Saturday, January 1, 2011

Reader Feedback for The Pride of Park Avenue

What readers are saying about The Pride of Park Avenue

"I just finished your book; thanks for opening up your world (and your heart) to everyone who reads this amazing book. I found The Pride of Park Avenue intriguing, inspirational, and well written."

"(The Pride of Park Avenue) is captivating! I can't put it down! I'm absorbed by it."

"Thank you for telling your story (in The Pride of Park Avenue). I am enjoying every page, every account. Sure I hurt as I read of the tragedies, but I am able to celebrate also as I know how lives will be touched and changed forever by your testament."

The Pride of Park Avenue is "intense, tragic, sometimes joy filled, sorrow, success, loyalty, death, birth, family and destruction, sets, blocks, crews, gangs - some wish it was fiction like a well thought out movie, but the truth of it is scarier."

"I would definitely recommend The Pride of Park Avenue to people from all walks of life. You are an intriguing author. It took a while for me to read it but once I started I couldn't put it down."

"The Pride of Park Avenue is intense, tragic, filled with misery, but you refused to succumb to your environment. This book seems like it could be fiction, all while exposing the truth of growing up in what many call, 'urban America.'"

"Wow! I really enjoyed reading your book The Pride of Park Avenue. I couldn't put it down. I kept wanting to see what was next. I passed it on to my daughter and my niece. I really think that everybody should read it. It's something in there that everybody can relate too. It just touched my heart in so many ways."

Here's the before: "I've finally started reading The Pride of Park Avenue. I'm not sure what I expected, but what ever it was, you are already exceeding those expectations. I'll keep you posted on my thoughts."
Here's the after: "I think The Pride of Park Avenue is great, but you didn't need me to tell you that. I love that you keep the memory of your loved ones alive."

"TORIANO - THANK YOU FOR WRITING THIS BOOK...ANTONIO (TONY) WADLINGTON WAS A HIGH SCHOOL BOYFRIEND OF MINE...I HAD A VERY CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM, HIS MOM & STEP-DAD & V/S FOR MY FAMILY. BECAUSE OF YOUR INSPIRATION TO INCLUDE HIM IN THE PRIDE OF PARK AVENUE, IT'S CLEAR TO ME THAT YOU KNEW TONY AS WELL AS I DID & SEEMS THAT YOU APPRECIATED HIM FOR HIS SENSE OF HUMOR & LOVE OF ALL SPORTS, & THAT YOU SAW HIM AS THE CARING & GENTLE TONY AS I DID...YOUR BOOK IS AN ANSWER OF PRAYERS OF MINE TO JUST HAVE ONE PIECE OF HIM TO CHERISH OUTSIDE OF MY MEMORIES...TONY WILL FOREVER LIVE IN MY HEART...YOUR BOOK IS GREATLY APPRECIATED...GOD BLESS YOU."

"Much like a war correspondent, Porter escorts the reader into a world otherwise forbidden and largely unknown by Middle Class Americans. His use of authentic street language, vivid characterization and compelling plots is reminiscent of James Baldwin and Langston Hughes. Porter’s work (The Pride of Park Avenue) is indeed remarkable ¬– a credible update on today’s Street Corner USA – and a welcome contribution to 21st century American literature." - Rhiannon Ross, American writer and journalist

"The Pride of Park Avenue is really, really good but at the same time disturbing. My life has been blessed compared to what you've been through and you're a miracle in yourself for having lived through all of this and come out the other side not only all in one piece but, well, an amazing person because of it and in spite of it."

"I love this book (The Pride of Park Avenue). I read it like 3 times and sometimes it brings me to tears!! But good ones."

"The Pride of Park Avenue, a complex, yet remarkable tribute to a community and the individuals that compose it." - R.M. Kinder, author, An Absolute Gentleman

"Porter paints the grittiness of the streets and defines what the community needs to sustain itself. His wording was eloquent that I curtsied with my head as I totally related with (The Pride of Park Avenue)." - inBox Mag. and DVD

"The images of street life that are contained in this book transported me to those streets. The Pride of Park Avenue is the first of its kind in the Urban/Street Lit society" - inBox Mag. and DVD

"Porter is very clear, concise and creative at pulling the reader into every scene he crafts. (The Pride of Park Avenue) actually has a storyline and a well-presented flow that won't disappoint." - inBox Mag. and DVD

"(The Pride of Park Avenue) is a book I wish I would have read before any other urban books came out because it would have been hard to follow." - inBox Mag. and DVD

"I give (The Pride of Park Avenue) four stars for the plot, character development, and the author's supreme ability to keep me interested." - Londa B., inBox Magazine and DVD

"'General Isaiah' (a story contained in The Pride of Park Avenue) is a brilliant passage and in itself worth the price of admission! Good book, great writing!"

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