Recovering Life

I was surprised this book did not mention anything about baseball playing chickens.

Darryl's and Charisse Strawberry 's book is a touching and true story of what a proffessional athlete has to deal with beyond the game. I played baseball with Straw in St. Paul when he was a Saint - trying to get back to the bigs, and I feel lucky to call him a friend.. too many people are ready to judge a man from the outside without gettting to know him on the inside.. We all deserve a 2nd chance and even a 3rd and 4th chance sometimes... Recovering Life talks about the struggles.. the defeats and the tiny victories along the way - for a husband and wife who truely shared love and conqured addiction.. disease and depression... this is a great book by a good man

Darryl and Charisse give an honest account of their life together. With all the pictures, it makes a great Christmas gift.

I bought this book as soon as I heard about it and when it came in the mail I too read it in one sitting. A riveting book about life and how complex it can be. The obstacles put before a person and the obstacles they put before themselves all have to be dealt with. It seems like Straw's struggles will always be with him. But it is reassuring to know that he continues to battle. He has such a beautiful spiritual person by his side, Charisse, to walk with him in life and hold hands with in the most joyous of times and in the most trying. They seem to complement each other perfectly and I sincerely hope the peace that Straw so desperately longs for is attainable. I believe that it is and the perseverance that he and Charisse write about so eloquently in this book will help him to achieve all of his goals.This book is amazingly uplifting even as I found myself crying through parts of it. To read their most inner thoughts was very interesting and I enjoyed the format of the book very much. I highly recommend this book to everyone, especially those with issues in their life that they are struggling to overcome. One way or another we all can learn a lot from this book.

I read "Recovering Life" from Cover to Cover in one sitting. I just could not put it down. It is simply incredible. Darryl and Cherrise deserve a lot of credit by going public. This book is going to be a classic for years to come. A must for everyone especially for young people.