The Goodness of Ordinary People: True Stories from Real Americans

By Faith Middleton

Middleton, host of National Public Radio's "Open Air New England, " presents a Studs Turkel-style collection of true stories from real Americans that has some surprising things to say about the moral state of the union. It explores the positive aspects of the news that are often overlooked and demonstrates that a simple gesture can restore out faith in community.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0517799634
• ISBN13: 9780517799635
• Release Date: April 1996
• Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

You'll be enriched and inspired by these wonderful tales.

Faith Middleton, host of a very popular call-in show on Connecticut Public Radio, has assembled an extraordinary collection of her caller's stories, about good deeds that happen every day, but get ignored by a media obsessed with bad news. Particularly moving and important is the chapter on Faith's monthly Alcoholics Anonymous call-in meeting. If you know anyone with a drinking problem who's still denying that it exists, you might want to give them this book.