Teardrop Headlights Benjamin Moore 9781545443491 Books
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Set amidst the beauty and tragedy of rural Mexico, Teardrop Headlights leads readers through the dark world of a traveling preacher’s son caught in a web of abject poverty and growing religious madness. Teardrop Headlights is a story of survival, of “making do” despite the most daunting circumstances and unspeakable tragedy. Ultimately, it is a story of self-discovery, healing, and hope...of overcoming the demons of abuse and addiction and finding one's way back to the God of love.
Teardrop Headlights Benjamin Moore 9781545443491 Books
5 Stars! If you liked The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver, you will love Teardrop Headlights. My personal opinion follows:I am not the adventurous reader I use to be; so to be honest, I’m not positive I would have purchased Teardrop Headlights based on the cover photo or the back page teasers. I like to think that if a friend had handed this book to me saying, “This is a story I think you’ll enjoy”, that I would have more quickly opened it up, but I’m not so sure of that either. My point is, I so uncharacteristically ordered Teardrop Headlights the moment I could, because I am a fan of Benjamin Moore! Just like music fans that still buy CDs and are thrilled to buy a band’s new album, to listen all the way through letting themselves be enamored by the art elicited from someone else’s very personal feelings and life experiences; this book is like Benjamin’s debut album and it’s release found me at the right time in my life to receive it. I met Benjamin almost two years ago, thanks be to God for he has this way of crossing my path with people that touch my heart and I can never forget. Benjamin is unforgettable because without knowing a thing about him I could still feel this depth of experience, like gravity, drawing me in but because I am shy I am patient and hopeful to be near when he shares something to explain that depth of characters. I am thankful that my respect for him has grown because of being able to hear him speak and see his face, but I must confess that I saw Teardrop Headlights as an opportunity to find out more about this person that I admired. I began reading the book with the same sort of determination that a school girl has on a crush, to satisfy an infatuation with more. I was transported back to that childhood sensation of naïveté and an awkward sense of time, when one year seems so much longer than it does now, thereby acting invincible. With that courage I thought it would take to delve into the first page, I was surprised that as soon as I started reading Benjamin’s words, I was willing to following his journey ready to see what he had experienced to perhaps shape him into the man I know and see interacting with others.
However, my fandom bought me uncomfortableness. Chapter after chapter I felt stifled, I felt sick to my stomach, and I felt my heart breaking along unfamiliar fault lines, but I kept reading to reach relief. It became clear that to follow Benjamin’s journey meant I had to try and endure all the he did. I was often in disbelief that any of it was true. Thankfully, the way Benjamin describes each story, there’s a comedic anecdote or the mention of a reason for the seemingly contrived pain, but it’s just slightly not enough for me, because a practical human would definitely find an easier, softer way. And so even in those moments of relief, I wanted to find blame in his story, I wanted to ask “Why?” too often, and I wanted to rescue Benjamin or any other child or wife subjected to another person’s psychotic experiments like that. I didn’t like that I became so accusatory, but that explains how well Benjamin drew me into that world and allowed me to commiserate, to look at his demeanor in different situations, to pretend that if I was a young girl at that time if I would have been Benjamin’s friend or not…So in reality, Teardrop Headlights shined a light on a part of my ego that I have purposefully quieted to the basement of my personality, as if to briefly, so as to not give that part of me too much opportunity to high jack my drive, remind me the utmost importance of humility. I was reminded that my experiences, and thank God that they were different, taught me about almighty love, about forgiveness, and about my freedom to define happiness.
I am so proud of Benjamin! I want to sing that I am his number one fan! But I know that what would honor him more, is for another human being to gleam something from his words. So I urge you to pick up Teardrop Headlights and pass it along!
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Teardrop Headlights Benjamin Moore 9781545443491 Books Reviews
In a literary criticism class I took as an English major in college, the professor posed a simple yet powerful way to judge any writing. "Does the piece answer the core, central question--'So what?'" That test has never failed me, either as a reader or as a teacher of college writing.
Benjamin Moore's Teardrop Headlights rises to the challenge of “So what?” from the very first page. In a narrative that probes profoundly difficult times and hard human questions, Benjamin gives us more than simply a picture of his life--he gives us that life itself. The writing is clean, clear, compelling, and above all authentic. We feel a young boy's emotions--fear, anger, joy, conviction, hope, despair. Yet the writing is not afraid, angry, didactic, or despairing.
I will read this book many times, each reading with new insights, new questions to grapple with, and new connections both to the humanity around me and to my own increased sense of being alive and human.
And Teardrop Headlights is a narrative for the ages. Alert young people can follow the story and find value for their lives. At the same time, mature, trained scholars will find their humanity crucible-refined in ways they may never have experienced. As a literary critic, I find Benjamin’s style and tone economic yet rich, and honest to a degree that credits his own humanity.
I will always love the classics of literature, and I commend them to all readers. By the same token, I recommend this gem of a book in the strongest of terms, and I invite you to read it.
A well written book about a family that lives the life of nomads due to the father's religious beliefs. Benjamin does an excellent job of describing his childhood. Most of which was painful.
I found the book to be both interesting and informative. I learned a lot about living a life on the road with no money, and about living in Mexico and the Mexican people. Benjamin has clearly forgiven his dad for the life he was forced to live and I admire him for that. However, I doubt that I would be so forgiving, I suspect that it took a lot to write this book. I believe that it is worth your time to read the book.
I know you're not supposed to judge a book by its cover, but everyone does. When I saw the picture on this book, I just had to have it. To me, that picture captures the distinctly American & poetic archetype of a boy and his dog, of adventures yet unfolded, of hurts yet to be had and be mended. It is altogether young... and eternal. Makes me cry when I see it.
Its an easy read, surprisingly, given the severity of the events recalled. And, its easy to forget that this is an autobiography, as the unfolding narrative is powerful, vivid - riveting without being emotionally charged. When I put the book down, what struck me the most was the author's ability to have communicated a childhood, a past, a beginning to a life that is unquestionably tragic. Tragic, so much so, that a tragic ending is a foregone conclusion. But, no, it doesn't end up that way. It ends with victory... and beauty. This book marked me.
5 Stars! If you liked The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver, you will love Teardrop Headlights. My personal opinion follows
I am not the adventurous reader I use to be; so to be honest, I’m not positive I would have purchased Teardrop Headlights based on the cover photo or the back page teasers. I like to think that if a friend had handed this book to me saying, “This is a story I think you’ll enjoy”, that I would have more quickly opened it up, but I’m not so sure of that either. My point is, I so uncharacteristically ordered Teardrop Headlights the moment I could, because I am a fan of Benjamin Moore! Just like music fans that still buy CDs and are thrilled to buy a band’s new album, to listen all the way through letting themselves be enamored by the art elicited from someone else’s very personal feelings and life experiences; this book is like Benjamin’s debut album and it’s release found me at the right time in my life to receive it. I met Benjamin almost two years ago, thanks be to God for he has this way of crossing my path with people that touch my heart and I can never forget. Benjamin is unforgettable because without knowing a thing about him I could still feel this depth of experience, like gravity, drawing me in but because I am shy I am patient and hopeful to be near when he shares something to explain that depth of characters. I am thankful that my respect for him has grown because of being able to hear him speak and see his face, but I must confess that I saw Teardrop Headlights as an opportunity to find out more about this person that I admired. I began reading the book with the same sort of determination that a school girl has on a crush, to satisfy an infatuation with more. I was transported back to that childhood sensation of naïveté and an awkward sense of time, when one year seems so much longer than it does now, thereby acting invincible. With that courage I thought it would take to delve into the first page, I was surprised that as soon as I started reading Benjamin’s words, I was willing to following his journey ready to see what he had experienced to perhaps shape him into the man I know and see interacting with others.
However, my fandom bought me uncomfortableness. Chapter after chapter I felt stifled, I felt sick to my stomach, and I felt my heart breaking along unfamiliar fault lines, but I kept reading to reach relief. It became clear that to follow Benjamin’s journey meant I had to try and endure all the he did. I was often in disbelief that any of it was true. Thankfully, the way Benjamin describes each story, there’s a comedic anecdote or the mention of a reason for the seemingly contrived pain, but it’s just slightly not enough for me, because a practical human would definitely find an easier, softer way. And so even in those moments of relief, I wanted to find blame in his story, I wanted to ask “Why?” too often, and I wanted to rescue Benjamin or any other child or wife subjected to another person’s psychotic experiments like that. I didn’t like that I became so accusatory, but that explains how well Benjamin drew me into that world and allowed me to commiserate, to look at his demeanor in different situations, to pretend that if I was a young girl at that time if I would have been Benjamin’s friend or not…So in reality, Teardrop Headlights shined a light on a part of my ego that I have purposefully quieted to the basement of my personality, as if to briefly, so as to not give that part of me too much opportunity to high jack my drive, remind me the utmost importance of humility. I was reminded that my experiences, and thank God that they were different, taught me about almighty love, about forgiveness, and about my freedom to define happiness.
I am so proud of Benjamin! I want to sing that I am his number one fan! But I know that what would honor him more, is for another human being to gleam something from his words. So I urge you to pick up Teardrop Headlights and pass it along!
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