Not Yet

by John V. Amodeo

Jim Santoro, a middle-aged Hell s Kitchen off-Broadway actor with limited success is rushed to Mt. Sinai Hospital after repeated calls went unanswered at his apartment. Found unresponsive, he is placed on a ventilator. His upstate family, told of his condition, prepares for the worst. Older brother Frank arrives only to find his kid brother alert and totally recovered. Called the Miracle Man of Sinai, his luck changes after a brief rehab period. Jim auditions for an upcoming Broadway musical, On the Queen Mary, and relieves top billing as a lead in the musical when the lead actor leaves for a lucrative Hollywood movie contract. Jim becomes the talk of Broadway and is awarded the coveted Tony for best actor in a musical. Yet, Jim doesn t forget the struggles and the dedication of the staff that brought him back from the brink. Becoming an advocate of health care, he uses his meteoric rise on Broadway to help others. Santoro s journey is a story of a man who, given a second chance at life, excels not only in his chosen profession but also as a force for change. His story of overcoming life s ultimate challenge will inspire others who, like Jim Santoro, redirected their lives and enriched the lives of others along the way.

256 pages, Paperback

Published January 7, 2020

Reviews

[Jedadiah Lampron · Rating 1 out of 5]

Horrible. Dont waste your time or money. Glad I got it from my local bookstores bargain bin for only 5 bucks. Where to begin? Let's start with the numerous typos. I don't know who his editor is but they need to be fired. Extra words, letters, spelling errors. Littered throughout. If that wasn't bad enough, this story is a short story or novella at best that was attempted to be transformed into a full novel. Saying this is a tough read is an understatement. It seems that the author was going more for a word count than actually telling a story. Every single chapter (as far as I could stand to read, about half the book before I just couldn't anymore) is filled wirh repeat phrases. When I say repeat I mean not once or twice but sometimes into the double digits. It did nothing to help the story and instead made it difficult to actually get into the book. I recommend this to absolutely no one. It's the only book I have read by him, but it has made it so that I won't even think about looking at another. I'm flabbergasted that this was his 7th, (YES 7TH! ) published book. How? How is that possible????? Buy I digress, if it was trimmed down, there might be something worth reading in there. Just not in its current form. I would give a half star rating if it was an option. Based solely on the idea of the story being sound. There's one other rating at the time of this writing which gave it a five star. I have to assume this was done by someone that knows the author peraonally or the author himself because there is in no way another reader gave it one anywhere near that.