I am Ossie Amous, survivor of the struggles of life. I have endured the death of my father at age three, of my grandparents at ages nine and ten, of my two aunts and uncles at age thirteen, of my six sisters and brothers, ages fourteen to thirty-five, and the death of my son. As if that weren't enough, I have endured 22 years of physical, mental and emotional abuse, a number of operations and car wrecks. All of this changed when I met my Creator.
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Oh My God is a GOOD READ,
By monica (Tenn.) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Oh My God, What About Me? (Paperback)
I was drawn to this beautiful person at a book signing at Fort Knox and was impressed with her outlook on life.When I arrived home, the first thing I did was begin reading this book. It took me less then 12 hours to finish it, I couldnt put it down. I was amazed to descover how much the little things in Ossie s story mirrored the little things in my life. A white girl growing up with a mexican last name in a all Italian neighborhood. I look forward to Ossie s next book,Ossie writes with an ease that keeps you in her story.This beautiful person truely has a gift from God. HAS OPRAH READ THIS YET? She d love it!
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Book Review: "Oh! My God What About Me" by Ossie Amous,
By K Julianne Cohen (Raleigh, NC USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Oh My God, What About Me? (Paperback)
Oh! My God What About Me Is a heart-wrenching, true story of the life of Ossie Amous. It begins when Ossie is a young girl, living in a run-down South Carolina farm house. Ossie's mother is a sharecropper, and her family life is full of struggle. When you read this book, you will experience life exactly as Ossie did. She allows you to see her life through her eyes, moment by moment, person by person. You will feel Ossie's pain as she is ostracized in school, and as her family is shunned by the community. Ossie's life challenges greatly influence her perspective on life and her relationship with God, whom she refers to as her Creator. She openly shares her conversations with God, and many of them are profound. Throughout the book, Ossie deals with the death of many members of her family. "When death comes, everyone goes crazy," Ossie remarks. "It doesn't have anything to do with the person that had died. It is all about the past emotions of repressed feelings." In many ways, Ossie raised herself. As she matures, she begins to realize the impact of her struggles. "You can be washed as many times as you want," Ossie reflects, "but if you don't deal with your unfinished business, it will finish you. That you can count on." It is often hard to imagine that such an impoverished world could exist in these modern times. You may find yourself looking at the photos of the South Carolina farm in the back of the book, or at Ossie's picture on the back cover, and asking yourself how you would handle these experiences if they happened to you. And that is the beauty of this book - it is an honest and vivid story. Through Ossie's experiences, you will learn many lessons that you can apply to your own life.
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The Pleasure of Reading Ossie's Book,
By sandy aka sanquasia (santee, sc United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Oh My God, What About Me? (Paperback)
I meant Ossie (Jeanette) is what I always call her, when we were attending a school in Charleston, South Carolina. I had seen her in the area we lived in many times before, but I actually had the experience of getting to know her, when she and I decided we would ride together to our class. When I would see jeanette in the grocery store, she always had a pleasant smile on her face and would always speak to you. While jeanette and I traveled up and down the highway to Charleston everyday, I found that she was even sweeter once you got to know her. She is a down to earth person, if she has something to say to you she knows how to come at you in the right way, she never said anything to upset you. In my opinion Jeanette is a true believer of the lord, she always told me to put whatever was troubling me in the lords hand and he will take care of your troubles, all you have to do is believe. While getting to know Jeanette, I learned about the abuse that she has told me about and other unhappy times that she has endured through a lot of death in her family. The most devasting death was the death of her son, whom I had the pleasure of getting to know for myself. He was just like his mother kindhearted. Jeanette's book "Oh My God, What About Me" was a very good book, and I know Jeanette will be successful in life with whatever she attempts to do.
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