Finding Fish: A Memoir by Antwone Q. Fisher, Mim E. Rivas Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Finding Fish: A Memoir
Book Review: Great Read
Summary: 5 Stars
This was one of the best books i have read in a long time. I read it before i even knew that a movie was being made, and now i am very excited to go see that movie. i couldn't put the book down it was so good. i highly reccomend you read this book before you see the movie. it is an awesome book.Book Review: A Must Read
Summary: 5 Stars
I want to encourage all of you to read Finding Fish. Antown's story is one that offers great insight, is poignant, illustrates forgiveness and gives hope. Moreover, we need to shed light onto the foster care system and expose it for what it is.
A while back Antwone and I were on National Public Radio together talking about our respective foster care experiences, which were both in Cleveland. We have a lot in common.
I am profoundly grateful that his book is so widely read and thrilled about the movie just now out. I wish him every due success and only wish that all foster care survivors can someday expererience the love, success and share the courage that Antowne has exhibited.
Dr. John R. Seita
Author Kids Who Outwit Adults
God Is In the Kitchen
Book Review: A Spectacular Memoir
Summary: 5 Stars
This memoir took me through a lot of emotions as I read it over the course of three days. I appreciated my upbringing much more at the end of the book and I was hardly given a bed of roses. I am disheartened at the reviewers who didnt like this book because they felt as if Fisher didnt endure as much as many other children in the foster care system. That's exactly what made the book so compelling. Mental abuse over a long period of time can be just as devastating as physical abuse. Yes, there are kids who turn out worse or who may have had it harder bouncing from place to place but Antwone's story is incredible. He was broken down mentally and spiritually but he still endured. His story is simple but it's so powerful at the same time. Immediately after finishing his memoir I knew right away that it is a book that I would recommend to the young men in my mentor program. This insightful book is a great read, especially for young black men living in 2002 who think that the world owes them something. I am truly inspired by Antwone Fisher's work.Mister Mann Frisby
Author of "Blinking Red Light"
Book Review: Really Insightful
Summary: 5 Stars
I am from Cleveland, too. I grew up in the foster care system in Cleveland, too. I was on an National Public Radio (NPR) talkshow with Antowne recently and found him to be genuine and wise about his experiences. In fact, I suspect that he and I had some of the same caseworkers in Cleveland. I too wrote books about my experience in foster care. I am going to suggest that you read my books as well: Kids Who Outwit Adults, God Is In The Kitchen and Other Everyday Miracles and In Whose Best Interest. BTW, I saw where another reviewer recommended my books. I am grateful for that, but I disagree with his assessment of Finding Fish, which is a great book.
Book Review: Great Inspirational Book!
Summary: 4 Stars
Finding Fish is a real "page turner". A friend of mine gave me the book and said, "You gotta read it". Although I was a sheltered child, it was difficult for me to relate to his childhood. It was disturbing and painful and it even made me cry. At one point the tears would not stop flowing, but yet I continued to read because I had to know what would happen next. With all of that, there was still humor and laughter in his journey.
Antwone Fisher is truly a SURVIVOR, making it against the odds.