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The Power of Half: One Family's Decision to Stop Taking and Start Giving Back

par Kevin Salwen

Autres auteurs: Hannah Salwen (Auteur)

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Biography & Autobiography. Self-Improvement. Sociology. Nonfiction. HTML: A true story of making a difference: "What does your family stand for? Read this book�??it will change your life" (Daniel H. Pink). It all started when fourteen-year-old Hannah Salwen had a "eureka" moment. Seeing a homeless man in her neighborhood at the same moment when a glistening Mercedes coupe pulled up, she said "You know, Dad, if that man had a less nice car, that man there could have a meal." Until that day, the Salwens had been caught up like so many of us in the classic American dream�??providing a good life for their children, accumulating more and more stuff, doing their part but not really feeling it. So when Hannah was stopped in her tracks by this glaring disparity, her parents knew they had to do something. As a family, they made the extraordinary decision to sell their Atlanta mansion, downsize to a house half its size, and give half of the sale price to a worthy charity. What began as an outlandish scheme became a remarkable journey that transported them across the globe and well out of their comfort zone. In the end they learned that they had the power to change a little corner of the world�??and found that it changed them, too. "You feel lighter reading this book, as if the heavy weight of house and car and appliances, the need to collect these things to feel safe as a family, are lifted and replaced by something that makes much more sense." �??Los Angeles Ti… (plus d'informations)

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This is a story of a rich family deciding to become simply well-off and how they spin it into a tale of sacrifice. The author is pitifully unaware about how wealthy his family still is, about how uncomfortable his son is with the whole affair, and about how his whole story stinks of white savior-ism. Not worth the moral it tries to beat into the reader. (

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Aglassman | Jun 7, 2021 |

This is the story of lives transformed in an intentional way.

NEYM_RE_Library | Dec 3, 2013 |

I ended up being disappointed in this. For a journalist, Kevin is a facile writer, too often going for the easy joke or obvious characterization. I was frustrated with all the sanctimonious comparisons between his family and others’ (that family treats their son to a steak dinner when he hits a lot of home runs, but we have family bonding time at a cheap diner over how to save the world). I wanted more philosophical wrestling with the problems of “How much can we do without sacrificing too much?” and “Why Africa, rather than our own community?”... (Complete review at http://www.parenthetical.net/2010/08/17/non-fiction-roundup/#more-1125) (

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SamMusher | Mar 30, 2013 |

The premise of this book was interesting - a family pledges to sell their ginormous home and use half the profits to accomplish a charitable project. I liked the reflections about what their family learned about what they really valued and how working on this project together had such positive effects on their family. It was a little hard to relate to, however. I agree that in general we can all give more than we are giving, but their lifestyle is quite a bit different than the majority of Americans and that was a little off-putting. (

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tjsjohanna | Mar 8, 2013 |

First off, Hannah, the 15 year old co-author, is awesome.

I wasn't inspired to act by this book, as I found myself unimpressed with the Salwen's level of sacrifice vs. what it would take someone with more "average" finances to take this project on. The book examines this problem to an extent, as the Salwens ruminate over the fact that moving from a $2m house to a $1m house wasn't actually much of a sacrifice at all. I'm glad they acknowledged that, but I was nevertheless disappointed. I wanted more of a moral compass from this book -- a way to draw the line or to "stop taking." (

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Biography & Autobiography. Self-Improvement. Sociology. Nonfiction. HTML:

A true story of making a difference: "What does your family stand for? Read this book�??it will change your life" (Daniel H. Pink).

It all started when fourteen-year-old Hannah Salwen had a "eureka" moment. Seeing a homeless man in her neighborhood at the same moment when a glistening Mercedes coupe pulled up, she said "You know, Dad, if that man had a less nice car, that man there could have a meal."

Until that day, the Salwens had been caught up like so many of us in the classic American dream�??providing a good life for their children, accumulating more and more stuff, doing their part but not really feeling it. So when Hannah was stopped in her tracks by this glaring disparity, her parents knew they had to do something.

As a family, they made the extraordinary decision to sell their Atlanta mansion, downsize to a house half its size, and give half of the sale price to a worthy charity. What began as an outlandish scheme became a remarkable journey that transported them across the globe and well out of their comfort zone. In the end they learned that they had the power to change a little corner of the world�??and found that it changed them, too.

"You feel lighter reading this book, as if the heavy weight of house and car and appliances, the need to collect these things to feel safe as a family, are lifted and replaced by something that makes much more sense." �??Los Angeles Ti

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