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524 reviews for:
Immer montags beste Freunde: Der Junge, der mein Leben veränderte
Alex Tresniowski, Marie Rahn, Laura Schroff
3.83 AVERAGE
524 reviews for:
Immer montags beste Freunde: Der Junge, der mein Leben veränderte
Alex Tresniowski, Marie Rahn, Laura Schroff
3.83 AVERAGE
I don't agree with all (many) of the decisions Schroff made in regards to her mentorship with Mazyck but then I have to remind myself that she did more than most people did. Hopefully this book will serve to push people to do good deeds. Let's stop calling it a friendship. I don't think a 12 year old and 30 something year old should be friends. Are they friends now? Sure. Fine. Her writing style was boring but at least she was honest about the choices she made. I hope Maurice made lots of money on this book and I wish he would have been the co-writer. Edit: Just one more thing- girls like baseball too. Not this girl, but some girls do.
Read this for book club. I liked it well enough, but it’s not the sort of topic I read. Raised interesting questions about the idea of privilege.
There were quite a few things that I really liked about this book.I loved how easy it was to read and get into right away. And I loved how it is a true story. This story of a working woman and a boy living basically on the streets who meet under no unusual circumstances. All the lady did was decide to actually stop, take time out of her day, and give this boy a meal. Neither one of them had any idea what friendship would come from that. It really made me think "You never know". This book inspired me to really try and take time to just help someone in need. You never know the benefits from it. Everyone should read this book!
An uplifting story of what happens when you teach and learn to trust....
Hard to believe this is a real-life story. Laura (the author) befriends an 11-year-old panhandler in New York City. This book shares Maurice and Laura’s story through decades of friendship.
Both of their backgrounds are pretty heartbreaking, but they found a way to be there for one another. Amazing to think the difference 1 person can make in a life.
Clean language. Lots of drug references and violence (guns, blood, abuse of children and spouse- but not graphic).
Both of their backgrounds are pretty heartbreaking, but they found a way to be there for one another. Amazing to think the difference 1 person can make in a life.
Clean language. Lots of drug references and violence (guns, blood, abuse of children and spouse- but not graphic).
Great story! Love that they both learned from each other.
I read this for book club, and after discussing it I ended up with a much greater appreciation for the book than I had right after reading it. I thought the writing was so-so and lacked emotion, probably because it was written by a ghost-writer. I was also disappointed in the author/main character for choosing her husband over the boy at one point in the story. Book club members pointed out that author did what she could for the boy, that the story seemed very realistic (neither the woman or the boy were perfect in their lives or relationship with each other) and that even with all those imperfections, Laura made a huge impact on the boy's life. The Lesson: don't be afraid to do what you can even if you can't do *everything*. Doing what you can is enough to change the world.
The writing is scattered, but the story is beautiful.