Friendship: Bread for the Journey - Hardcover

Platt, Doris S.; Wiesel, Elie; Goodall, Jane; Bocelli, Andrea; Heston, Charlton

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0967759021 ISBN 13: 9780967759029

Publisher: Poisoned Pen Pr, 2003

Synopsis

Personal reflections on friendship by Andrea Bocelli, Jane Goodall, Reverend Billy Graham, Charlton Heston. Joe Lansdale, Jeffrey Meer, Members of the Worldwide Adidas Organization, Marina Mtchedlishvili, Anne Perry, Sayed Ahmad Sharifi, Elie Wiesel, Scott Williams, and over eighty other individuals ranging in age from eleven to ninety-two and from all walks of life and nationalities. Friendship -- Bread for the Journey reaffirms our faith in humanity. So many things are transitory, friendship is a unique, universal thread that binds us together. We need the knowledge that somebody is there for us, especially during these uncertain times. This book is a testament to the goodness and caring of people. It is real, it is human. Friendship is a positive experience the world needs now, today. Contributors from different countries and diverse occupations and ages have freely expressed just how much this relationship means to them and how great a part it has played in their lives.

About this title

About the Author

Doris S. Platt was born and educated in Europe. Her work and travels across continents and countries has brought her friendhsips from all walks of life. She lives with her family in Sandy, Utah.

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Personal reflections of friendship by Andrea Bocelli, Jane Goodall, The Reverend Billy Graham, Charlton Heston, Anne Perry, Jeffrey Meer, Members of the Worldwide Adidas Organization, and over eighty other individuals ranging in age from eleven to ninty-two and from all walks of life and nationalities

Reviews

Drawing in part on her connections in the international diplomatic community, humanitarian Platt has compiled some 100 reflections on the value of friendship, ranging from thoughts that run a few pages long to one-sentence aphorisms (e.g., editor Suzanne Brady's belief that "A friend knows when to stay loyally in the supporting cast, even if invited to accept a starring role"). Contributors include a few celebrities, such as primatologist Jane Goodall, the Rev. Billy Graham and writers Anne Perry and Joe R. Lansdale, while other big names-Charlton Heston, Elie Wiesel-are represented by extracts from previously published works. Most of the selections, however, are original to this book and by ordinary people, such as Irene Mano Mori, a Japanese-American legal secretary, who writes of the importance of two girlhood friendships during WWII: "Because of my witnessing and experiencing discrimination and sometimes overt racism as I grew up, I did not have the best self-esteem.... These two friends [one Caucasian, the other Mexican-American] helped bring meaning into my life." Throughout, Platt shares anecdotes from her life, recalling her charitable efforts in the former Soviet Union and revealing moments of friendship she's encountered. Although its arrangement at times feels meandering and oblique, this is a fine treasury of inspirational, universal quotations.
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Edition details

• Publisher: Poisoned Pen Pr
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0967759021
• ISBN 13: 9780967759029
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192
• Editor: Platt Doris S.