Dear Zoe: Letters to My Miracle Grandchild

by Max DePree

A poignant and intimate journal of letters to his granddaughter, Zoe, born perilously prematurely and unexpected to survive, shares a loving portrait of a family pulling together to find spiritual strength, in a collection celebrating Zoe's sixth birthday. $50,000 ad/promo.

Genres: Nonfiction

99 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1996

About the author

Max De Pree was an American businessman and writer. A son of D. J. De Pree, founder of Herman Miller office furniture company, he and his brother Hugh De Pree assumed leadership of the company in the early 1960s, with Hugh becoming CEO and president in 1962. Max succeeded his brother Hugh as CEO in 1980 and served in that capacity till 1987; he was a member of the company's Board of Directors until 1995. His book Leadership is an Art has sold more than 800,000 copies. In 1992, De Pree was inducted into the Junior Achievement's U.S. Business Hall of Fame. He was involved with the Max De Pree Center for Leadership at Fuller Theological Seminary (established in 1996 as the De Pree Center) since its establishment. He died at his home in Holland, Michigan in 2017.

Reviews

[Julie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good book written by a grandpa to his granddaughter. Wish he could have put more information about the medical side, rather than his work schedule or who he touched elbow's with. Wish he would have put some info on his wife (how they met, what HER take on this was). I enjoyed it.

[Lisa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dear Zoe was my last book of 2007, and it was a good one to end the year on. Written by her grandfather, Zoe is addressed in a series of letters before and immediately after her premature birth. At times he can get a little too sentimental, but who can blame him---it's his tiny granddaughter. This book can be easily read in a day, and it will leave you with a tiny flame of hope for days to come.

[Marie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Christopher's primary nurse lent us this book; the author wrote it for his 24-weeker granddaughter. It meant so much to us to read this book...and gave us the hope that none of the few other books out there could give us.

[Brenda Wharton · Rating 4 out of 5]

True story from Grand Rapids, Michigan. Zoe is born at 24 weeks and spends her first weeks at spectrum health neo natal unit. Her grandpa writes letters to her and in this book he shares those letters

[Anna · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was an interesting concept of a book and a fast read - I finished it in one pedicure and one before bed reading session.