Paul H Harder

Surprisingly Compelling

Revisado: 03-13-24

But I should not have been surprised. I know Mildred Mills.

For a brief time, she was my direct supervisor at the unnamed Houston software company that unjustly demoted and fired her without cause -- something I did not know at the time. I was one of 250 employees who were "downsized" during the reorganization that happened about then. Now that I know the story, I am not so upset at my firing: They fired somebody worth a lot more than me! I wonder whether they ever realized how much their blindness cost them.

The people who so badly mistreated her could have done so only because they never actually SAW her. I did see her. When I met her, I had no idea of the struggles she had endured to rise from beginnings far humbler than my own to take a position of power and influence. Even so, I could tell immediately that she was impelled by a primal force. For a time, while listening to this book, I wondered how anybody could fail to recognize that crossing Mildred, rather than being her friend, is tantamount to throwing away a winning lottery ticket.

Now that I have heard the whole story, I see the source of that primal force that has driven her all her life: Her faith in God. She has proved the validity of Jesus' counsel that we must love our enemies and pray for those who persecute us. That she succeeded in reconciling with two parents who, in different ways, had treated her so despicably -- that success is a tribute to her character and to the grace of her loving God.

Though this story tours through some of the seamier aspects of human life, it is nonetheless a tale of redemption, reconciliation, and strength overcoming insurmountable obstacles.

It makes me proud to have known this remarkable lady, if only for the short time we worked together.

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Essential reading for all Americans

Revisado: 12-31-23

I profoundly disagree with the author about all or nearly all of her positions on matters of public policy. But I emphatically agree with her main point. Donald Trump and his enablers must be stopped or we will no longer live in a free country. If you can listen to this audiobook and not thereafter believe this, you are not a loyal American dedicated to the rule of law. If you have ever (as have I) sworn to support and defend the US Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic, but do not take it as your duty to oppose Trumpism, you have not listened to this audiobook with an open mind — nor are you very familiar with that Constitution.

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Should be required reading

Revisado: 11-06-23

Alas, this book is probably on its way to a number of lists of books that must be banned. Then again, inclusion on such a list is a badge of honor.

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Revisado: 03-31-23

Seriously. Nearly anything I say, to describe just how excellent this book is, risks giving away too much of the story. If you have read or listened to the rest of the Infinite Timeline books, you simply must experience this one. If you have not, then you must not try to do this one — hie thee to a book outlet of your choice and cast your coin on the counter. When, after millions of words, you reach the end, you will be ultra satisfied with your choice. I will say one more thing about this book, even more than the others: In this one, Robinson really poured himself into the work!

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Good story, wrong reader

Revisado: 10-18-21

Scott Brick is a competent reader, but he has only one voice. In many conversations, in this text, it is nearly impossible to keep straight just who it is who is speaking, when dueling statements by both characters are read with exactly the same voice.

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