The Eleventh Hour Can't Last Forever

by Alison Johnson

Paperback.

191 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

Reviews

[Crystal · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Eleventh Hour Can’t Last Forever is a brutally honest, first-hand account of how hoarding money can ruin a family. Written from the authors perspective, Alison Johnson tells a heart-breaking story of the long-lasting effects an addiction can have on loved ones.

I appreciated the author's honest and candid perspective of her fathers gold and silver addiction and how his hoarding had a huge and detrimental impact on each person in her family. While the story the author told is sad and unfortunate, I thought that Alison Johnson shared her account in a bold, straight-forward way that would appeal to most readers.

I originally chose to receive this book to review because I thought the subject matter was unique. I recommend The Eleventh Hour Can’t Last Forever to anyone who is a fan of memoirs or has a fascination with hoarding.

[Nancy Cohen · Rating 3 out of 5]

I went to the Maine Craftsmen craft fair at Cumberland Fairgrounds and a woman was selling a book she had written about her father. Apparently, he did not believe in banks or Wall Street, so he bought two tons of gold and silver coins. He then hid them all over his small Nebraska prairie town. This is the story of how, as Warren Buffett put it, "an obsession with money can really mess up a family."

[Sarah Sammis]

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