false 933231 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179581102m/933231.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179581102s/933231.jpg 933231 5 625599 2000 Life Is So Good total:584|5:248|4:204|3:108|2:23|1:1| 584 2427 882 175 274447 4.16 590 177 274448 4.16 590 177 27666399 1325700 933231 0141001682 9780141001685 171 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179581102m/933231.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179581102s/933231.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/933231.Life_Is_So_Good 4.16 571 2000 5 3 false Tue Aug 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 18 17:49:05 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 12 20:54:29 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3368190 134131 933231 0141001682 9780141001685 171 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179581102m/933231.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179581102s/933231.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/933231.Life_Is_So_Good 4.16 584 2000 5 1 false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 21 22:59:39 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 27 11:20:02 -0700 2007 more...]]> 72802161 2661547 933231 0141001682 9780141001685 171 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179581102m/933231.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179581102s/933231.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/933231.Life_Is_So_Good 4.16 584 2000 5 0 false Sat Sep 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 13:52:51 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 14:04:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 65346524 2563033 933231 0141001682 9780141001685 171 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179581102m/933231.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179581102s/933231.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/933231.Life_Is_So_Good 4.16 584 2000 5 0 false Sat May 20 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Tue Jul 28 19:30:57 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 19:35:27 -0700 2009 CCF Top Pick in 2006. Dawson's book is one of my favorite reads. Here's what I wrote about this wonderful title: "We have loved reading and re-reading Life Is So Good and have received letters from those we've recommended it to saying they also ...more...]]> 49026390 2120624 933231 0141001682 9780141001685 171 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179581102m/933231.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179581102s/933231.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/933231.Life_Is_So_Good 4.16 584 2000 2 2 false Tue Mar 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 08:14:10 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 13:45:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 51019767 2082678 639385 037550396X 9780375503962 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176601140m/639385.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176601140s/639385.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/639385.Life_Is_So_Good 4.08 12 What makes a happy person, a happy life? In this remarkable book, George Dawson, a 101-year-old man who learned to read when he was 98, reflects on the philosophy he learned from his father—a belief that "life is so good"—as he offers valuable lessons in living and a fresh, firsthand view of America during the twentieth century.

Born in 1898 in Marshall, Texas, the grandson of slaves, George Dawson tells how his father, despite hardships, always believed in seeing the richness in life and trained his children to do the same. As a boy, George had to go to work to help support the family, and so he did not attend school or learn to read; yet he describes how he learned to read the world and survive in it. "We make our own way," he says. "Trouble is out there, but a person can leave it alone and just do the right thing. Then, if trouble still finds you, you've done the best you can."

At ninety-eight, George decided to learn to read and enrolled in a literacy program, becoming a celebrated student. "Every morning I get up and I wonder what I might learn that day. You just never know."

In Life Is So Good, he shares wisdom on everything from parenting ("With children, you got to raise them. Some parents these days are growing children, not raising them") to attitude ("People worry too much. Life is good, just the way it is").

Richard Glaubman captures George Dawson's irresistible voice and view of the world, offering insights into humanity, history, and America—eyewitness impressions of segregation, changes in human relations, the wars and the presidents, inventions such as the car and the airplane, and much, much more. And throughout his story, George Dawson inspires the reader with the message that sustained him happily for more than a century: "Life is so good. I do believe it's getting better."]]> 2000 3 0 false Mon Apr 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 07:31:32 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 11:35:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 47877210 229001 933231 0141001682 9780141001685 171 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179581102m/933231.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179581102s/933231.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/933231.Life_Is_So_Good 4.16 584 2000 5 0 false Mon Mar 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 01 07:24:13 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 16 18:42:35 -0700 2009 I wish Mr. Dawson could have adopted me...LOL (Although I think my parents did a great job). He just is someone I would have loved to know)
I love the articles/news reels at the beginning of the chapters, referencing points in history (Mr. Dawson's 100+ yr...more...]]> 76071656 877494 933231 0141001682 9780141001685 171 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179581102m/933231.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179581102s/933231.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/933231.Life_Is_So_Good 4.16 584 2000 5 0 false Mon Nov 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Oct 28 19:38:13 -0700 2009 Mon Nov 16 22:21:59 -0800 2009 more...]]> 50896066 2062858 933231 0141001682 9780141001685 171 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179581102m/933231.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179581102s/933231.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/933231.Life_Is_So_Good 4.16 584 2000 5 0 false Sat Mar 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 04:46:08 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 04:55:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 45030946 1203152 933231 0141001682 9780141001685 171 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179581102m/933231.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179581102s/933231.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/933231.Life_Is_So_Good 4.16 584 2000 5 0 false Sun Feb 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 01 06:49:32 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 17:57:12 -0800 2009 more...]]> 47760142 820127 933231 0141001682 9780141001685 171 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179581102m/933231.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179581102s/933231.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/933231.Life_Is_So_Good 4.16 584 2000 4 0 false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 27 21:46:06 -0800 2009 Sun Apr 05 20:44:34 -0700 2009 He lived during three centuries (he was over 100 when he co-wrote ...more...]]> 41686499 1781993 933231 0141001682 9780141001685 171 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179581102m/933231.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179581102s/933231.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/933231.Life_Is_So_Good 4.16 584 2000 5 0 false Sat Jan 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 21:54:41 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 05:01:36 -0800 2009 more...]]> 52983693 702324 933231 0141001682 9780141001685 171 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179581102m/933231.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179581102s/933231.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/933231.Life_Is_So_Good 4.16 584 2000 3 0 true Mon May 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 21:39:10 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 21:16:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 48664731 886571 933231 0141001682 9780141001685 171 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179581102m/933231.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179581102s/933231.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/933231.Life_Is_So_Good 4.16 584 2000 5 0 false Fri Apr 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 08 22:14:48 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 11:51:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 49339383 1885324 933231 0141001682 9780141001685 171 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179581102m/933231.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179581102s/933231.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/933231.Life_Is_So_Good 4.16 584 2000 5 0 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun Mar 15 09:45:40 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 15 09:49:55 -0700 2009
His stories are fun, sad, painful...the whole gamut. He recounts segregation and racism in America. He paints pictures of friendships and joy.

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"At that moment the rope swung me out into the sky, I was free. Nothing held me to earth. There was just me and the rope and the sky. I knew then why...more...]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=933231