Book Comments

Manhood

Stephen Biddulph

Just finished it and I can feel it making huge changes to the way I view the world and my place in it. Helps me to locat respect for my gender.

     Submitted by Paul McKay 14:22:56 29/1/97

Having only recently started to question who why and what am I ? I needed a kickstart to get me asking the right questions. This book that I found by accident has certainly done that. I have also been very pleasantly surprised to find that a number os my friends have also read it and found that it says what is needed in a concise and easily understood way. I cannot praise Mr Biddulph enough or thank him for what he has started within me.

     Submitted by Rob Brown 16:53:33 23/3/97

I took this book with me on my annual 'getting lost' in the country for a few days, with just me my motorcycle a few beers, great country and a good book. What a gem! It really gave me hope where often there doesn't seem much. I teach in a difficult primary school and see the results of 'fatherless' boys and the devastating results it has on their and others lives. This book has changed the way I deal with these boys. Stephen, thankyou for a great book. I resisted the impulse to read the book at one go and savoured it over a number of days, reading a chapter or two a day and then mulling over it the next day. Graeme Farrant

     Submitted by Graeme Farrant 9:28:27 28/3/97

A number of things rung very true in the book and encouraged me to read on. But the later part of the book starts to get a bit mystical for my liking - especially when most of us just want to know that we're not alone and this bitter sweet pain we feel is called - "life".

     Submitted by Gregory J Smith 15:48:28 24/4/97

Guys, this is a great book. I don't know how well it will 'travel' overseas but for Australian men at least it says it like it is. There are some ideas that I cringe about (eg. I can't see how men in loincloths beating drums in the bush has any relevance for my life) but it's probably just my personal biases. Get it and read it mate - NOW!

     Submitted by Ron Holmes 16:45:34 18/7/97