Live To Last

3.5 stars. It's well written, and one can only admire what Deborah has done with her life. Her memoir shows you that there's another way to do life besides climbing the corporate ladder, accumulating properties or earning a bigger paycheck. A life of service can be a fulfilling, if frightening one. Deborah is a Christian, so she writes from a faith perspective.

However, I feel that the book could be better if there were more details to her journey. As a result, the book is like a sketch rather than a full painting of her journey. Also, it would've been a richer read if she had also gone deeper into her vulnerability - because a lot of times I felt I couldn't relate to her because she seemed like such a saint.

At one point, I was stunned to discover that our paths actually crossed in our youth. I was from the same church and had attended the funeral of a teenager when I was there. He had died in a tragic car accident - her family was tied to that accident. Till this day, I remembered the look in her family's eyes at the funeral. Things like this change you.

A good attempt at a memoir and I'm glad I bought her book.