[November 2012]
number of voters: 7
percentage of voters who finished the book: 100
highest rating: 9
lowest rating: 7.4
average rating: 8.09
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My Week with Noelle
I was astounded at the
amount of sheer wussiness before me. —Noelle Hancock
Imagine lying on a beach in Aruba, on holiday from your job
writing juicy blog posts covering the latest celebrity gossip. Your successful,
faithful, and gorgeous boyfriend (“in possession of all his hair”) lounges by
your side. Life. Is. Perfect.
Until the phone rings, and you learn you have been
downsized.
It can be charming if
you don’t have your life together in your twenties, but when people find out
you don’t have some sort of direction by your thirties, they’re a little
embarrassed for you. —Noelle Hancock
You are (relatively) unskilled and (completely) unemployed.
After a few weeks of drowning your sorrows in liquor and/or coffee, you tell yourself
it’s okay, that you’ve got a new lease on life, the world is your oyster. But
the truth is you are (utterly, desperately, pathetically, embarrassingly)
afraid.
I was stuck in one of
those trances where it appears some invisible hand has smeared itself over your
world. —Noelle Hancock
As the weeks go by, that blank sheet of future is as blank
as ever, the coffee shops are all beginning to look the same, and the economy
has just shed another 80,000 jobs. But surprisingly, your life is about to be
saved by none other than Eleanor Roosevelt…or at least a famous quote of
Eleanor Roosevelt’s, scrawled on a blackboard in pink chalk:
“Do one thing every day that scares
you.” —Eleanor Roosevelt
And so you do. One scary thing. Every day. With Eleanor as
your guide you tackle 365 fears—from the mundane (speaking up for yourself more)
to the grandiose (shark diving, climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro).
“Do the things that interest you and do them with all your heart.”
—Eleanor Roosevelt
And you write a book about it. And you become a different
person than the one you were before.
I will never take any of
you for granted again! —Noelle Hancock
And your readers learn so much more about Eleanor Roosevelt.
“I was so impressed by what Eleanor Roosevelt did—how her
life was a fantastic example of finding perseverance.” —Angela
And your readers are inspired to conquer their own fears.
“It was like free therapy!” —Megan
And a group of women—some who have known each for
years—learn that they are not just a book club… They are a group of women doing
with all their hearts what interests them.
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