#bookreview – Circumstances of Childhood by John W. Howell

Robbie Cheadle has written an excellent review of Circumstances of Childhood. What is so pleasing is Robbie is a professional in Corporate Finance, and she was not disappointed in that element of the story. If you haven’t visited her blog, you should. She offers terrific writing, advice, inspiration, and baked goodies to die for. Thank you so much, Robbie.

Robbie's inspiration

What Amazon says

When a former pro football star and broadcaster, now a Wall Street maven is accused of insider trading, will he be able to prove his innocence and expose those who are guilty?
Greg and his boyhood pal dreamed of big success in professional football and then later in business. Greg was the only one to live the dream. Now the founder of an investment fund Greg is faced with a routine audit finding by the SEC. The audit points to irregularities and all the tracks lead to Greg. The justice department hits him with an indictment of 23 counts of fraud, money laundering, and insider trading. His firm goes bust, and Greg is on his own.

His best friend knows he is innocent but has been ordered under penalty of eternal damnation not to help.

If you enjoy stories of riches to rags, redemption, brotherly love, and…

View original post 456 more words

16 comments

rijanjks · May 12, 2018 - 8:02 am ·

A wonderful review for a fantastic story!

LikeLiked by 1 person
1. John W. Howell · May 12, 2018 - 8:57 am ·
  
  Thanks, Jan. It was a super review.
  
  LikeLike
robbiecheadle · May 12, 2018 - 9:38 am ·

A great book, John.

LikeLiked by 1 person
1. John W. Howell · May 12, 2018 - 9:59 am ·
  
  Thanks, Robbie.
  
  LikeLike
Teagan R. Geneviene · May 12, 2018 - 10:18 am ·

Kudos on this terrific review, John. Robbie’s career-related comments were particularly interesting. Wishing you continued success. Hugs!

LikeLiked by 1 person
1. John W. Howell · May 12, 2018 - 3:34 pm ·
  
  I enjoyed her comments since she got interested in the book because of the financial difficulties of the protagonist. Hugs, Teagan
  
  LikeLike
Gwen Plano · May 12, 2018 - 12:23 pm ·

Congratulations on this very deserved review, John. YAY!

LikeLiked by 1 person
1. John W. Howell · May 12, 2018 - 3:31 pm ·
  
  Thank you, Gwen. 😀
  
  LikeLike
Natalie Ducey · May 12, 2018 - 12:24 pm ·

Bravo, John! I just finished this and really enjoyed it. Review to follow. Cheers and Happy Saturday! 🙂

LikeLiked by 1 person
Jill Weatherholt · May 12, 2018 - 2:27 pm ·

A well deserved review indeed! Congratulations, John!

LikeLiked by 1 person
1. John W. Howell · May 12, 2018 - 3:29 pm ·
  
  Thank you, Jill.
  
  LikeLiked by 1 person
macjam47 · May 12, 2018 - 6:46 pm ·

Congrats on this wonderful review!

LikeLiked by 1 person
1. John W. Howell · May 12, 2018 - 7:57 pm ·
  
  Thank you, Michelle.
  
  LikeLiked by 1 person
raynotbradbury · May 16, 2018 - 3:42 pm ·

Great review 🙂 just read it…it’s fun also to read something u can relate too, in her case the job 😃

LikeLiked by 1 person
1. John W. Howell · May 16, 2018 - 3:46 pm ·
  
  Yes. That was the most enjoyabe part of the review for me.
  
  LikeLiked by 1 person
  1. raynotbradbury · May 16, 2018 - 3:51 pm ·
    
    👍👍👍
    
    LikeLiked by 1 person