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The Person Who Changed My Life
Matilda Cuomo
Prominent People Recall Their Mentors
Barnes and Noble
June 2003
On Sale: June 1, 2003
256 pages
ISBN: 0760739536
EAN: 9780760739532
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
At some point in thenodyssey of our lives, most of us have
been affected by caring adultsnwho made a difference --
their advice, guidance, and example havenhelped us to
encounter the world. The Person Who Changed My
Lifenis a collection of essays in which individuals who
have distinguishednthemselves in their fields write about
the men and women who served asntheir mentors.n Among
the contributors in this new and expanded edition arenEdward
Asner, Alec Baldwin, Joy Behar, Kenneth Cole, Mario M.
Coumo,nCindy Crawford, Walter Cronkite, Hugh Downs, Marian
Wright Edelman,nGloria Estefan, Whoopi Goldberg, Tipper
Gore, Pete Hamill, James EarlnJones, Larry King, Maya Lin,
Peter Max, John McCain, General ColinnPowell, Tony Randall,
Christopher Reeve, Tim Russert, Diane Sawyer,nMartin Sheen,
Joe Torre, Stanley Tucci, Lillian Vernon, and many
more.n The seventy-seven contributors evoke the people
who had anlasting influence on their personal or
professional lives. In so doing,nthey tell us something very
meaningful about themselves. In this variedncollection of
essays, the word mentorntakes on many different
meanings -- we read about favorite teachers,nclose friends,
older coworkers, and even fictional characters.n In
the Foreword, Hillary Rodham Clinton writes about her
ownnexperiences with mentoring and emphasizes the importance
of gettingninvolved in programs to help children in the
early grades by givingnthem positive adult role models. And
in the Introduction, Matilda RaffanCuomo describes how
mentoring works and how you can become a mentor andnstart a
mentoring organization in your community.n These
informative and heartfelt essays by people who havenexcelled
in their professions by hard work, perseverance, and,
mostnimportantly, the helpful assistance of others, will
inspire readers tonbecome mentors and influence the lives of
children in theirncommunities. In his essay, Pete Hamill
writes about how several mentorsnplayed a role in his life
and discusses the importance of developing anninternal
mentor who is "a composite of a number of people, those
wenknow and those we have never met."n nThe Person
Who Changed My Life paints a moving portrait of
humannservice, community involvement, and simple compassion.
And its storiesnof success are testimony to the long-lasting
impact a mentor cannhave.
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