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7/3/2009 2:36 PM 

Forgiveness is not a sign of weakness but of strength. It's also healthy, brave, contagious--and it sets you free. Everyone needs to forgive, whether it's your parents, your neighbours, your dog, the man who cut you off in the traffic this morning or the criminal who murdered your loved one. In this clear, concise and inspiring book, bestselling psychiatrist Dr. Edward Hallowell shows you how.

In his typical lively and engaging tale, bestselling author Dr. Edward Hallowell leads you through a series of definitions and situations to an understanding of the true nature of forgiveness. He shows how and why forgiveness is the basis of a happy and healthy life, and then gives you a practical four-step program to create more of it in your own life.

Maybe you're letting the small insults of daily life pile up and cause you stress.
Dr. Hallowell will show you how his own frustration over a Porsche stealing his parking spot on a busy street led him to do something reckless.

Maybe you're hurt by the thoughtless actions of those you love.
Dr. Hallowell shows how a lack of forgiveness has stunted a marriage and how it has torn a family apart--even after all the family members have long forgotten what they disagreed about.

Maybe you're feeling let down by your own thoughts or deeds.
Dr. Hallowell shows how finally forgiving himself transformed an accidental killer into a productive member of society.

Or maybe something truly terrible has happened that, over the years, has eaten a hole in your soul. Maybe you're one of the people who think they can never forgive. . .

Review By - Sally Spencer: 2/5

 

This is a book about forgiving and how to do it. I found it rather hard to read because the writer waffled a lot. To me the writer never really gave clarity on forgiving and how to do it. 
He does give guide lines of a sort but even those are lost in the pages of wishy washy stuff.
It all came across as one has to be rather ‘’saintly’’ and so goody 2 shoes  to be able to forgive.
For me there was nothing hard hitting enough to make me realize that forgiving is the right thing to do for myself and my mental and physical health. 

I honestly expected more of this book and was rather disappointed .  I was waiting for some ‘’light bulb’’ moment and it never happened.  I came out of it no better and no worse.

Review By - Natalie Page: 4/5

 

First off i would like to say that a more appropriate book could not have been given to me. At first glance it felt as thought this book had been sent just for me.
 
When starting the book I read the inside flap and reading that just makes a person want to read the book. The way he states that even though you forgive there is a whole lot that it does not mean.
 
I felt that the beginning chapters drag out a bit and even futher in the book I feel as though he takes a little bit too long to get to the point. The points he makes are really valid though and really makes you think. When he quoted Gandhi for me was absolutely unreal (if everyone does an eye for an eye the whole world will be blind). I had never heard that saying before so when i read it I felt as though that was so true. Most of us thinks of the here and now and not of the after. Another part of the book which I think of constantly which Edward Hallowell says often is What do we want the pain to turn into? The people that we are does not allow us to just move on and the author makes us know that to think of revenge is normal and part of the healing process.
 
I give the book a 4 bookworm rating. It is definitely a good read for us normal everyday people that hold grudges and tend to let the hurt and anger eat away at us which most of us do.

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