Break-even

A heartbreaking and yet uplifting book. Moore imbues her characters with real life, pain, emotion. We really feel for them as we follow their story, their struggle to "overcome", as they triumph in the end. I love stories that are about friendship at the core of them, and this one definitely is.

The best part about this book is the ambiance of college life and the realistic feelings of the main characters in the days and weeks after the horrible events take place. I can really feel the reality of both girls being attacked and their struggle to "break even" afterward.

I loved Kat and Jenna and really felt like I know them! Ms. Moore draws a very clear picture of them both, and the book flies by. I stayed up all night and read it!

When her best friend, Jenna, is raped on the University of Nebraska campus during her senior year, the event brings back all the horror of Kathleen's own rape that took place on the same campus four years before. As Kathleen struggles to support her friend during the difficult aftermath, she is determined that the only way either of them can "Break Even," is not to allow the pain and humiliation of the events to ruin the rest of their lives. While Jenna's approach to overcoming the trauma is quite different than Kathleen's, each learns in her own way that through the love and compassion they have for each other, it is possible to overcome anything.

This story gives hope to women everywhere who have been attacked and are rebuilding their lives...it is possible to go on!

I just got this book,so I havent read it yet. I read what other people think about it however,and it seems like a pretty good book. I don't like to read but if I have too I want it to be a funny book or a book about cars. I think I am going to stick with this book.

W.C. Fields' grandson, Ronald Fields, draws on the comic's biography, movie plots and sayings to illustrate key business principles. He covers such topics as leadership, creativity and innovation, managing change, effective teamwork, delegation, budgeting, office politics and communication. Many of the ideas for business success are familiar - but the link with W.F. Fields makes them novel and entertaining. Appropriately, the book is written in a breezy style that makes it enjoyable to read, and Fields includes a summary of key principles at the end of each chapter. We at ... particularly like the collection of W.C. Fields' humorous sayings at the end of the book. Even though some ideas and, for shame, even some sentences are repeated, the book has broad appeal for anyone who likes business and loves to laugh. If you're thinking stocking stuffer or get-well gift, this'll do.