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For the Love of Scott!

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I started reading this book one evening and couldn't put it down until I finished it at 2:00 in the morning. This was a wonderful book that brought smiles to my face, tears to my eyes and opened my eyes to the medical world to know that I need to question mine and my family's treatments and that it is okay & necessary to ask until I get answers. I highly recommend this book. "THANK YOU" Jo Hamilton for sharing this story for your little brother!

Jo Hamilton does a wonderful job sharing the story of her brother Scott. "For the Love of Scott!" is a quick read that will hold your interest from the start to the finish. It will make you laugh, cry, cringe and feel the pain that this close-knit family endured. This should be a "must-read" for all individuals in the medical field.

Loved it and think it is a must read for everyone because we all have experiences at one point or another with pharmacies, hospitals, doctors and nurses so the message is great! I'm sharing it with all my family members and close friends. And especially sharing it with friends and family members in the medical profession. The book has a great lesson to be learned by all. It will save lives!

While I was reading FOR THE LOVE OF SCOTT, it felt as if I were listening to a storyteller. The author took me into an earlier time in Iowa where she grew up on a farm. The author had me commiserating with the tough times and situations yet laughing out loud at the antics between her and her brothers. This is what a great book does for me, gets my emotions involved. When Scott's rocky road began, it was a wonder to me as to how the author could pull me, body and soul, into his experience. Yet, she did, and kept me so soulfully present throughout the unbelievable journey that ensued. FOR THE LOVE OF SCOTT will capture your heart, take it into laughter and then onto the shores of sorrow. At the end, however, the author left me with that grain of sand called, "hope." I am a believer in gifts of spirit present in any tough situation. The author more deeply imbedded in me this belief.

This book is a wonderful read. I can guarantee you won't be able to put it down. It goes by too fast, but you feel like you know Jo's family so well. Good job Jo! You did it for Scott!

"For the Love of Scott" book is not fiction! Sad to write that is a true life tradegy.
Every Parent needs to be vigilant with any medical procedure that is administered to their loved one, "The Book tells you how to get that accomplished" You must give or tell everyone you know about this book which is a gift of knowledge, If only one person and family could be spared of a life of broken hearts as the Hamilton family has to endure. Scotts wish was
to let everyone know what was done to him so something like this wouldn't happen to someone else,
This would be Scotts Prayer from Heaven, (Answered)
Everyone in the medical field, encluding All pharmacys needs to read this book and take a look at themselves. I know this book is not fiction because My family is from the same Hometown.
Newell Iowa

Jo Hamilton does a wonderful job introducing her brother, family, and childhood. Just as you get to know Scott, you lose him...just like the Hamilton family did many years ago. While this is a tragic story for the Hamilton family, Jo finishes the story with a positive sense that changes are being made in the medical profession to prevent medication errors. I however, will continue to watch every move "they" make when it comes to my loved ones! Scott Hamilton can be proud of his family for putting a heart wrenching journey on paper.

If you've ever wondered why people make such a big deal about Midwestern culture you owe it to yourself to read this book. Learn how a family from the heartland endures a heart wrenching tragedy but continues to perceiver and share a powerful lesson that we all must learn to protect ourselves and our loved ones. You will come away from this story feeling you know this family their tragedies and triumphs. Jo Hamilton kept her promise to her dying brother. Now it's your turn to read and share this powerful true life story.

The author sent me a very rough draft of her brother's story this summer. I was laughing and crying so hard that I had to call her after only 20 pages. It is "a must read." We even have a book club that pressed to go to Kindle earlier than planned. Jo and Scott will be like family when you put this down. For the Love of Scott!

"For the Love of Scott" is a moving story that will make you smile, laugh, perhaps shed a few tears, and stay with you in a positive way. Jo Hamilton sets a colorful and humorous backdrop of growing up with 3 brothers in rural America and seamlessly transitions into the painful family experiences of needlessly losing a brother to a series of medical mistakes. The story is well told, with an excellent balance of reflective memories along with current day facts of continuing loss of life due to medical mistakes, that makes this a compelling "must read." This is a wake-up call for each of us to challenge/question Doctor's orders as well as those entrusted with applying those orders. It could mean the difference between life or death for our selves or loved ones. I am sharing this with friends, family and medical professionals.