The real sam cooke I loved a family members perspective the realism if first hand ...
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The real sam cooke  I loved a family members perspective the realism if first hand account. Very good job on the real story.
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I enjoyed the frank look at this family that has thrived in every situation.  It was an easy read and both Korie and Willie write with a compelling honesty and sincerity.  I thought their personalities were genuine and I felt the book gave a good view of their lives and their beliefs in each other.
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Just finished reading "Realer than Real" by Ryan Wilkins .. And I want to thank Ryan and the ENTIRE Wilkins family for allowing their story to be told...the transparency of their pain and trials is great but their reliance on The Lord was far greater..what an inspiration of faith. Thank you from the bottom of my heart...
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When you read the book you get a sense of what the family went thru when you meet the author and talk to her it all becomes really real
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The honesty in this book is very refreshing. I feel as though I know this family now, and I am thankful that I could share in their journey.
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With this book, Alex McCord and Simon van Kempen paint a realistic portrait of a modern day family created and maintained with love, humor and honesty.  It is a well written, easy read which I believe is relatable to all, not just city dwellers!  After reading this book, I find myself rooting for Alex and Simon's success as it is well deserved.  Highly Recommend!
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While there are some physical and mental health issues that are quite serious in the book, I would say they couldn't have been written with any more sensitivity while being honest.  Nest brought up much nostalgia for me as it's set close to the time and place I was growing up.  I'm' often caught up by local writers and locations I am familiar with, as for Nest... I could feel the salt air, seemed so real.  Real as the content of the book as well, families facing chronic and horrible health problems or health decline.  I feel almost a loss for words to compliment the author who I happily recommend and enjoyed reading.
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If you're looking for a real account of drug addiction and the hold it takes on a family, this is the book for you.  The personal perspective from which it is written provides an authentic view of the frustrations, loss and discouragement that the whole family, friends, sponsors and the user sustain.  It is amazing how a loved one can be chemically altered and removed from a once productive life and ultimately feared by those that surround him.  You'll find it hard to put down.  I won't give away the ending, but it is a "true-to-life" ending and not hollywood packaging.
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I love the real life experience that the author shared with the readers....very realistic.. at the same time informative.
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It may have been the fact that I'm very close to a family so much like this one it is eerie. In the family I know, there are two teenage girls and the older one has gone right off the rails in the same way as the girl in this story. She even has the same name- Leah.
I think this book is an excellent read for the many families dealing with teenage girls going through bad patches. My own daughter became extremely difficult to deal with in her teenage years. There is so much to identify with in this story and knowing that other families have the same problems does give you a sense of at least being less alone - you are not the only ones facing these horrors and the powerlessness is terrifying. How many of us have driven around in the night trying to work out where on earth they are.

I found myself engrossed in the story. I liked its realism; the way Leah was so changeable, so nice one minute, so impossible the next, just as these girls this age so often are in real life. I also appreciated being shown how it rubbed off on the younger sister. Younger siblings are often the forgotten victims of this kind of situation.
This is exactly the hell, that many families really do experience with their daughters. It is just so painfully honest and raw.
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I like the authenticity of the story.  The way it layed out you almost feel you are there. I like Mr Parkers work.
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The real deal...Phil shares his life in a candid and honest way (which is so refreshing).  I  really enjoyed it on many different levels.  Its one of my all time favorite reads, and I have so much respect and admiration for Phil Knight.
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There is a sense of the "real" Hawai`i here, with struggles and familial dynamics familiar and, via the author's acute eye, fresh. I felt the love for the islands as well as its islanders, and the complex dynamics of how to be Hawaiian in a modern Hawai`i.
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a stunning and realistic enactment of a true to life drama
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This movie and its' actors really hit home with the reality of their characters. Tom Berenger was right on the money, sincere and moving. I really enjoy a good, well-documented western, and this was definitely high on my list of movies that I can and sit and watch more than twice. Real, sincere, accurate,moving,thought-provoking. Great job!
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I am sure this is an accurate assessment of how multiple sisters Ina family can feel about the competitiveness when it comes to parental love and other relationships...so I found this very real and poignant.
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I liked the characters as they came alive and real to me. We all have suffered in life just as each of these family members have suffered in various ways but carried on in faith that God would work it out for their good.