It All Starts at Home: 15 Ways to Put Family First [Paperback]

Larry C. Harris (Author), Cecil Murphey (Author), Benjamin S., Sr. Carson (Foreword)

Product Details

• Paperback: 221 pages
• Publisher: Fleming H. Revell Company (February 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0800759087
• ISBN-13: 978-0800759087
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,446,527 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just what the Doctor Ordered! A boost for families!, December 16, 2004

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Pamela Perry (Detroit, MI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: It All Starts at Home: 15 Ways to Put Family First (Paperback)

If you read the classic "Gifted Hands" about African American neurosurgeon, Dr. Ben Carson, then you know the quality of this book. Written by Carson's college roommate, Dr. Larry Harris, and veteran co-author Cecil Murphey, this book is a real story about a real family. The best team is the home team and that's where it all starts.

A "must read" for every student, but it's not just for youth or African Americans. With so many families labeled as dysfunctional, everyone needs to see how a healthy family functions. Harris' family was not like the Cosby family on television. His parents didn't even graduate from high school yet raised nine children who all graduated from college and are "still holding on to the Lord, working actively in the church and...helping those in need."

It All Starts at Home is a collection of life lessons that many adults have forgotten and children don't know. Harris gives 15 reasons why family should be first - not cash, careers or cars. In the era plagued with family therapists and high divorce rates, this book will reawaken the "mother wit" that keeps families flourishing.

Harris says, "I developed my life philosophy through my strong family ties and friendship with my siblings: Nothing comes easy. Life is about ups and downs, successes and failures. How well we survive depends on how well we can get up when we fall down. The love of God and the love of family are the hydraulic jacks that we need to lift us up."

Pam Perry, freelance writer/columnist
www.MinistryMarketingSolutions.com

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Such Basic Principles, July 12, 2005

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D. Butler (Swansea, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: It All Starts at Home: 15 Ways to Put Family First (Paperback)

I really enjoyed this book. The principles that Dr. Larry Harris share with us that he learned growing up are so basic and if we all would just live by those basic rules, our society would be a much loving and warmer place. I am fortunate to have read this book now while two children are very young and I can apply these principles. Dr. Harris' family are a true example of FAMILY and what FAMILY means. They are not into impressing anyone but GOD and only into doing what pleases GOD and serves family. The result is very successful, kind, hardworking, loving, and self-supporting people.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Have For A Thriving, Flourishing and Happy Family!, March 2, 2005

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The Good Girl Reviewers "goodgirlbookclubonline" (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: It All Starts at Home: 15 Ways to Put Family First (Paperback)

Family values and a strong family unit is something we often hear about but we are often left to wonder, "How to create one?"

Dr. Larry C. Harris has written a compelling, inspiring, life-application book that will provide wisdom, insight and knowledge regarding ways you can begin to put family first, and, by doing so, creating and sustaining the emotionally healthy, spirtually grounded, mentally strong family unit that you dream of. You deserve a happy, thriving and flourishing family. With this gem of a book you will have the only resource you need in a simple and easy format to make it happen today.

Perfect as gift for expectant parents or single Moms, too!

Reviewed by M. Lorraine for The GOOD GIRL Book Club www.goodgirlbookclubonline.com