The Money Mentor: Achieving Your Financial Freedom

by Tad Crawford

Book Overview

You don't have to be a twenty-three year old dancer with no savings to end up with the excruciating debts young Iris is confronted with in this latest work by financial and legal advisor Tad Crawford. Every year, thousands of Americans of all ages and backgrounds overtax their bank accounts and credit cards and are left with the tricky task of pulling themselves out of their financial chaos. Rarely can they receive such high-quality financial and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1581150857
• ISBN13: 9781581150858
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: Allworth
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.9" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

The Money Mentor

I liked this book because the financial information is user-friendly and told as a story, which makes it easy to absorb. It is not dry as if coming from a text book. I found the information easy to apply to my life. It is a great resource book that I will keep by my side for a long time. One of the many important things that I remember from the book is that "I have to do what I love" and abundance will follow somehow. I liked the money exercises at the end of the book, because they are very clear to follow. I was so enthusiastic after reading the book that I started working on my numbers right away and collecting the information needed to help improve my finances. I have purchased the book several times already to give it as a gift to my friends. My thanks to the author.

Manhattan Librarian's recommendation

I highly recommend this compelling story of a young woman's coming to terms with debt incurred by overuse of credit cards. Iris Cassidy is a contemporary "Everywoman" whose coming to awareness about her finances also involves a journey of self-discovery that has a profound spiritual dimension. This is a warm-hearted didactic tale, a novel with a message, of one woman's experiences of life, work and relationships, as she wrestles with her realization that she has been spending more than she earns, and resolves to free herself from the burden of debt. In her story, personal transformation occurs through growing self-awareness, with the help of a mentor. She comes to see that forming a viable spending plan for repaying her debts has to make room for what gives joy and makes life meaningful for her--in her case, dancing. This well-written book can give anyone -- young or old -- insight into how to find financial freedom through careful planning and openness to change. It entertains while it teaches, even includes helpful exercises at the end.

A novel way to learn about managing your money

This is a work of fiction about an honorable young woman's struggles to get out of debt and get on a firm financial footing. She succeeds with the help of a mentor and by working hard, visits to Debtors Anonymous and much will-power. Along the way, she, and the reader, finds out a great deal about dealing with money in all its aspects in an entertaining way. I am not just starting out in life and I learned a lot. I liked the book, though I would sock any dentist who tried to talk about compound interest while he was drilling. This could be an excellent gift to give anyone going off to college, or starting a small business, especially an arts business. Anyone heavily in debt might find the heroine a wee bit hard to live up to.

An Entertaining Way to Learn About Money

THE MONEY MENTOR by Tad Crawford This wonderful book is essential for anyone who has had consternation or outright difficulty managing their money. Even for those who are frugal and well organized, it gives extraordinary insights into societal and historical attitudes regarding money and debt. It puts money management into human terms. I alternately cringed (when recognizing my own patterns) and cheered, as the heroine began to pull herself out of the demoralizing trap of debt. While the book is a fountain of information, there is also a real drama here. By humanizing the problem through the story of a young woman, Iris, plagued by debt and her aid at the hands of a wise and generous mentor, Saidah, it keeps us turning the pages. Instead of a dry lecture filled with advice, this story unfolds as a journey with all the pathos and uncertainty we can recognize in our own battles to balance the cares of earning a living with the real goal of contentment. It's a remarkable work with much more than sound guidance about money management. Filled with history, literature fables and a touch of Zen it is is fascinating and reassuring. We aren't the first generations to be torn apart by money mismanagement. By the end all I could say is where can I find that mentor? And I want Saidah's telephone number. But I suspect that the author would reply that the mentor can be within us. She is always there in the gift of this book.