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Love Always, Petra

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I loved this book! It was really hard to put it down at night so I usually fell asleep with it in my hands. I appriciate a lot more that I have in my life now that I read this book. Petra is a good role model. She's been through a lot and if you read this book you will agree that she has a lot of courage.

This book is a must read. It's written really well by Petra Nemcova, the beautiful supermodel caught in the tsnami tradgedy almost a year ago. It recalls everything from her life before hitting the big time, and her relationship with her photographer boyfriend who unfortunately perished in Thailand. It's moving and gripping and you'll shed a tear. She's one brave girl. She was even told that she may never walk again. Go get this and read it. You won't be able to put it down. It will make you appreciate the gifts in your life that you should be grateful for.

I admire Petra for her courage that she has since the tsunami tragedy in Thailand. In the book she discusses this but she also lets us in on her life through the Czech Repulbic with the communist rule. Her parents and sister and her modelling career. She is very sincere and honest. This is a great book. I love it very much. It's also very easy to read. By the end of the night I was more than half way through the book.

I bought this book over the weekend at the book store after hearing that it was released. I finished it within 2 days because it was such a sincere story and an honest one too. Basically, I just kept on reading. I must admit that it was hard not to shed a tear on some parts of the novel. It was a touching story to tell of such a brave young lady and a loving man, Simon. I admire her for the hardwork and devotion to helping the victims of the Tsunami. Plus, the proceeds of the book goes to charity.

During such a horrific experience Petra writes with love and a positive outlook at life. This was a nice easy read, I read it in two sessions. For what this woman experienced I am amazed at her healthy, happy out look toward life. You feel as if you know her on a personal level after you put this book down, and you feel her sadness, grief and pain she went through. However it doesn't leave you with a sinking feeling of sadness, it leaves you with an appreciation of life and the simple gifts we encounter every day. It's inspirational. She has an enormous heart.

I recently read this wonderful book on life. Petra Nemcova shares her climb to the top of super model world, the love she found along the way, and how she almost lost it all during the 2004 tsunami. While Petra is by no means a professional writer, she has an excellent skill in connecting to the reader. She draws the reader in with her recap of what happened on December 26, 2004 as a way to explain her reason for writing the book. Throughout the book the reader is taught simple lessons about how to love and live as a good person. While we can not all jet off to exotic places, we need to take time out for the people we love. Giving back what we earn on some level is another main theme of the book. All and all Petra wants us to accept both good and bad things in life as ways for us to grow into good people.

I am thankful that Petra has shared her ups and downs with me. It has given me a whole new outlook on life. Except for the supermodeling career, I don't feel that different from Petra (I too probably would of tried to help the little crab off my leg and onto a tree, while clinging for life in dirty seawater from the tsunami).

It is comforting to know that there are people in this world like Petra who want to help. As we climb up in this world, we always need to remember to give back to others as well as enjoy what we have. At any moment it could be swept away. Buy this book new because 100% of the proceeds will go towards Petra's Happy Hearts foundation which is helping to save the children who were victims of the 2004 tsunami. Thanks Petra.

This is one of the most touching and sincere books I've ever read. I'm from Thailand and would like to thank Petra for writing this book. Also thank to all readers for your love and care for my people. I love you.

I was stuck in an airport in Atlanta and this book caught my eye. I was blown away by this story!!! I read it in like 2hours or so and could not put it down!!! I read this book around the holidays and it makes u appreciate what you have! How we complain about little things when this girl who became a supermodel had nothing and would receive a piece of fruit for Christmas!!! I highly recommend this book it is touching and I loved it!!!

This book called my attention since I saw it, maybe because of the tittle or the cover, then I read an article about it and decided I had to read it. If you have read some of my reviews, you would assume that I really like memoirs. This memoir is wonderful.

Particularly, I had never heard of her. I am very sure I've seen her on commercials or magazines but I just didn't know her name. The point is that I totally loved her book. She is an amazing person.

This is the story of a girl from Czech Republic who relates us her childhood before and alter communism, she tells us how she became the top model she is, how she fell in love a few times, and most important how she met the true love of her life, a British photographer, Simon Atlee, who would be taken away from her by the tsunami that hit Asia in December 2005.

She was a tsunami survivor. It's horrible the pain she describes she was in due to all the broken bones and cuts. But it's more than obvious that her greater pain was Simon's death.

It's very amazing how she still found good things out of a disaster like this. She says that this just made her realize how in times of desperation and pain, people help others without even having to speak the same language. Petra started to help Thailand's victims.

In conclusion, Petra Nemcova tells us the story of love between her and Simon. I really recommend this book. I read it in two days. You can read it in one if you want. Please don't miss it. It's written so beautifully. It's also very very moving. One of the things I learned with this book is not to take things or life too seriously and just live for the moment; you never know what can happen. One minute you're as happy as you can be (like Petra and Simon were, minutes before the tsumani hit) and the next minute you can lose it all.

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I just finished reading this truly inspiring and amazing story. She survived the tsunami that hit Thailand on December 26, 2004 by clinging to a palm tree for 8 hours all the while her pelvis had been crushed in several places. However, her boyfriend Simon, the love of her life, did not survive.

This woman is honest, hard-working, dedicated, loyal, loving, generous, unselfish, silly, open-minded, gentle. She has such a kind heart. Born under communism in the Czech Republic, she built her own career and became one of the world's top supermodels. She never forgot her roots -- her family and her pure core values. In this book, Petra explains how everything in her life -- all the challenges and all the lessons she learned -- helped her to survive and heal both emotionally and physically from the tsunami.

Petra is donating 100% of her proceeds of this book to a nonprofit organization that she herself started: GIVE2ASIA/HAPPY HEARTS FUND (a tsunami relief fund). So please, go out and buy (don't borrow) Love Always, Petra. You will be amazed and inspired by her story. I promise.

Peace: It's not just for hippies anymore. ~Nicole