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When They Were 22: 100 Famous People at the Turning Point in Their LIves

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After I did something really stupid when I was 22, a friend's mother calmed me down by telling me that "youth is for making mistakes, just don't keep making them when you're 40." In this book, B.Dunn points out that many of the people we know, celebrate and even revere were also once 22. Not in the obvious chronological sense, but in the terrrible, wonderful, frightening and enlightening way we all were. It's well written, creative and constantly surprising. Keep it up, big guy.

If you love biographies, you'll love this book. An incredible idea which proves that this critical year in any persons life, can alter their future in such a significant way. I highly recommend this book to all. It is not only interesting to young people but Brad Dunn has selected to capture a moment in the lives of such a unique group of people.

The book sounds very profound but it is so light and poorly researched it is not worth the money.

I purchased this on my Kindle. There are so many mis-spelled words that at times I could not get the meaning of the sentence.

The premise of this book is that each of these 100 people made a pivotal decision at the age of 22 that had a profound effect on the rest of their lives and set the direction for their life. The author takes license on the age issue, sometimes 21, sometimes 23 to suit his needs.

The research is poor and any person who is a fan of pop culture could have written this book.

Pass.

Brad Dunn's new book, "When They Were 22" is a breezy read concerning people we know and some whom we might not know as well. Highlights range from Stephen Hawking.....(his best entry) to Jerry Falwell (read it if you must). It's a great idea for a book and one that will click if you're past the ripe old age of 22, or even approaching it! I highly recommend it.

From experience I can say that as a 22 year old, uncertainty is your only certainty especially in today's manic reality. But this book did help bring out the fact that even your failures can play a part in your success. Although it would have been nice of the author to condense his list a bit (how about only 22 for the age)it was interesting to learn facts about well known figures. I was most impressed with the decisions of Johnny Cash, Dr. Seuss & heck even Pam Anderson. A few choices felt stretched but overall I would recommend this book to the twenty-something crowed in need of a moral boost and those in their post twenties as a way to reflect.

there's really not much that you can say about 100 people at 22, especially when some of the 100 are NOT at the turning point in their lives at 22. At least that is the impression I got after reading this book.