In a Heartbeat: Sharing the Power of Cheerful Giving

Leigh Anne and Sean Tuohy
Henry Holt and Co. (2010)
ISBN 9780805093384
Reviewed by S.G. Smith for Reader Views (08/10)

 

There are few books that you can read which will greatly impact your life and make it better.  This is one of those books.

Have you seen the movie “The Blind Side?”   Did you enjoy it?  If so, you will definitely want to read this book.  “In a Heartbeat: Sharing the Power of Cheerful Giving” is written by Leigh Anne and Sean Tuohy, and it is their firsthand account of how they got to the point in their lives that made “The Blind Side” possible. 

These remarkable people, and their three fantastic children, allow the reader a glimpse into their personal lives – the lives that they have so unselfishly given to others.  Leigh Anne and Sean each write chapters on their childhoods, their meeting each other, and describe how they think they became the people they are today.  Their children – Collins, Michael, and Sean – also add chapters describing how they grew up and why they made certain choices in their own lives.  You learn that Leigh Anne and Sean were strongly influenced by the way their parents raised them.  They have carried these lessons into their own role as parents and are now shaping the next generation of Tuohy/Oher children as selfless givers.

After reading “In a Heartbeat: Sharing the Power of Cheerful Giving,” you may realize what is missing in your life.  You will learn that it does not take countless dollars or extensive periods of time in order to give… sometimes it is the mere smile to a stranger that can greatly change a life.  When the Tuohy’s hear that someone cannot do “big” things like they do, they tell them to “do something small greatly.”  It is a safe assumption that after you read the Tuohy’s book, you will try to find ways to do something small greatly every day.  This book makes you want to be a better person – a person like a Tuohy.

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