Everything Beautiful in Its Time audiobook

"Everything Beautiful in Its Time" is like a fire hose helping to douse the flames of the dumpster fire that is 2020. Say what you will about the Goodreads Choice Awards, but I'm so grateful that this year's list of memoir/autobiography finalists led me to this book. I'm predisposed to like it given how much I love Jenna Bush Hager, the Today Show, and the Read With Jenna book club, yet I was going to pass it up. It just seemed... unnecessary. As it turns out, I really needed this book. I needed to read the writings of someone just being PLEASANT. I needed to spend time with someone trying her hardest to "walk on the side of love." I needed a reminder that despite its ups and downs, life can be gentle if we're gentle with each other and ourselves. Despite her maiden name, politics are left at the door. Yes, large segments of this book are dedicated to members of the Bush family, but the emphasis here is on FAMILY. She loves hers to be sure, and her essays about and letters to them are highly relatable and human. I had a lump in my throat nearly from start to finish. All the stars for Jenna Bush Hager, not only for this uplifting collection but also for her efforts to lift up other authors and their books.

I’m a big fan of Jenna Bush Hager and couldn’t put this down! I feel privileged that she shares her personal journey through grief and healing in this lovely book. I lost 3 of my grandparents at a young age, so it was a joy to live vicariously through many of her family stories. Her descriptions and emotion are beautiful and despite the rawness of the book, I finished it feeling uplifted, hopeful, and heart-warmed. Thank you Net Galley for the opportunity to read an early release copy!

What a beautiful tribute to the Bush family by Jenna Bush Hager!! Her love for her family saturated every page of this moving book. I laughed, I cried.....I felt every emotion under the sun. At times, I felt like I was reading George HW Bush and Barbara’s love story, two of my most favorite people ever!! Their relationship with each other is what we should all aspire to achieve. Jenna shares her most personal thoughts about love, loss, marriage, sisterhood, motherhood, and friendships. Everything important to her, she shares with us and invites us into the Bush family. Their family is easy to relate to because they are so “normal” as you will see through the letters, photos, and memories Jenna shares with the reader. Of course, Jenna and her sister Barbara had to live this life in front of the millions of people and they did it with grace. We can learn a lot from the Bush family. They are all a class act! Here’s one of the tidbits Jenna shares with us that she learned from her Granny, Barbara Bush: “I have learned the gift of uniqueness and authenticity: from wearing mismatched Keds to your signature pearls and snow what hair! You taught me that humor, wit, and grace are the best accessories and that worrying too much about looks is (in your words) boring. Words matter, kindness matters. Looks fade.” These little gems are scattered throughout the book and I just devoured them all!! *For a little more insight into Gampy and Granny Bush, I recommend searching on YouTube for Barbara Bush Wellesley Speech and Bush’s Tribute to Bob Hope (this one had me in tears it is so funny), I highly recommend this to book to anyone who would enjoy reading a feel good collection of stories that everyone can relate to. It’s a love story of marriage, family and life. Being it’s almost Valentine’s Day, it would be a perfect read. This book has nothing to do with politics, so it doesn’t matter what party you align yourself with because this is a story of love above all else.

Put aside politics. Jenna Bush Hager has not been overtly political, and isn’t a member of the Republican Party. Take this as a family memoir. And take it on its accord, from a highly successful television journalist and author. This book is a love letter to her grandparents and to her own children. She discusses the life lessons they taught through words and deeds. It is truly a *nice* book, about people trying to be the best humans they could be. It discusses how strong and amazing, but how completely different, her grandmothers were. It praises her rather soft-spoken mom. It shows other sides of her famous grandfather and father that are not available to the public. Do I agree with those men’s politics? No. Can I appreciate them as the human being she portrays? Absolutely.This book is a balm during 2020. It made me think kindly of my ancestors, and contemplate the legacy I want to pass to my children - and the universe willing, further down the line some day. I listened to the audiobook, and her voice is soothing and stirring. And PS - she supported Hillary.

I love everything Jenna puts out. I found myself crying every other page with this one. Cathartic happy tears. I felt for her with each page as she spoke about the people that meant most in her life. Do yourself a favor and preorder this one. I loved hearing the stories about the people Jenna loved most.

I loved this book so much! Seeing George H Bush and Barbara Bush as Gampy and Ganny in Jenna’s eyes truly was heartwarming as she honors them through essays and stories of her precious memories. I found the stories moving, emotional, intimate, and beautiful. I highly recommend.

I loved this book!! Jenna shared so many lovely stories about her family in this book. It is about love, family, loss, taking chances, learning from mistakes and so much more. I highly recommend!!!!

This absolutely delightful and deeply heartwarming book is difficult to read—for one reason only. Almost every chapter made me cry. And it's hard to read with tears pooling in my eyes and running down my cheeks! Have the tissues ready.Beautifully written by Jenna Bush Hager, this inspirational book focuses mostly on the wisdom she and her twin sister, Barbara, received from their four grandparents, along with lots of memories of her childhood and sage advice for busy mothers. And I'm not the only one crying! Jenna herself does it so frequently, there is even a chapter titled "Times I Have Cried (a Partial List)," and I think almost every woman can relate to it.Poignant and profound, this is a wonderful book to read and share with those you love.

America watched Jenna Bush and her sister , Barbara grow up in the glow of WashingtonDC during the presidency of grandfather George and later, George Jr. Recounting fond memories of her family, Jenna works through her grief of witnessing the passing of 3 grandparents within 18 months. There are tender scraps of love and memory held up to reexam . There is thoughtful musings of a spiritual nature seeking order and purpose for the lives we get to live. Letters and stories round out parts of the private world of the famous Bush personalities. Overall, a pleasent time spent reminiscing and reaffirming being alive!

What a beautiful book of Thanksgiving! It’s a reminder of the permanence of family and friends in this season. Jenna is one those people that exudes love. This book is her foundation for this love. So many stories of love between generations are within these pages. As we enter a season of no Thanksgiving gatherings in Minnesota, this book will help carry me through to a new day and remember Everything Beautiful in Its Time. P.S. Jenna has gone out of her way to make this a non-political book and everyone should pick it up just one would pick up the Obama books despite political affiliation.

I listened to this one as an audio book and enjoy Jenna Bush Hager’s story telling. Many neat stories about her grandparents and family that made me think about mine and often brought tears to my eyes. So very thankful for family!

I love listening to Jenna’s books in her voice- with that soft Texas twang. She tells so many beautiful stories about her grandparents and they lives they lived and the love they shared. A beautiful tribute to the place she is at in her life and those who shaped her. If she keeps writing books, I’ll keep reading/listening.