The author’s extensive research and academic credentials don’t keep his humanity from taking center stage throughout this touching lesson on living authentically. Along with recommending realistic goal-setting, emotional honesty, and supportive relationships, he makes a heartfelt argument that striving for perfection or following other people’s ideas of success can keep us from the life we are meant to live. Eric Conger’s sublime voice is a joy to hear. Though his interpretation is not short on drama, it’s also relaxed and gives the author’s often-weighty personal story a lighthearted familiarity. Conger’s smooth diction and confidence with his own style help keep the author’s narrative flamboyance and frequent self-referencing from getting in the way of this classic advice. T.W. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2010, Portland, Maine

The author’s extensive research and academic credentials don’t keep his humanity from taking center stage throughout this touching lesson on living authentically. Along with recommending realistic goal-setting, emotional honesty, and supportive relationships, he makes a heartfelt argument that striving for perfection or following other people’s ideas of success can keep us from the life we are meant to live. Eric Conger’s sublime voice is a joy to hear. Though his interpretation is not short on drama, it’s also relaxed and gives the author’s often-weighty personal story a lighthearted familiarity. Conger’s smooth diction and confidence with his own style help keep the author’s narrative flamboyance and frequent self-referencing from getting in the way of this classic advice. T.W. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2010, Portland, Maine