Beyond Belief: Finding the Strength to Come Back by Josh Hamilton
My review
rating: 5 of 5 stars
I love baseball, but I have to admit that baseball autobiographies are often not the greatest, most well-written books. This one is different. The first part of the book was not so good, as Josh talks a lot about how great a player he was as a kid. So much so that I’m thinking, “Oh, no, another boring ‘I’m thankful that the Lord made me such a great player’ story.” But once he gets into the truly harrowing tale of his slide into drug addiction, this become a can’t-put-it down story of tragedy and redemption.
Josh pulls no punches in telling just how bad it got before he found strength in his faith in God and, with help from his family, pulled himself out of the pit of drug addiction. This is a frightening but ultimately uplifting book that many people would benefit from reading. Thanks for telling your story, Josh, and for sharing your faith in a way that is both realistic and compelling.
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