Reviews
"I love this, especially the part
about making it impossible for people to tell whether you are at work or
play. Also, the sentence, 'I love my wife, and I am confused by my
obvious lack of sensitivity' should be put on a trivet by someone.
Millions of women would buy it and hang it next to the stove. I'm
happy to say that there is no complicated process by which you get my
'kind permission', although there was a time when my kids would have
said that was not true where an R-rated movie was concerned. I
just get to confer it. I feel like I should have a wand.
There you go. It's yours."
-
Anna Quindlen,
author of A
Short Guide to a Happy Life
"Anyone who has enjoyed Anna Quindlen's
thoughtful book will find A Happy Guide to a Short Life not
only a sensitive reflection on Quindlen's ideas but also a provocative
challenge to students and general readers to make the absolute most of
the years they have been given on earth."
-John Bassett,
President, Clark University
"This book is great fun, with or without
Anna Quindlen's book as a guidepost. I was sorry when it ended!"
-Charles
D. Baker, former Secretary, Executive Office of Health & Human Services
and Administration & Finance Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Tony Brown has put in writing (beautifully) what
most of us briefly touch upon in our minds daily. Sometimes when
away from the distractions, there are similar moments of pure clarity.
They don't last long but when they come, we feel lighter, happier and
more content. We get "it" at those moments. Brown’s book
reminds me that when my “circles touch” I am a happier person with all
aspects of my life. For what’s left of our days on earth, this
wonderful book with those magnificent pictures shares these simple
insights: make lists, remember priorities, and enjoy the fleeting
time. In the end, material items do not matter - only people and
preparation to meet our Father.
- Dee Ray, Co-Founder Raycom Sports
"Southerners hold a special place in
American literature; reflective, philosophical and well-grounded in the
earthy ironies, dilemmas and wonders of an un-biblically short life.
Brown's commentary on Anna Quindlen's excellent and popular short
masterpiece exemplifies this unique tradition."
- Dr. Victor Kugajevsky, PhD
"I loved A Happy Guide to a Short Life.
By donating his proceeds to The Community Foundation, Tony is simply
taking a page from his own book."
- Pat Smith, President, The Community Foundation of Western
North Carolina
"The great thing about A Happy Guide is
that it was written by a non-professional writer. In the great
tradition of spirited American debate, Tony Brown has written a plainly
spoken rebuttal to Anna Quindlen's best-selling Short Guide to a
Happy Life. And the winner is the reader."
- Dr. Henry Eskew, PhD
