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FALL IN LOVE WITH READING . . .
“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading.” – Jane Austen
A book is a gift you can open again and again.” – Garrison Keillor
“There is no friend as loyal as a book.” – Ernest Hemingway
“A room without books is like a body without a soul.” – Cicero
“Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.” – Joseph Addison
“Reading is a discount ticket to everywhere.” – Mary Schmich
Five-Star Review For ACROSS AFRICA ALONE
GUEST AUTHOR – AL RIVERA
The Barefoot Shoeshine Boy
Child abuse is beyond the realm of reasonable people, yet it happens far too often. How does a child process abuse? What gives a child the courage to face daily humiliation, pain, and suffering? The damage for many children is beyond repair and often opens up a lifetime of heartache and shame. As a child, Al Rivera endured the daily verbal and physical abuse of the one person who should have showered him with love: his mother, and from foster parents who took her place to raise him until he was eighteen.
Despite daily abuse, Al Rivera faced each new day with a smile and with the excitement of a schoolboy counting the minutes until recess. Yet Al was not a schoolboy when he found his joy. He was a barefoot shoeshine boy from the age of four to eight, walking miles every day to find customers on city streets. Downtown Phoenix, Arizona, became Al Rivera’s playground, his source of happiness, where life was as real as the dumpster food that kept him alive. Al’s daily search for food was just another game to him. Yet unlike many children who grow up on the streets, Al Rivera overcame all odds to excel in school, sports, and business. He became the Number One minority masonry business in Arizona.
The Barefoot Shoeshine Boy will touch your heart. Its stories of a young boy’s triumph over abuse and adversity will inspire, and its little chapter lessons will offer insights into the power of the human spirit to survive.
The Barefoot Shoeshine Boy is available on Amazon in Paperback and Hard Cover.
