Review: Inspiring!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 7, 2013
I've always believed that no matter what your last name is or where you come from, if you truly believe in yourself you can achieve anything. Douglas Wallace proves just that in "Everything Will Be All Right". Born to a drunken father and a beaten mother, into poverty and zero expectations, he found the strength and belief within to rise above it all and become what those around him said he could not. Many others have faced similar upbringings and fallen into the same lifestyles, believing they couldn't do any better. He also gives us a deep understanding of the poverty mindset, and why so many children of poor families grow up to be poor themselves.To me, this book is really about the American Dream, how one person can rise above their station in life to become anything they want with hard work and a belief in themselves. It's genuine and personal and so very well written, and I know I will read it again and again. I'm going to get a print copy for my mother, who grew up in poverty in Tennessee with the very same sort of family Douglas had, and I wish I could put a copy into the hand of every child born into poverty and neglect.