The Measure of Our Success - by Marian Wright Edelman (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>This #1 New York Times bestseller is Edelman's personal letter to her three sons--a inspirational work of love filled with wisdom and advice, such as don't feel entitled to anything you don't sweat for and don't be afraid to fail--it's the way you learn to do things right. The first African American woman admitted to the Mississippi bar, Edelman is founder and president of the Children's Defense Fund. <p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><strong>#1 <em>New York Times</em> Bestseller</strong></p><p><strong>This book is from the heart of a woman who practices each lesson she preaches. It struck a deep chord in me as a mother trying to raise a daughter in difficult times. -- Hillary Clinton</strong></p> <p><em>The Measure of Our Success</em> is a book to turn lives around: a compassionate message for parents trying to raise moral children, a tough and searching book that ought to be required reading for every young American.</p><p>The book speaks powerfully to the author's three sons about the mothering Marian Wright Edelman gave them--mothering, she explains, that could not ignore other people's children who were in greater need. In the book's centerpiece, Twenty-Five Lessons for Life, we're invited to listen as a loving and extraordinarily committed mother gives her children lessons to live by. </p><p><em>The Measure of Our Success</em> is an open letter to all America, and a timely message of hope and purpose for everyone.</p></p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>The #1 <em>New York Times</em> bestseller is a thinking person's <em>Life's Little Instruction Book</em>, with simple yet inspirational messages about living.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>A celebration of the family, a benediction to the young, and an invocation to the nation's conscience.--<strong>Jonathan Kozol</strong><br><br>A magnificient blueprint for living.--<strong>Ann Landers</strong><br><br>A touching and compelling personal affirmation from one of this nation's most important moral leaders.--<strong>Robert Coles</strong><br><br>Every parent and every child should read this book to each other.--<strong>T. Berry Brazleton, M.D.</strong><br><br>I hope I am the first of many gratified readers to thank you, Marian Wright Edelman, for this fine book.--<strong>Maya Angelou</strong><br><br>This book is from the heart of a woman who practices each lesson she preaches. It struck a deep chord in me as a mother trying to raise a daughter in difficult times.--<strong>Hillary Clinton</strong><br>
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