Three Weeks with My Brother by Nicholas Sparks. Cant go through life without reading this one.......
I would highly recommend this book. If your a fan of Nicholas Sparks, you will gain a new insight into his life, where he gets inspration for the books that he writes, plus as he shares memories of his youth with his siblings, you take a personal journey as well. If you've never read any of his books, I still would highly recommend this read. Excellant author, excellant trip down memory lane, great life lessons and stories.
Well worth the money and then some. 3 out of 3 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful? Andre Agassi - Open. A New York Times Notable Book One of the Best Books of the Year: Forbes, San Francisco Chronicle, The Washington Post Far more than a superb memoir about the highest levels of professional tennis, Open is the engrossing story of a remarkable life.
Andre Agassi had his life mapped out for him before he left the crib. Groomed to be a tennis champion by his moody and demanding father, by the age of twenty-two Agassi had won the first of his eight grand slams and achieved wealth, celebrity, and the game’s highest honors. But as he reveals in this searching autobiography, off the court he was often unhappy and confused, unfulfilled by his great achievements in a sport he had come to resent. Agassi writes candidly about his early success and his uncomfortable relationship with fame, his marriage to Brooke Shields, his growing interest in philanthropy, and—described in haunting, point-by-point detail—the highs and lows of his celebrated career.
Read or Listen to Agassi Read an Excerpt. Book Review: 'Open' by Andre Agassi. By Andre Agassi Knopf. 400 pp. $28.95 Pro tennis could teach the mafia about omertà.
Although dozens of champions have chattered away to ghostwriters, their memoirs have generally remained silent about the game's seamy realities. Presented to the public as clean family fun, an upscale entertainment for the country-club set, top-level tennis is actually played by the physical and emotional mutants of a misery machine that leaves them too ill-educated or psychically damaged to understand what has happened to their lives. Like most victims of abuse, they'd rather not talk about it. So it's both astonishing and a pleasure to report that Andre Agassi, who was castigated for an ad campaign saying "Image is everything," has produced an honest, substantive, insightful autobiography. Agassi was born in Las Vegas to a brutal Iranian immigrant, a former Olympic boxer, who forced his four children to play tennis.
At the age of 12, Andre traveled to Australia with a team of elite young players. In Open, Agassi Basks in His Own Spotlight. Into the Wild: Jon Krakauer. Into the Wild - Trailer. A Hand to Guide Me by Denzel Washington. Give a standing ovation to those folks who gave you a jumpstart in life & said, 'Don't Give Up, I Know You Can Do It!
' This book was great! It made me reflect back on all those folks (young, old & in-between) who've provided me with words of wisdom, some stern direction & lots of mentoring, which has made me the strong, courageous woman that I am today. It also kept me on that straight & narrow path of always striving to do the RIGHT THING, as I've traveled along this road-of-life. Since I read the book, I've made phone calls, visits and written notes to personally THANK folks, & let them know that I truly did & still do appreciate their time, effort, support & good deeds.
THANKS DENZEL - the book was a pleasure to read & I've passed it along to others as gifts. Was this review helpful? BGCA Overview: Book Tour with Denzel Washington.