I love children, and someday hope to work with kids in a human services job, perhaps a cps worker or parent educator…I’m not exactly sure what job, but something helping kids. I see so many children grow up with far from perfect parents, sometimes in pretty rough situations, and it seems ilke more often than not, the child grows up to more or less, be their parents. This is heartbreaking to me, as I know that before they are damaged by their upbringing, they are no different than any other child born to a ‘perfect’ home. I’ve spent a lot of time wondering what the best ways are to break cycles. This lead to my interest in the book I’m going to tell you about today. It’s called The Impostor, and the author kip kreiling. The book is a true story about Kip’s life. Believe me, the man has a terrible, heartbreaking past. Here’s an example of what I mean, taken from the amazon listing.
A product of our broken urban society, Kip Kreiling was arrested 3 times before he was 10 years old and 11 times before he was 14. When Kip was only 13 years old, he was taken out of 2 schools, a shopping mall, and a bank in handcuffs. Because of his criminal activity, and the resulting chaos he brought into his life, Kip moved 34 times from the young age of 11 to the age of 26. On average, he moved every 5 months for 15 years, in and out of jails, group homes, and street shelters, while his mother and father moved less than 4 times each.
Today, Kip is a Fortune 15 executive who has had the opportunity to work with several of the world’s most respected companies including Ford Motor, Hewlett Packard, Vodafone, and the UnitedHealth Group. As of 2009, Kip has provided transformation and business leadership services for over 40 companies in more than 20 industries. Between his corporate, consulting, educational, and speaking engagements, Kip has had the opportunity to travel to nearly 200 cities in 21 countries on 4 continents. Kip earned his Bachelor of Science degree at Brigham Young University and his MBA at Indiana University.
Wow! Those two paragraphs alone are so incredibly inspiring to me. I will admit that I haven’t finished this book yet, but I’m probably 3/4rds of the way through it and didn’t want to delay the review any longer. However, I’ve loved all that I have read. One of you is going to be lucky enough to get your own free copy of this book through this giveaway, so I didn’t want to leave any spoilers anyway. However, do know that I think this book is definitely worth the read if you’ve ever considered weather or not people have the ability to change, or if cycles can be broken.
Buy it: You can purchase this book from kip’s site or amazon
Win it: One lucky reader of my blog is going to win a free copy of this book.
To enter: Leave a comment on this post, stating that you have completed at least one of the following entry types. If you do more than one entry type, remember to leave each entry in it’s own comment. Leave proof of your entry if possible, or it won’t be counted.
This giveaway will end April 30th at noon EST. Winner will be chosen via random.org and will have 2 days to reply to my email before a new winner will be chosen. This giveaway is open to the u.s only.
Disclaimer – I was given a free copy of The Impostor for the purposes of this review. No other form of compensation was offered or accepted. All opinions are my own.
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Hi there! I am Emily Evert, the owner of Emily Reviews. I am 28 and live in a small town in Michigan with my boyfriend Ryan and our two pugs. I have a large family and I adore my nieces and nephews. I love reading memoirs, and learning about child development and psychology. I love watching The Game of Thrones, Teen Mom, Sister Wives and Veep. I like listening to Jason Isbell, John Prine, and other alt-country or Americana music. I created Emily Reviews as a creative outlet to share my life and the products that I love with others.
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