa, OK
Linda from Martinez, CA
Lisa from Crystal Lake, IL
Lisa from Fortt Campbell, KY
Louise from Yuma, CO
Lynne from Baldwin, NY
Mamie from Valley Stream, NY
Margaret from Signal Mountain, TN
Margaret from Ogden, UT
Marguerite from Milton, DE
Marianne from Cicero, NY
Marilyn from Lake Mills, WI
Mary from Neptune Beach, FL
Mary from Glenwood, MN
Melinda from Tolono, IL
Melissa from Flint, MI
Mia from Brentwood, CA
Michelle from Clifton Heights, PA
Michelle from Brockton, MA
Mike from Fort Pierce, FL
Nancy from Vermillion, SD
Patricia from Carrollton, KY
Phyllis from Louisville, MS
Ramona from Lampasas, TX
Rena from St. Augustine, FL
Rhonda from Riverside, CA
Richard from York Haven, PA
Roseann from Brick, NJ
Sandra from Buffalo, NY
Sandra from Pembroke, VA
Shannon from Olathe, KS
Shelby from Charlottesville, VA
Shelley from Decatur, GA
Sherri from Pasadena, CA
Sherri from Gladstone, OR
Sherrill from Danville, CA
Sherry from Conway, AR
Sheryl from Bedford, TX
Sonia from Syosset, NY
Stacie from Van Horne, IA
Stacy from Sautee, GA
Sue from Hudson, WI
Sue from Kalamazoo, MI
Sue from Wilton, NH
Sue-Marie from Marshfield, WI
Susan from Saint Charles, MN
Susan from Hattiesburg, MS
Suzy from Huntington Beach, CA
Suzy from Tampa, FL
Vicki from Mc Kenzie, TN
William from Broad Brook, CT