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Title: The Ditchdigger's Daughters: A Black Family's Astonishing Success Story by Yvonne S. Thornton, Jo Coudert ISBN: 0-452-27619-5 Publisher: Plume Pub. Date: May, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.21 (19 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Energizer Bunny
Comment: I have been following this book with much interest over the past eight years and it has become a true classic with respect to overcoming obstacles and focusing on your goals. Mr. and Mrs. Thornton are true heroes. This book is required reading in many of our schools and universities.
The message of giving your children a "work ethic" is something that more of us should do today. The book is an inspiration to us all.
Rating: 4
Summary: A dad you love to hate and hate to love....
Comment: As a book reviewer I get several books to read, review, and sometimes return. Some of these books are so good I do not want to return them. Ditchdigger's Daughters is one of those books. When I first picked this book up, I was feeling a little defeated and exasperated about my job. This book gave me Donald Thornton wisdom to be the best, never mind that my colleagues are faster and younger. As Donald Thornton would say find the brightest rabbit, catch up to him/her, and pass him.
Donald Thornton passed away in 1993. What he left behind for his daughters to peruse is his wit and wisdom. Still today, I bet his daughters have every lesson stored so they can pass it on to their children. He had no education but somehow he raised six girls to become accomplished black women. He used resources within himself that some people would never think of. To finance his children's education they each paid for the other, with the proceeds from their band. The band was called the Thornettes and later changed to the Thornton Sisters, they played for students at Princeton and various other Colleges.
Donald Thornton's six splits as family and friends affectionately called him and his girls went on to become more than what anyone expected of them. Betty became a nurse, Linda a dentist, Rita is the head of the science department in a private school, the author of The Ditchdigger's Daughters Yvonne, is an OB/GYN, Donna is a court stenographer and Jeanette has a doctorate in counseling psychology. Their story is not so much about what they have become but how they got there. The Ditchdigger's Daughters will astound and amaze you. You will think twice before you express what you cannot do in your personal life. The history in this book was wonderful and it was a quick read. Thornton Ladies, I am sure your mother is happy that her wish has come true, to have her family's story told in a book that is in the library. What a hidden treasure, The Ditchdigger's Daughter is a must read.
Missy
Rating: 5
Summary: Inspirational
Comment: OK, that word has already been used in response to this book--but there's a reason. I couldn't put this down, read it all in 2 days. Mr. and Mrs. Thornton prove that some people just have a natural genius for parenting--I sure wish there were more parents like that in the world. To them and their daughters: congratulations on lives well lived!
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Title: Life Is So Good by George Dawson, Richard Glaubman ISBN: 0141001682 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: 05 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: The Pact: Three Young Men Make a Promise and Fulfill a Dream by Sampson, Md. Davis, George, Md. Jenkins, Rameck, Md. Hunt, Lisa Frazier Page ISBN: 157322989X Publisher: Riverhead Books Pub. Date: 06 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: The Life of Our Lord : Written for His Children During the Years 1846 to 1849 by Charles Dickens, Gerald Charles Dickens ISBN: 0684865378 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 09 November, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Gods, Heroes, and Men of Ancient Greece by W. H. D. Rouse, A. C. Weisbecker ISBN: 0451527909 Publisher: New American Library Pub. Date: 06 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: MIDDLE PASSAGE by Charles Johnson ISBN: 0684855887 Publisher: Scribner Pub. Date: 01 July, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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