Customer Reviews

How We Met: Chance Encounters and Other True Love Stories of Real-Life Couples

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I not only read Miriam's book, I read it again. The introduction is critical as it prepares you for the elequent journey into truly enlightening stories of how people met and fell in love. What makes this book unique is the innocent and sometimes strange circumstances surrounding the clandestined lovers within its binding. Miriam covers everything from the first kiss to second chances for those who were either to inmature to notice or to stubborn to care. Each story is laced with destiny; and lends credence to the possibility of a soul mate for everyone. At first glance it is just a compilation of "How We Met" stories. On a second it touches you on a deeper more spiritual level, freeing the you (the reader) from the ideals and standards we set for "the perfect mate". For those of you in relationships you won't finish this book without seeing yourself in at least one of the characters. For those of you single and still searching, "How We Met" holds out hope, inspiration and faith in what is destined for you. Soul mates do exist!

So why only four stars?? You can tell by the introduction, these stories affected Miriam in a spiritual sense; so much so that she speaks to the issues of spirtuality, destiny and soul mates as they relate to love. It would have been great had she shared some of this insight at the end of each story. Then again, maybe it is better left to the reader to draw his or her own conclusions. You be the judge!

I was touched by Miriam Sokol's book and after several tissues I realized I was filled with hope. As an single woman, who is old enough to have alot of her own stories, I became more convinced of the power of spiritual forces in guiding a match. Just when you think you may never meet your soulmate, Ms. Sokol's book illuminates the possibilities that he may materialize any day now. Ms. Sokol understands that the greatest matchmaker of all times, is "The One whose hand is in every match." I highly recommend this lovely book.

Remember those old films where there is a tent in the desert, looks small from the outside, but its a magnificent palace on the inside? My state of mind changed as I read this book. I wasn't just reading. I was filling my heart and soul with possibility, with reality, with love. The feeling of hope, trust, excitement has lasted for days. True love is alive and well.

Miriam Sokol's book of real life stories was a joy to read. I didn't want to put it down. In a world where sometimes there is so much sadness in relationships, it was so refreshing to realize that meeting our soulmates is possible if we allow ourselves to realize that a higher power is guiding us.

The stories in How we met are wonderfully written, engaging and with a surprising amount of depth. I also liked the insights that begin each chapter, which served as a guide for the stories. It's a fun and interesting read for just about everyone. I even had my teenage daughter read it!

In this beautiful gem of a book, Miriam Sokol gives us a treasury of unique and wonderful real life stories of how couples met. The fact that couples come together under all kinds of amazing circumstances, truly shows us the miracles at work when soul mates meet. Ms Sokol writes with freshness and clarity and gives single people the hope that miracles are constantly at work in the search for one's soul mate. I highly recommend this book to anyone who still believes that we are not always in control of our own destinies - and that our soul mate is out there - somewhere - waiting.

This book was the best book that I have read on how soul mates have previously rsn into each other and then meet again later in life. My husband and I had an experience like that, so I was very able to relate to these stories. I highly recommend this book to those who found their soul mate, or are skeptics about soul mates. The author has a website in the book to submit their soul mate stories. I found it interesting how the author collected these beautiful stories. Again, I cannot say enough great things about this book.