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I grew up with a mentally retarded sister, but in the days when nobody talked about such things and I didn't know anybody else with a disabled sibling. How I wish I had a book such as this when I was young! Throughout the book are reflections of pretty much everything I felt, at all ages. And now, I have a son with Down Syndrome, and I notice his older teen brother picking it up from time to time. I highly recommend it.

An insightful, contemplative, and often humorous read. Slam book editor Don Meyer asks 80 young people what it's really like to have a sibling with special needs. The answers are as varied as the contributors.

This book is a must-read for kids and teens who have a brother or sister with a disability, and is a valuable resource for health and social workers.

Read it and know that you're not the only one who gets scared or frustrated or embarassed. And learn how others work through tough times to become mature, independent and thoughtful young people.

I am one of the 81 siblings who answered the questions in this book, and although it was nearly 3 years ago and I've changed a lot since I wrote my answers, it still feels good to go back through and know I'm not alone. That was really our intended goal behind this book, and it came off well. Seeing that others share the same joys and frustrations of being a sibling as I do will never cease to help me get through the difficult life that we, as siblings of special needs kids, will live forever.

My daughter, the twin sister of a boy with Down Syndrome, couldn't put the Sibling Slam down. She quickly got taken up into the many comments and it definitely stimulated a number of good, open conversations between us. A great and important read for a sibling, and a parent.

A few of us inaugurated a book club for 3rd grade girls with this story and it was a great start for us.

This story is beautifully written and has many layers, it was great for the adults and interesting enough for the girls, despite the backdrop of a war and subject matter that is difficult for young people to relate to: should you stay and fight in a war that has depleted you and made you question why you are there and hurt your psyche badly or go home to your family?


There were a lot of unanswered questions at the end of our discussion. Who did the donkey represent? Did Lieutenant get home? Was John real or made up? What significance was the beetle in the end?

Even though we didn't have clear answers, the girls were satisfied with the questions and were inspired to keep reading. All in all, a very good story to read with and explain to a child under 12. 13 and older can probably understand the subject matter and get more depth from it without a parent's input.

This book is beautifully written, whimsical, as well as touching and folorn. Children and adults will love to read this one aloud together. The author does a masterful job of creating a poignant and believable story told in a fable- or fairytale-like style. I highly recommend this book, and I would also recommend the hard-cover edition with the embossed silver donkey on the cover. It is lovely, well-crafted, and a joy to hold and read. I believe this edition best matches the style of the book. I am convinced you will want to read this one again and again. Happy Reading!

A very well written tale, I was first attracted to this book by is very classic looking cover. It has its own little built in ribbon bookmark, so it already is a very attractive book. The story, two little french girls find a blind english soilder who has had to leave the war. He is blind and trying to get home. At first he is just a fun secret for the little girls to have to themselves, though they are always trying to help him (their father's second best razor, alot of food from the pantry, etc)

He has one posession that, Coco, the younger of the two finds especially appealing, a very small silver donkey. Each day as the girls help him he tells them a story that involves a donkey essentially as the hero, each of them has a sort of bitter sweet twist to them (there are four total).

Its a very well written story, Hartnett's prose has a lyricalness to it and the illustrations on the inside are very fitting, they appear to be rendered in charcoal, so they are black and white, very sketchy looking. One is amazing, it is of the two sisters and their brother walking along the edge of a dock, all of them balancing with their arms out. The image is perfectly in time with the text.

This would be a good holiday gift to a child (no younger than 3rd grade I'd say, probably 5th)--as it does have some war time issues in it (WW2) I can see this as a Hallmark Holiday movie if they were so inclined, it has that sort of mood to it.

Two sisters from a French seaside town find a drifting soldier during World War I. Marcelle and Coco are fascinated with the blind Englishman and his good luck charm, a little silver donkey. Lieutenant Shepard has wonderful stories to tell about heroic donkeys, and the girls hang on every tale. Soon, their brother finds out, and he gets a friend to help plan the soldier's way home across the Channel.

Knowing that the adults can never learn of the soldier's presence, the children take care of "their" soldier until he can leave. In return, they learn about courage and loyalty--lessons that will stay with them for the rest of their lives.

Sonya Hartnett has woven a charming story in the tradition of classic children's literature. Using gentle language, she relates the soldier's experience in ways that will leave no doubt that war is horrible, without scarring her young readers. The children are portrayed with a very real sense of wonderment, curiosity, and innocent sense of right and wrong.

Reading THE SILVER DONKEY evokes a feeling reminiscent of THE SECRET GARDEN and other such children's stories from the early 1900s. As time passes, Hartnett is sure to be as recognized as Burnett.

Reviewed by Christina Wantz Fixemer
11/08/2006

I found this book to be packed full of great, simple explanations of how the quality improvement tools and Lean tools compliment one another. The case study tied everything together and provided an excellent source for discussion throughout our training session. We plan on using these, as well as the other Lean pocket guides, as our sole training materials. The Simply Lean book is a great value!

I found this pocket guide (and the case study) very informative. A great balance of teaching the quality improvement tools with a lean twist. A must buy!

I like this small guide as a way to quickly refresh on lean tools and concepts. I find myself going back to it to look things up, instead of searching through my larger, more cumbersmen volumes. I hear there's a healthcare version in the works... can't wait!

The Simply Lean Pocket Guide - Making Great Organizations Better Through PLAN DO CHECK ACT (PDCA) Kaizen Activities does exactly what the title states, explains Lean relative to the PDCA methodology. The blend of the quality improvement tools (data collection, pareto, fishbone, prevention analysis, root cause, containment actions, countermeasures, etc.) with the Lean tools (takt time, standard work, visual controls, mistake proofing, pitch, etc.) is, by far, the most comprehensive set of tools in the market. The case study is explained step-by-step with each tool being demonstrated through an actual problem (with a Lean solution). This book has not only caught my attention but will use it as the primary training book for all our improvement activities. Simply Lean is just that, simple!

One of the first books about the US Civil War I've read was Don Fehrenbacher's The Dred Scot Case. That book, among my favourite all time history books, made it all but certain that I would eventually seek more of his works.

In 'The Slaveholding Republic', Fehrenbacher returns to themes very similar to the ones examined in 'Dred Scot'. Both books are about how the experiment in freedom established by the American Founding Fathers dealt with the paradox pointed out by Samuel Johnson "how is it that the greatest yelp for liberty come from the drivers of nigros?"

'Dred Scot' focused on two main themes - the status of slaves (and free blacks) in the law, and the legal/political questions of the power to abolish and establish slavery.

'The Slaveholding Republic' deals with these themes, but presents a broader picture. In the first chapter, Fehernbacher deals with the constitution's attitude to slavery. Fehernbacher is clearly upset about attacks on the constitution as a pro-slavery tool, and he makes a convincing case that the constitution neither supported nor condemned slavery, and that if anything, the very wording (avoiding the word 'slave' entirely) shows unease with slavery.

The second chapter deals with slavery in Washington DC. Until the 1830s, slavery in the capital was only a minor political issue. With the rise of Garrisonian abolitionism, attacks on slavery in the capital started to increase, but until the civil war, the only achievement reached was the barring of the slave trade in it.

Whatever debate was running within the US about slavery, to the world, the US was unquestionably a slave holding republic, constantly trying to defend pro slavery interests, especially in compensating slave holders for slave carried away. Even people with anti-Slavory convictions such as John Qunicy Adams treated slaves as property for those purposes.

Two chapters deal with the Slave trade. In it, Fehrenbacher diffrentiates between importation of slaves to the US, which was effectively surpressed, and the atlantic slave trade to Cuba and Brazil, in which Americans, because of the US's passive support, played a large roll up to the late 1850s.

The next two chapters are about the Fugitive Slave Laws. In essence, those demonstrate a conflict between the clause in the constitution obliging the return of escaping slaves, to the defence of free slaves from kidnapping. Until the 1830s, most clashes developed due to the Northern states trying to protect free blacks from kiddnapping. But with time, these laws became obstructionists, preventing even the retension of fugitives. As part of the 1850 compromise, a draconian fugitive slave law was enforced, crashing the rights of free blacks and raising strong objections from Northern abolitionists, especially in New England.

The two final chapters bring us to the outbreak of the civil war. Fehrenbacher manages to sum the arguments he raises in 'Dred Scot', without making the reader feel he's returning to the same grounds. Rather, the intepretations are striking. I was especially interested with Stephen Dauglas's role in the session crises. Twice in the 1850s, Dauglas's actions contributed to the dissolation of the union and the coming of the war. In 1852, his ilcalculated move with the Kensas-Nebraska act harmed raised Southern expectations and alienated Northerners. In 1857, the life long compromiser Dauglas suddenly became a man commited to the 'great principle' of popular sovreignty, breaking down the Democratic party as he did it. Had Dauglas managed to come up with a compromise, he might have remained the head of the united democratic party in the 1860 election, and after his defeat, he might have had enough influence to keep the South in the union. Of course, the counter factual is fanciful, but it is nonetheless intriguing.

This chapter and the next were completed by Fehrenbacher's former student, historian Ward M. McAfee. For the most part, McAfee does a commendable job, and writes good prose, which is very effective, even if it is not quite as elegant as Fehernbacher. It would be interesting to know how much of the last two quarters McAfee completed. My guess would be about one quarter of the first and half of the last. McAfee, continues Fehrenbacher's thesis very well, and there are few if any discrenible slips in the argument. However, McAfee has a tendency to moralise which I found slightly irritating.

The last chapter explains why the rise of the Republican party was such a threat to the South, despite Lincoln's repeat assurences that he meant no harm to slavery 'where it existed'. Ultimately, slavery depended not only on the States right to control their own domestic institutions, but also on support from a pro-slavery federal government. Lincoln's election meant that for the first time, the South was no longer representitive of America. The slaveholding republic was no more, and slavery was on the route to extinction. Slaveholders' attempt to recreate the Slaveholding republic was the source of sescession, and the Civil War that brought a fast ending to the the institution.

During the time of the American Revolution, slaveholder Thomas Jefferson, man of the enlightment, considered slavery to be a great evil. As an older man, settled into Southern ways, he let his antislavery convictions deteriorate into mere rethorics. Until Abraham Lincoln's election, the United States prefered to ignore Jefferson's words that "all men were created equal", and it was truly a Slaveholding republic.

This book comprehensively covers many subjects concerning race and American government--namely: the founder's intentions regarding slavery, the behavior of the federal government toward slavery up through the Civil War, the attitudes and behavior of Abraham Lincoln toward the institution, and the constitutional rulings that effectively ended the first civil rights movement following the formal destruction of slavery. Early in the piece, the reader might think that the book is designed to cleanse the founding period of any association with slavery, but then the bulk of the work demonstrates the multiple ways that the government under the new Constitution became devoted to serving the slaveholding interest. Lincoln is neither glorified nor vilified but rather is evaluated within the political context within which he operated. The book leaves the reader with a deeper sense of what has long been called the American dilemma. It wrestles with difficult constitutional issues but in ways that are comprehensible to the layperson. This book will long be an academic classic, but it is also one that every serious American should read, especially given the fact that the ugly legacy of the slaveholding republic is still with us.

Fehrenbacher begins his account of the federal government's relation to slavery with a plain thesis: that the constitution was not intended to really protect slavery, that it was to be neutral on the subject and leave any regulation of slavery to the states. Fehrenbacher starts from this point and explores the relationship in a number of contexts including the national capital, the slave trade, and foreign relations (the most interesting chapter of this work). Throughout the work he demonstrates how the southern interest in slavery dominated the federal government in practically every aspect, even in administrations of presidents who were morally opposed to slavery (J.Q. Adams). This dominance of the slavery interest pre-1860 is used to explain the knee jerk hostility that the South had to the Republican party. The fairly benign opposition that the Republicans had to expansion of slavery was blown up by southerners who viewed any opposition to slavery, however minor, was seen as a radical attack on the Constitution. Fehrenbacher argues that essentially this reaction based on a fundmental error in understanding the Republican party was one of the major reasons for southern succession. I stronly recommend this book for any interested in the history of slavery or the early federal government.

This is the last work of the late Don Fehrenbacher, the author of the Dred Scott Decision and other outstanding books on American history. This book was incomplete at his death and was finished by one of his former students, Ward McAfee. Professor McAfee appears to have done an excellent job, the book certainly appears seamless and written with Fehrenbacher's distinctive and precise style.

In this book, Fehrenbacher explored the relationship of the Federal government to slavery from the formulation of the constitution through the Civil War. The quality of writing is excellent and the level of scholarship high. Fehrenbacher's points are buttressed by his careful analysis of American legislative and legal history.

Fehrenbacher begins with the issue of whether or not the Constitution protected slavery. This charge was made initially by Abolitionists in the 1840s and has been often repeated in recent years. Fehrenbacher's close analysis reaches a different conclusion. His view, well supported by careful reading of the original documents, is that the Constitution was neutral towards slavery. The Founders meant neither to protect nor discourage slavery. Many of the clauses cited as protecting slavery were the product of other concerns, notably the primary concern with producing a constitution acceptable to all sections.
What followed the implementation of the Constitution was, however, another matter. Fehrenbacher devotes several well documented chapters to the different way in which the Federal government supported slavery. These include protection of slavery within the District of Columbia, foreign policy actions that protected the privileges of slaveholders, Federal censorship of Abolitionist propaganda, and Federal support of fugitive slave pursuits. For example, successive American governments were remarkably lax in pursuing suppression of American commercial involvement in the African slave trade, well after importation of slaves into the USA was abolished.

The Federal tilt towards slavery was the product, not of constitutional protection, but of Southern domination of the Federal branch and Southern political unity on any issue touching slavery. Federal involvement in protecting slavery produced recurrent crises whenever the question of slavery expansion into newly acquired territories occurred. Fehrenbacher has a nice description of these recurrent crises though this is an oft described problem.

Finally, Fehrenbacher demonstrates why the South found the election of Lincoln to be so threatening. After benefiting from decades of Federal tilt towards slavery, Southerners were convinced that Republican domination of the Executive branch would result in a Rederal anti-slavery tilt and put slavery at risk in the whole USA. Fehrenbacher then concludes with a nice concise description of Federal policy towards slavery during the Civil War and Reconstruction, including Lincoln's crucial role.

An fine and well written book.

Many years ago I processed Don's films for him. Bags of films straight from the wars of Viet Nam etc. I was only young but I was in complete awe of Don. Don was one of many well known photographers I met during my time in a professional lab but he was rather special. The sights he had witnessed were written on his somewhat sad face. A terrific guy who even had the time to talk to me, the darkroom junior. That was 30 years ago but I still marvel at the images he has created. Good luck Don, I wish you every happiness.

I admired the photos in this book very much. Don McCullin is a powerful photographer. Many of these photos are mesmerizing and I would highly recommend this book.

I first heard about McCullin through a segment of the television documentary by Kathy and Amy Eldon on CNN called Dying To Tell the Story.

I bought SLEEPING WITH GHOSTS soon after watching that program because I was struck by McCullin's photos on television. It has been more than one year since I purchased this book through Amazon and I continue to learn things ( about photography, art, humanity, journalism ) as I look at it again and again. Each time I pick it up ( atleast once a month ) and look through the pages I learn something new, because McCullin is photojournalist in the finest sense of the word.

In this age of tabloid journalism and paparazzi - it is wonderful to see a shining example of what photo essays can and should be.

SLEEPING WITH GHOSTS is a reminder that documentary photography is IMPORTANT - it can have integrity - and it is a service to the world.

I'm greatly looking forward to looking through Don McCullin's new book, INDIA.

This outstanding war photographer, as illustrated in this book, you can find his shooting subjects switching from 'mem fighting in the front' to 'women & children suffering behind'. This does not talk about art, but more than art.

It is covering a number of warfares around the globe in recent history, like, Cyprus, Israel, Congo, Biafra, Vietnam, Pakistan, Cambodia, Iraq, etc.

Some pictures should not be missed :

Page 74 - Souvenir hunters (I refer to the dead Vietnamese soldier with his belongings) / Page 42 - Turkish gunman, Limassol / Page 161 - Falange gunman serenading the corpse of a young Palestinian girl / Page 172 - Sailboat on the Gandak river near Patna

I read about this book in American Photo magazine, and having heard nothing else, decided to order it. I can say that this is my absolute favorite! If you are at all curious about it, don't hesitate - you may miss the chance to own this incredible book.

From the first image to the last, McCullin shows a perspective rarely seen in any sort of photo journalism. It's like he tries to separate from the action to be professional, but finds himself wound up in it time and time again. He intersperses images of hope, but all with the same pessimistic tone. Even from a sheerly technical standpoint, his images carry breathtaking weight.

It has been said time and time again, and even by McCullin himself, that his images are often printed very darkly. I think this style of contrasty grain enhances the experience and appreciation for his pictures. If you're looking for maximum slickness, look for the carefully planned and meticulously arranged portraits of Herb Ritts. If you're looking for photos that force the truth and emmotion of reality, this book is unmatched.

One cannot help but fall in love with this precious, feisty little tomcat with the darling sobriquit, and one cannot help but be set ablaze by the glowing pride burning so passionately in the heart of her grandfather.

It's not hard to understand why E. Don Harpe has so many stories posted in the Amazon Shorts program (he has quite a few hiding elsewhere, too); the man can weave a good yarn!

In this, his latest tale, he teaches his grand-daughter - a grand-chip off the old grand-block - the thrill and sense of accomplishment that comes first through participation, and then competition.

Most stories like this start out strong, then inevitably devolve rather awkwardly into contrivance and sugar-coated sentimentality too sweet and fluffy to digest. Not only does E. Don deftly avoid these pitfalls, he has put words to a memory we can all share; a memory that gains speed and emotional power as it develops.

A pure joy! E. Don has me convinced; one day little Braxten is going to have the world by the tail.

E. Don Harpe writes a winsome tale of one determined little girl, his granddaughter "Braxie".

I suppose with all the praying and worrying her parents and grandparents must have endured as the difficult pregnancy developed, this story could have started and revolved around many different subjects. But Don from the beginning tells the story of a determined little WINNER.

Probably no parent or grandparent could read the story of this little fire-eater without it reminding them of a very special [and aren't they all?] child God in His love sent to them. With me it was my daughter Christine. Just like Braxie, she came into the world running the show, and making everyone around her glad of it.

Braxie's long-suit was indeed determination... it came out in every syllable. The story touchingly goes from where the child witnesses her first T-ball game and wants nothing to do with it. From there it goes to how they handled it and the ultimate rewards it paid. Responding to the love and attention, Braxie went on to not only love the game, but become the heavy hitter for her team... THE heavy hitter in grandpa's heart.

I spent a fair amount of time taking my youngest to T-ball and watching the games. Any of you similarly situated will ROAR with laughter at this description:
>>>>>For those of you unfamiliar with the game, let me quickly bring you up to speed. T-Ball is for kids that are too young to play regular little league, and is named after the fact that the ball is not pitched to the batter, but instead rests on a "Tee" that they can hit it off of. This allows every child to hit the ball, and is a good beginning to teaching them how to swing a bat. The child will swing until he or she connects with the ball, and then they will fun to first base. Well, hopefully, they will run to first base. Some times they don't run at all, sometimes they run to third or to the pitchers mound or just out on the field, but after a few games they remember they are supposed to run to first base...

....In the field, the kids take the positions assigned to them by their coaches, which is subject to change from game to game, and sometimes from minute to minute. There's never any real way of telling exactly where one of the children will decide he or she wants to play that particular inning, and a big part of the time they move around quite a bit. Most have no idea what a ball glove is for, or why they have to wear one, and most of the time they will toss the glove on the ground and go after the ball with both hands. And usually they will throw the ball somewhere in the infield with whichever hand they pick it up with. Most of the time they don't really throw the ball to a base, they just throw it, and then three or four or more of the others will run after it, one will pick it up and throw it somewhere else. It's amazing, and most of the adults in the stands have more fun than the kids do.<<<<<<<

So very, very true.

A truly heart-warming story that grabs you from the moment you see that little face looking out at you, holding the bat like Hank Aaron. It's about love and constancy. We all know the down side of parenting...it's nice to read such a well-crafted tale of the JOY. Five Stars

John W. Cassell

Slugger by E. Don Harpe

Look out world says E. Don Harpe grandfather of Braxy who has the insight to think his little granddaughter is going to be world famous someday as a baseball player or whatever she may choose to do in her life.

Born prematurely and at only four pounds, the whole family catered to Braxton from the moment she was born and watched every movement of her until they could see for themselves that she was perfectly healthy and strong.

Then at age six, it took quite a bit of coaxing to get her on the T-ball field but once she realized she could have fun, she practiced every day with her mother and grandparents as well as by herself by throwing the ball up and hitting it with her bat. She earned the nickname "Slugger" after she hit the ball thrown by the coach almost to the fence and the ran around the bases to make it the best hit of the season, and of course to the cheers of a very proud grandpa.

Don Harpe is one of the best writers I have ever read and I only wish that he could enjoy success in his lifetime as a world reknown author, for I am sure the world one day will know.

He has talent that only a writer that is gifted can develop. Whatever he decides to write on keeps the reader enthralled to the end. This is a great story for inspiration to the child just entering something that is new to them and involves discipline and hard work.

Go! "Slugger" Go!

I was told to read this story. Told it would be good and warm and touching. Told that I would feel the worry, the hope and the tingle of goodness. I was told that I would like it for sure.

I was told right, my heart is still warm.

I thoroughly enjoyed this story by E. Don Harpe. It won't be the last one I read by him, I can tell you that much. If you don't read this one folks, its your loss.

I read this book in a few hours, then re-read it the next day. It captured my attention with quick to the point tactics! Awesome job Tom Richard

After having watched Tom speak on several occasions, I can say without reservation that he knows what he's talking about. The ideas he presents and teaches are valid to a business owner or salesperson in any field and at a company of any size. Highly recommended.

A fantastic book that all business ownwers should read and re-read. The skills that I have learned and put into action are fantastic. Not only new business ownwers, but ones that have been in business for years, such as myself can befefit from this book!
Want proof it works? Ask me.
Please Tom, give us more!

I have been a small business owner for several years now. Recently, I was contacted by another local business owner about sharing advertising costs between our two companies. Our program was very beneficial to the both of us. We are currently sharing our customer base between the two of us. Our program is more successful than any expensive broadcast or print media campaigns that I have done in the past. So, I began to research guerilla marketing. Tom Richard's "Smart Sales People Don't Advertise" contains many programs with how-to's that I am definetly going to roll out in the near future.

this book was brand new, my granddaughter loves it as her old book has fallen apart from reading it so much. it arrived in record time, before i even thought "when will that book arrive?"

Walt Disney's 101 Dalmatians

101 Dalmatians is a very good book. Its about 15 puppies that get kidnapped by a cruel Cruella Di Vil. They are tooken to her mansion where there were a lot more dalmatians. They then go through a lot of trouble getting home. I think that any age of kids would like this book. I really like how Pongo and Perdita save there kids. I think that this book teaches kids that if they steal that bad things will happen.

This beautiful book is a full color adaptation from the disney movie of the same name. The illustrations captured my child's attention and made for great story time. Timeless tale of good vs. evil. A great read for any generation!

Well i think that this book was GREAT it takes me back to 4th grade were this would have been my favorite book becaues it as exitment and love.It just was a wounderful story and i see why they make more of theses not alone dose it show right from wronge but it tell you about how the family love the doge weather there where 13 dogs or 101 dogs it was great!

This is such a good book!! I've read it a lot of times and I love it! Its such an exciting adventure and mystery that you won't be able to put it down. Its about 2 kids that go on an adventure and have amazing experiences. It is suspensful and really exciting! You should definetly buy it!Oh and if you want the sequal its called Islands Of Light.

p.s. Hi Dad!

This is such a good book!! I've read it a lot of times and I love it! Its such an exciting adventure and mystery that you won't be able to put it down. Its about 2 kids that go on an adventure and have amazing experiences. It is suspensful and really exciting! You should definetly buy it!

p.s. Hi Dad!

Although this book is written for children, I, as an adult found myself thoroughly enjoying it as I read it. Several times I was aware of the hairs on my neck standing up as I read. I would highly recommend it to young readers who enjoy a good mystery. I am anxiously awaiting a sequel.

I really enjoyed this book, even though it was given to my 10 year-old daughter to read! This book had mystery, adventure and kept the readers attention. It is a great example of team work between a brother and sister who are out to solve a mystery. It also highlights a great example of trust between parents and their children.

I'm anxiously waiting for the sequel!!

I read this and thought it was great!! It is basic knowledge, but to have somone else write it, it makes the knowledge seem real. Also, it made me realize I am not the only person in the world who has the problems as many other single 30 something year old women. It was fantastic to read.

Experience is always the best and worst teacher. Fortunately, for readers, the author has compiled her knowledge and the experiences of others for us and plans it out very simply (even though it's hard!). If you are ready to change, you will be truly enlightened by this book. The points give you back ownership of what you have done and make you realize that you are not alone. And that you aren't stupid! Great book. I would highly recommend and have already. My favorite line in the book is paraphrased as the following: "If you are working on yourself and doing what you can for yourself, then you are loveable." And then she repeats it. It's very powerful for those of us who may not actually, consciously believe that. Read it!

This is one gutsy book! Not for the squeamish or the emotionally unreflective. This is a rare instance where a book doesn't just answer questions, but asks you to question yourself. Very Insightful.

My neighbor gave me this book & I read it over the weekend. I was shocked that I was the reason I am still single. I was blaming all the "bad men" for my single marital status. The advice is good, thorough, and simple. You can change your patterns that will enable you to open up to meeting the people you really deserve to date. This book identifies the patterns, discusses ways to change and reinforces with examples. I am gifting this book to all my single friends!