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Halfway Across the Riverwins the 2009 Silver Nautilus Award!

The Wandering Feather Press is proud to announce that Halfway Across the River byAnnette Childs has been awarded the 2009 Silver Nautilus Award.

By Winning the Silver Nautilus, Dr. Childs joins the ranks of Deepak Chopra M.D., Barbara Kingsolver, Thich Nnat Hanh, Jean Houston, Ph.D., and His Holiness the Dalai Lama. All are past Nautilus Award Winners.

The Nautilus Book Awards find and reward distinguished literary contributions among authors who write in a way that encourages inspiration among the masses, prompting growth in both attitude and emotion. Award recipients are carefully selected in a unique three-tier judging process by experienced teams of book reviewers, librarians, authors, editors, and literary professionals. The Gold Award Winner will be chosen from among the Silver finalists and announced at Book Expo America in late May.

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Halfway Across the River: Messages of Hope from the Other Side.

Halfway Across the River published by the Wandering Feather Press in 2007 is a collection of true stories from the nearly twenty years that Dr. Childs has spent working with those in the last days of their lives. As one reviewer of the book wrote:

“This book teaches us that at the end of life there are moments of transcendence.

Dr. Childs has a gift for not only recognizing these moments of transcendence,

but also for translating them into beautiful stories that bring peace, comfort and

hope to the rest of us.”

From deathbed visions, to messages sent from beyond the veil, these poignant tales offer a perfect blend of truth, mystery and wonder. Readers will find themselves misty with emotion one moment and dissolving into laughter the next. Dr. Childs is a masterful storyteller who seems to have one foot in the next world. The non fiction story line is set against the unlikely relationship between Dr. Childs and Don Borwhat. Mr. Borwhat was the skeptical husband of one of Annette’s dear friends, Margaret, who died in 2006. For years, Don sarcastically referred to Dr. Childs as ‘the godwoman’ due to the cynical eye he cast toward what he called the ‘foo foo’ philosophies that she shared with his dying wife. After Margaret’s death, Don’s world was turned upside down by an extraordinary ‘foo foo’ event that he could neither deny or explain. As his previous world view crumbled around him, he sheepishly approached the godwoman for a bit of spiritual tutelage. Their ensuing coffee time conversations about life, death, and the things that matter evolved into the writing of this book.

Halfway Across the River is also the recipient of three other awards including the 2008 Benjamin Franklin Gold Medal and was named Runner up in the Eric Hoffer Awards for Excellence.

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