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The Highest Mountain

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Ordinary people find their extraordinariness and play out a powerful drama. This story goes beyond a simple love affair and deals with the toughest problems of all, the challenge of surmounting the mediocrity of life -- despite their social upbringing. "The Highest Mountain" grapples with important issues, such as freedom, responsibility, identity and, above all, destiny. This is the extraordinary story of a man's quest for self-identity. It will change the way you feel and think about yourself. A compelling novel; a real page turner!

Against a backdrop of romance and adversity, "The Highest Mountain" is a novel about mentorship and rites of passage. Bringing together Christian, Buddhist and American Indian spirituality, one man relentlessly questions who he is and what is his purpose. This is a must read for anyone who aspires greater things than mere mediocrity.

Ii's too bad the lowest rating I could give this book was a "1-Star"; it really deserves at least several minus-stars! I bought this book because of the weighty and important subject the author was purporting to write about. What I got was the WORST WRITTEN BOOK I've ever tried to read. How does [stuff] like this even get published? Are there no editors at this publishing house? The book is 90% dialogue, and the dialogue is 100% horrible! Where on earth do people talk like this? The "like" that the main character kept uttering drove me crazy; that his erstwhile girlfriend kept at it with her annoying "y'all" and equally painful " I'll tell you what " ( this from a girl whose father is named Vladimer!) drove me right up the wall. Now I could accept this writing if it was something for Writing 101 being handed-in by, say, an engineering major. But a publishable work of fiction? Please! The author should stick to flying his Cessna, sailing his boat " in the French Antilles ", and doodling with his wiring diagrams. I'm sorry my [money] will help pay for his ultra-cool lifestyle, but we all waste money now and then. By the way, I was able to get about 70% through the book when I decided to stop torturing myself. I looked at the ending real quick; it confirmed my worst fears! I couldn't go on with it and threw the book into the garbage. It will probably take me, like, weeks to get this taste of y'all's writing out of my mind - I'll tell you what!

Outstanding!

In my culture it is inappropriate to use foul language or talk about sex in a literary work. So, at first, I was taken back when I began reading The Highest Mountain. However, I soon realized that, in order to be true to the 1960s culture in America, Worman used language as a tool to demonstrate the protagonist's growth of someone rising out of mediocrity.

I come from the Buddhist tradition. So I can say that Worman has hit the nail squarely on the head regarding what it takes to rise above one's own self-limiting beliefs and coming to terms with ego. I was captured by the protagonist's spiritual journey. It reminds me a little of my own passage, a different time and a different continent.

For me, The highest Mountain is an important work. So much so that I purchased two additional copies and will one day make them gifts to my daughters, now 3 and 5.

Thank you!

I'm impressed! Written in a delightful style, 'The Highest Mountain' brings together Eastern Philosophy, psychology and parapsychology. This is a story that I will never forget. I can't wait to see it turned into a movie! 'Two thumbs up!'

The Highest Mountain is an interesting tale of understanding, but filled with turns and twists that make it a full novel of intriquing reading.

I liked the characters throughout the book and the settings were remarkable. Worman knows how to bring his readers into a story and leave them wanting more.

My only complaint is some of the dialogue. If some of the slang was written out I would have given this a higher rating, the dialogue made for a hard reading at time.

otherwise an interesting tale of life and death...as in oneself's own in depth research.