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Walk to Beautiful: The Power of Love and a Homeless Kid Who Found the Way
Walk to Beautiful: The Power of Love and a Homeless Kid Who Found the Way | Jimmy Wayne
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Imagine yourself a thirteen-year-old hundreds of miles away from home, in a strange city, and your mom leaves you at a bus station parking lot and drives off into the night with her lover. That s the real life story of country music star Jimmy Wayne. It s a miracle that Jimmy survived being hungry and homeless, bouncing in and out of the foster care system, and sleeping in the streets. But he didn t just overcome great adversity in his life; he now uses his country music platform to help children everywhere, especially teenagers in foster care who are about to age out of the system. Walk to Beautiful is the powerfully emotive account of Jimmy s horrendous childhood and the love shown him by Russell and Bea Costner, the elderly couple who gave him a stable home and provided the chance to complete his education. Jimmy says of Bea, She changed every cell in my body. It also chronicles Jimmy s rise to fame in the music industry and his Meet Me Halfway campaign: his walk halfway across America, 1,700 miles from Nashville to Phoenix, to raise awareness for foster kids. Join Jimmy on his walk to beautiful and see how one person really can make a difference. ENDORSEMENTS If your story could use a better chapter, take inspiration from Jimmy s. Max Lucado, New York Times Best-Selling Author It reads like a movie to me, and if so, I ll be the first one in a seat to see it. Dolly Parton Walk to Beautiful will open your eyes to the hurting people around you. Frank Harrison, Chairman and CEO, Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated; Chairman and Cofounder, With Open Eyes "
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sunshine_sl
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Good read about someone making it out of a tough upbringing and highlights the ones who helped him along the way.

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Jenken1998
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Made it through Irma. Not too much damage to my home. Still stuck inside until they give the all clear. Finished this great non-fiction account of a young man with a rough start in life and how he found the way out through the love and help of good people. #hurricaneirma readathon book 2.

DGRachel Glad you are safe 7y
Cinfhen Glad to hear all is well 7y
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Jenken1998
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Up next #hurricaneirma #tbr my own little readathon.. lol

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kristina_with_a_k
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I feel like a jerk for rating this as so-so, but it wasn't that good.
But kudos to the author for getting his story out there.

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