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Oct 18, 2020 04:36PM
I started a book review blog on my website a couple of months ago. I'm a self-published author, and I'm specifically interested in promoting indie books! I'm currently accepting review requests, and I would love to consider your book for review. My blog focuses on young adult fiction. I invite you to check out my previous blog posts and review policy on my website at www.mariandribus.com.
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Sure! My email is mariandribus@yahoo.com.
That’s awesome! Going to have to remember you for later when I publish.
Latest review of the crazy life of a kid from Brooklyn:"I have been meaning to write to you but time seems to get past me. Please forgive me. I want to say I really enjoyed your father's book; it was great. Sometimes a life history book is so edited; you lose the writer's voice. Not so with this book. If you placed him in a room with 50 people, I would pick him out (even without looking at the picture on the back cover). Your father also writes in parenthetic statements (I also like that).
So why did I enjoy it? As a Paramedic for over 40 years, at times I would transport patients from our “Greatest Generation”. Some transports were over 30 minutes, and in chatting with these folks, they would tell me wonderful stories of their youth. Many times, I would say “You need to write this down, you need to write a book about your life.” Your father did, and the world is a better place.
I enjoy reading non-fiction, something I can learn. A very wise man (G-d rest his soul) said his father told him as a boy, “Learn Everything”. My father also held that belief, and I try to instill it in my girls. Before I picked up this book, I knew NOTHING about sales, or shoes. I knew sales as a high-pressure profession, but because of your father's stories, I can see and feel the energy it takes to be truly successful. I learned so much about the different aspects (and pitfalls) of the shoe sales world. The encyclopedic knowledge required to be proficient and successful is astounding.
I laughed at so many stories. I could SO identify with the one where his mother worked in the office as a bookkeeper, and he got the duplicate check. I could see his point of view, (and hers) and could see myself trying to explain “It's not stealing, it's- just....” Yeah, it would not have flown with my mother either. As I was raised, there is right and wrong, and if you have to ask, well you know the answer.
The only detractors in the book would be editor and publisher errors with continuity. On page 102 (I think), in the middle of the page, there was a paragraph that started with “CNJ”. Somehow, we went from Chicago to the East coast. After rereading the page, a couple of times, I decided to push on, and in a few pages, there was a new chapter CNJ and a repeat of the previous few pages (the publisher's proofreader should have caught it). Other than some typos. *
(and as you can see, I am no writer), it was a great read."
*Authors note. I’ll correct this in any future versions of the book. During a blizzard in Chicago I was transferred to the Thom McAn merchandising office in Clifton, New Jersey and it went under the symbol of ‘CNJ’.
