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A Hand to Guide Me Denzel Washington 
 Format: Hardcover, 272pp. ISBN: 9780696230493 Publisher: Meredith Books Pub. Date: October 3, 2006 Average Customer Review: 
For Bulk Orders Call: 626-441-2024  Description and Reviews From The Publisher: To Support Boys & Girls Clubs of America “Every one of us looks back on a coach or a teacher or some person who set us straight and steered us right. You don’t get to the top of your game or the top of your field or the top of the charts entirely on your own, and I want to celebrate the good people who have helped us get where we’re going.” —Denzel Washington Sometimes all it takes is one person to make a lasting difference in one’s life. That’s how it was for Academy Award-winning actor Denzel Washington, who will inspire readers with his personal story about the man at the Mount Vernon Boys Club, who set him on the “path to purpose” in his new book A Hand to Guide Me. Mr. Washington then brings together moving first-person accounts from other successful luminaries who describe the devoted mentors who helped them find their shine when they were young “diamonds in the rough”—including notables such as Bill Clinton, Colin Powell, Alex Rodriguez, Jimmy Carter, Whoopi Goldberg, Jackie Joyner Kersee, John Singleton, Bonnie Raitt, Gloria Steinem, Hank Aaron, Tara Lipinski, John Mellencamp, Yogi Berra, Walter Anderson, Bob Woodward, Toni Morrison, and Anna Kournikova, among others. “We’re all destined to leave some kind of mark. I really believe that,” writes Mr. Washington. “But I also believe we miss our marks from time to time, and without a certain push in the right direction we might never find the path we were meant to follow. This book is about that certain push, that helping hand we’ve all had to reach for in order to get where we’re going.” Poignant, heartwarming, and powerful, the stories in A Hand to Guide Me follow the coaches, parents, barbers, teachers, and counselors whose insights and support nurtured youngsters and friends out of the constraints of rough neighborhoods, disability, poverty, and insecurity. Actor Daryl “Chill” Mitchell, paralyzed from the waist down in a tragic motorcycle accident, offers a tribute to the late Christopher Reeve, who encouraged him to “go forward.” Chick Big Crow, guided by the enthusiasm and heart her daughter had in life, established in her daughter’s memory the first Boys & Girls Club on Native American land. Published to coincide with the celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, A Hand to Guide Me continues Denzel Washington’s long-standing dedication to the powerful role that mentoring, and in particular, the Boys & Girls Clubs, played in his life as a child growing up in Mount Vernon, New York. “In my neighborhood,” the international film star says, “the Boys Club was the center of everything. It was where I learned how to play ball, how to focus and set my mind on a goal, where I learned about consequence and where I learned how to be a man.” The actor’s proceeds from the book will be donated to Boys & Girls Clubs throughout the country. Filled with courage, humanity, and the pure power of caring, A Hand to Guide Me honors the unsung heroes who lend their strength and wisdom to the smallest and most vulnerable among us. With it, Denzel Washington has created a memorable book that celebrates the importance of everyday mentorship and how it can forever change the course of one life at a time for the better. Reviews We all get where we're going with a push from someone who cares, says acclaimed actor Washington. A national spokesperson for Boys and Girls Clubs of America, he tells how he found his own mentor in the Mount Vernon, N.Y., Boys Club and celebrates the organization's 100th anniversary with this collection of 70 celebrities' accounts of how as youngsters they were guided by a caring adult. Among the contributors are actors, athletes, authors, artists and former presidents. Retired basketball coach John Wooden remembers his hardworking father, a farmer, making the time every night to read poetry and Scripture to his children. Gloria Steinem describes how she saw a commitment to women's rights in the novels of Louisa May Alcott. Whoopi Goldberg credits her mother with teaching her empathy the day she abandoned her best friend to hang out with the popular kids. Bill Clinton was influenced by a great-uncle, an undereducated man who not only taught him to value people's differences but to refrain from making judgments. Washington has produced an anthology that will inspire successful men and women to help and empower the next generation. B&w photos. —Publishers Weekly, Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
About the Author Academy Award winning Actor, author and director, Denzel Washington was born in 1954 in Mount Vernon, New York. He was the middle child of the 3 children of a Pentecostal minister father and a beautician mother. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife Pauletta and their 4 children. Find Items On Similar Subjects  Biography Greater Than Yourself: The Ultmate Lesson of True Leadership The Things That Matter Most: Choosing Family, Faith and the Simple Life
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