Finished Step Out on Nothing

Step Out on Nothing: How Faith and Family Helped Me Conquer Life's Challenges by Byron Pitts


My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Mom, I'm finally reading this one! It took forever for it to become availabe at the library. I'm not a regular '60 Minutes' viewer, so I'm not that familiar with the author, but I look forward to finding out more about this inspiring story.

I am so ashamed that it has taken me this long to post my review of this book, which I finished over a month ago. For some reason, I thought I had done it but I guess not. This book came highly recommended by my Mom, so I went it with high hopes. Overall, I would say that it was inspiring just missing a little something. I can't quite pinpoint what exactly I found missing. I think overcoming illiteracy to eventually become a '60 Minutes' correspondent is outstanding, I just don't think he actually revealed what took him from point A to point B. There were so many incredibly helpful people along the way, from teachers to college friends that it almost seemed too good to be true. In some ways, this book read like a fairy tale, because everything he needed to work out in his favor eventually did. I also wished he had gone into more detail about his personal adult life, like his wife and children.

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