Reviews:
Coming of Age in your 40s - A
Summer Must-Read!
Funny, heartbreaking, and
heart-warming, this is an Everyman's adult coming of age
journey from adolescence to middle age. Musings of a
Dysfunctional Life unfolds with the precise timing of an
amusement park ride through an average guy's
dysfunctional life. Rook deftly blends laugh out loud
humor with compelling tension in his adult struggle with
changing fortune, freedom and success. Reading excerpts
from the author's website does not prepare you for the
emotional impact of the succession of stories. This fast
read leaves indelible impressions: hilarious evil looking
babies, the beauty of a Monarch butterfly and the loss of
innocence. This book will resonate with parents and
adults who were children of divorce or alcoholics. --
John Trevor
I loved this book! Thank
you Victor for taking me back to my childhood as well so
I could relive once again many of the fun times during a
simpler time in life. I found it touching, warm and very
entertaining to say the least! -- Tony Smith
Could not put this book down!
I received Musings of a
Dysfunctional Life yesterday in the mail and read it the
same night. The book flows. And in that flow the author,
Victor Rook, tugs on all of your emotions. You'll laugh
out loud on his views and opinions about some of the
small things in life that we forget or never really took
the time to think about. The next thing you know as he
opens up about his early family life you find yourself
sad and sometimes angry at the thoughtlessness and
downright meanness of some of the people in his life.
I've read autobiographies and books about peoples lives
before and never felt any difference. Not so with this
book. The author is so open and honest with his feelings
and thoughts that you go from not knowing Victor Rook to
wishing he lived in your hometown so you could get
together and just chat about ..well...anything. --
Michael
True to Heart Must Read
Highly recommended reading! This is
personal musings at its best that tells it all. This book will take you
from a small town in New York to Virginia, North Carolina and back to
New York and then to D.C… One minute you are riding amusement rides and
another chapter here comes the spider scares. How about being broke down
in a snow storm and walking to a neighbors house that doesn’t want you
to stay there, and sends you on the way with another pair of boots to
continue your travel. Throw in an abusive alcoholic father, and later a
sensual awakening and you don’t want to put the book down. This is just
the tip of the ice, as I don’t want to give it all away. To top it off,
these musings are real and told from the heart. Excellent!!!
Very Good Read
I would give this book an A++. The art of
writing about oneself, whether it be good times or bad times in your
life can be very difficult. This book was very well written and very
interesting. There are many grown people, male and female that can
really relate to the trials and tribulations while living with their
parents. Who knows what the parents lived before we came. Vic Rook is
not alone, a lot of happy and sad things happen to good people. This is
a must read.
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