Promise of Hope: How True Stories of Hope and Inspiration Saved My Life and How They Can Transform Yours
Written by Edward Grinnan
Narrated by Joe Loesch
2.5/5
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Edward Grinnan
Edward Grinnan is Editor-in-Chief and Vice President of Guideposts Publications, which includes the magazines Guideposts, Angels on Earth, Mysterious Ways, PLUS, The Joys of Christmas, and Mornings with Jesus. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan, where he won the Avery Hopwood Award in Major Playwriting while still an undergraduate. After a stint as a deckhand on Great Lakes ore boats, he was an artist-in-residence at the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation in Taos, New Mexico. He went on to study playwriting at the Yale School of Drama and received his MFA in 1983. He lives in Manhattan with two blondes—his wife, Julee Cruise, and their golden retriever puppy, Grace. He is the author of The Promise of Hope and Always By My Side.
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Reviews for Promise of Hope
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- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5So far I am not liking this book too much. Edward Grinnan, the editor of Guideposts Magazine, seems to have trouble figuring out what he wants this book to be- an autobiography, a rehashing of Guideposts stories, or a self help book that moralizes at the reader. If he stuck w/just an autobiography, it might be better. But as another reviewer posted, I too find it disappointing as a revelation of the spiritual life of the editor. This book seems to be a mishmash of pop psychology, intertwined w/his addiction story and snippets of Guideposts stories.
UPDATE: Finally finished this book. My impression hasn't changed. Rambling, long winded and hard to follow. I can't believe Grinnan went to Yale and got a degree in play writing. He has a hard time staying focused on one topic, going off on too many tangents. And he uses too many annoying AA cliches. It's as though no one edited his writing.(How ironic is that- Grinnan is himself an editor) As I noted earlier, it would have been a much better book if he'd stuck w/an autobiography. And if he got himself a ruthless editor instead of those yes men he thanks in the acknowledgements.