Title: Great man; poorly written account of his life
Product review: I could not finish it, and, with all of Oprah's hype, I thought it would be so inspiring. I read about 1/3 of the way through it, and the story jumped from idea to idea with no substance in between. Big spans of time were jumped over with little explanation of how he got from one point in his life to another. He was a dishwasher, and then he owned a restaurant and was married with two children. He hints at interesting topics, but never develops them, such as his reference to meeting with the army pyschiatrist and the event that led up to it. Neither topic was developed. I never even understood the little story of why he tried to get himself killed in the ditch that was near his childhood home. Maybe the book just needed a better editor!
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