"I want to tell you how much I enjoyed your book. In fact, I want to purchase a couple more for special friends that I know would like it. I don't want to lend mine out for fear of not getting it back, and it is something that I know I will reread often. You told a beautiful story and exposed so much of what makes you—you. It is nice to reach a reflective age and look back on one's life, the good and the bad. I felt I knew all the characters and visualized each description of where you were living. You have a wonderful way of making that possible. I think when someone has come from a traumatic beginning as you did it gives such character and depth to one’s personality. I smiled, teared, and rejoiced through the whole book. I wish I knew your grandmother Ilona, your darling Mami, she was quite the woman." —Sue Wisner
Unknown reader after a book signing: "You lived!" And hugged me.
"I devoured this book. From the moment I bought it I could not put it down. ZsuZsa draws us into the magic of her life, the magic of her. With wit and wisdom that can only come from a life lived to the fullest, she opens our hearts, our minds, our spirits. She shows us how to love life unequivocally—the good, the bad, and the ugly. I finished the book thinking: "I want to live life the way she does—no holds barred." —Diana Carr
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"You speak for me." —Betty Comstock
