From Foster Care to Millionaire

By Rhonda Sciortino

Book Overview

Written to help the hurting people who can benefit from it, this story clearly illustrates specific principles that will work for anyone wanting to succeed beyond their adversity. The guide includes... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0982003404
• ISBN13: 9780982003404
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Zoe Publications
• Length: 253 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Heart Felt Display of Courage Beyond Comprehension...

After reading this book, I felt like I was there. I couldn't put it down and with every chapter and every small victory, I felt that I myself could overcome anything that came my way. Rhonda has a way of writing that makes the reader feel involved and inspired at the same time. I highly recommend this book! Whether you've had a difficult childhood or any type of challenge, you will feel empowered when you read this book!!

Succeeding Despite the Odds

This fascinating and instructive book is literally a "rags to riches" story wherein the author utilizes her depraved and deprived foster care experience to illustrate what was required to turn her life of abject poverty into the American Dream of financial independence. Given the neighborhood, lifestyle and role models Rhonda Sciortino grew up with, one would expect a less healthy and happy adult outcome; however, by constantly learning and adapting, she paved her way to a better life. Recently emancipated foster children, and adults striving to improve their lives, will benefit immensely from Rhonda's pragmatic philosophy of health-and-wealth building presented in this valuable book. Waln K. Brown, author, Growing Up in the Care of Strangers: The Experiences, Insights and Recommendations of Eleven Former Foster Kids

An Act of Generosity

This is the heartfelt story of one woman's spiritual and economic triumph over a brutal and disheartening childhood. It's also a generous attempt to share the lessons she's learned along the way, with a special aim to help other people overcome similar dark circumstances. Perhaps it's best gift is the thought that you can use whatever has happened to you, however negative, in a positive way. There are many down-to-earth practical financial and social tips as well. This is a book solely intended to help people, and I think it will. I found the author's point of view open, rarely judgmental and never preachy. Good advice from a good person with a good heart.

Obstacles, Perseverence and Success

From Foster Care to Millionaire, is an autobiographical revelation that offers a fresh insight for readers of all ages, particularly within the self-help genre. With an eloquence of style, in addition to Sciortino's practical and accessible advice, her story transcends an average self-help book through her immediacy in tone, as well as a specificity with how-to advice, based on her personal experiences. As Ralph Waldo Emerson expressed the unequivocal importance of self-reliance in his famous works, Sciortino's history, accompanied with acute guidance, explicates Emerson's philosophy in a tangible way. Anyone can benefit from reading the transmogrifying power of possibility and success-manifested in the self-transformation of the author's dysfunctional upbringing; her "never give up" determination to succeed--when overcoming obstacles to success. For all who have been through a traumatic experience, or wish to improve their quality of life and happiness, From Foster Care to Millionaire offers methods of achieving your dream, whatever it may be.