The Gift of Miracles, Angels, and Messages from Heaven

COS COB, Conn. – Barbara Poremba was still looking for a sign from her father 10 years after his death. While walking on the beach one day, she asked him to send her a sign, and she immediately found a $1 bill at her feet. As a joke, she then asked him to send $100, and sure enough, she found a $100 bill in the sand. Just to confirm it all, she then asked for another dollar. Sure enough, the next day when she walked the beach again, there it was—another $1 bill.

Candy Allen Smith lost the diamond from her ring while decorating her office Christmas tree. It was nowhere to be found. A year later, she retrieved the artificial tree from a storage shed, dragged it across the parking lot, put it up in the office, and decorated it again. Miraculously, she spotted her lost diamond glinting on a branch of the tree.

Hosanna Barton’s family was down to just enough food for one meal after her father lost his job. Nevertheless, when a hungry stranger appeared at their trailer, they shared their dinner with him. The man mentioned he had some canned goods but no can opener. A few hours later, three bags of groceries appeared on their doorstep, containing way more than just canned goods. In fact, they contained every single item on the family’s shopping list, and those groceries tided them over until Hosanna’s father got a new job. Ever since, the family has talked about the angel who visited them during those tough times.

These are a few of the 101 compelling tales in a new collection from Chicken Soup for the Soul, filled with awe-inspiring stories from its vast library. Divine intervention, amazing coincidences, insightful dreams, angels among us, messages from heaven, and answered prayers abound in these pages. Chicken Soup for the Soul: Hope, Faith & Miracles (September 30, 2025, 978-1-611591255, $16.99)is filled with awe-inspiring examples, demonstrating how miracles can happen when and how we least expect them.

“This new collection is a wonderful gift of positivity for this holiday season. These stories renew our hope and faith, and open our hearts to possibilities—that something, somehow, somewhere can work in our lives to make good things happen when we need them most. We hear from our readers all the time that the most important thing we can do for them is give them hope, and these pages are filled with just that,” says Amy Newmark, author, editor-in-chief, and publisher of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series.

ABOUT CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL

Chicken Soup for the Soul publishes the famous Chicken Soup for the Soul book series. With well over 100 million books sold to date in the U.S. and Canada, more than 300 titles, and translations into more than 40 languages, the phrase “chicken soup for the soul” is known worldwide and is regularly referenced in pop culture. Today, 32 years after it first began sharing happiness, inspiration and hope through its books, this socially conscious company continues to publish a new title a month. It has also evolved beyond the bookstore, with a podcast, education programs, dog and cat food, and licensed products.

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