| Jolee's Jewels |
| by Jolee Tucker |
| Having met Mr. Gardner prior to reading the book and hearing the tale first hand from his mouth, I can tell you that the reading of this book will put you in the presence of the man himself. Rarely do I find the way a biographical book to be written so inline with the grammer, speech patterns or thought processes as the author themselve when viewed on TV or met in peron. This brings such an authenticity to the book that I can not help but to feel like the experiences I've just read about weren't told to me verbally from Mr. Gardners own mouth. The book does detail the extensive lengths that Mr. Gardner went through in order to keep his self made promise of never leaving his son and ensuring that his baby didn't have to grow up with out a father in his life. (continued on next column) |
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While his story is inspiring and
encouraging there is a spot near the end that
makes me question if his earned success
made him break that promise. I don't want to
give away something that Mr. Gardner
explains he does, but having thought about
his promise that drove him to extremes, I am
not sure that he didn't break a promise to
himself if even for a greater good. Once you
read it, you tell me what you think!
I must say, the book differs from the
movie and both do well to hold thier
audiences. With that said, you should be
warned that there is a crudeness in the book
that caught me a bit off guard at first and I
came to expect (but not willingly accept) the
expressive language and description as
experiences were relayed to myself as the
reader.
encouraging there is a spot near the end that
makes me question if his earned success
made him break that promise. I don't want to
give away something that Mr. Gardner
explains he does, but having thought about
his promise that drove him to extremes, I am
not sure that he didn't break a promise to
himself if even for a greater good. Once you
read it, you tell me what you think!
I must say, the book differs from the
movie and both do well to hold thier
audiences. With that said, you should be
warned that there is a crudeness in the book
that caught me a bit off guard at first and I
came to expect (but not willingly accept) the
expressive language and description as
experiences were relayed to myself as the
reader.
| The Pursuit of Happyness by Christopher Gardner with Quincy Troupe |
| Jolee Tucker's Previous Columns: January 2010 The Pursuit Of Happyness by Christopher Gardner July 2009 The Invitation by Oriah May 2009 Now Discover Your Strengths by Marcus Buickingham & Donald O. Clifton Comments and questions for Jolee Tucker can be sent to joleetucker@braxtonbooks.com |