NIRMV 1-2-3 Inspirational Book Club
The Enlightening Reads Series - Selection #3
The Santa Claus Girl by Patricia P. Goodin
What is your most memorable "take-away" from reading the book?
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Past Activities
NIRMV Sports Read-A-Thon
Sponsored by the NIRMV 1-2-3 Book Club
Don’t Let the Lipstick Fool You: The Making of a Champion—Lisa Leslie and Larry Burnett
Playing with Purpose: Inside the Lives and Faith of the NFL’s Top Quarterbacks—Sam Bradford, Colt McCoy and Tim Tebow
The Dewsweepers: Seasons of Golf and Friendship—James Dodson
Come to Win: Business Leaders, Artists, Doctors, and Other Visionaries on How Sports Can Help You Top Your Profession—Venus Williams, Kelly E. Carter, Abby Craden and Mirrion Willis
Breaking the Line: The Season in Black College Football That Transformed the Sport and Changed the Course of Civil Rights—Samuel G. Freedman
Ways of Grace: Stories of Activism, Adversity, and How Sports Can Bring Us Together—James Blake
The Mamba Mentality—Kobe Bryant
The Most Famous Woman in Baseball: Effa Manley and the Negro Leagues—Bob Luke
24: Life Stories & Lessons from the Say Hey Kid—Willie Mays & John Shea
About the Book Club
The book club was launched in 2019 to spotlight our Recommended Reading List books. The first launch selection book was If I Live to be 100: Lessons from the Centenarians by Neenah Ellis.
And the Winner is...Thanks to the generosity of author Neenah Ellis, NIRMV had a special contest to give away some extra-special tapes. Hassan El-Amin was thrilled to be one of the winners selected to receive an NPR interview tape linked to our last NIRMV 1-2-3 Book Club selection. The tape features author Neenah Ellis chatting with NIRMV Ultimate Inspirational Role Model Louisiana Hines. Hines was one of two Detroiters spotlighted in two chapters of If I Live to Be 100: Lessons from the Centenarians, an international bestseller by Ellis. The book was written after Ellis received positive responses and reviews for her One Hundred Year of Stories NPR series. The lucky tape winner said he felt honored and has already listened to it several times.
