I just can't get my head around the way this starts off like the xkcd cartoon - world leader destabilising the world or art school...hmmm.... - but it turns out maybe the guy can paint and it all should have turned out differently....

I just can't get my head around the way this starts off like the xkcd cartoon - world leader destabilising the world or art school...hmmm.... - but it turns out maybe the guy can paint and it all should have turned out differently....

I liked this book because it shows that there is a possibility to carve a new niche for your life regardless of age. Don't get me wrong, I know being a former president helps make the transition easier but I am being positive and believing it can happen for us all. GW is donating the proceeds from the sale of these books to Veterans so can't be mad about that. In addition to seeing portraits of soldiers, you are able to learn about them as people. Regardless of how you feel about GW, this is an excellent foray into art and literature. ( )

I completely support and respect this. Whether you love Bush or weren't a fan, as an American you owe it to these wounded warriors to hear their stories that he is telling. Bravo all of you, and Thank You for everything you've done for me and mine, though we didn't Deserve it. God Bless you All. ( )

I had mixed emotions in reading this book. First I was honored to get to know these brave Americans who sacrificed so much for all of us and our country. There is not enough we can do to repay them for their service. The portraits by President Bush were good and expressed so much and a lot of that was the pain and suffering these veterans went through at so many levels.

The healing was evident also in the participation of the programs like the involving the biking and golfing through the Bush foundation. The President is to be commended for his active roll in reaching out to these deserving individuals in the help they need.

On the other hand I could not help but feel that so much of the suffering that was illustrated here could have been prevented had we looked closer at the consequence of launching this never ending war that has seemed to resolve so little. But that is open for debate by historians of the future. For now we have to provide what we can to assist in the rebuilding of these lives and that is for all of us to attend to. ( )