I felt like I was sitting on the weathered teak bench, enjoying the morning with Bruce while I sped through the pages. His vulnerability and genius shine through each scene, and even though I knew the ending, or thought I did, every page had me anxious for the next. I shed tears and felt like […]
Asking questions in life is often more important than seeking answers. Bruce McIntyre’s memoir shows how we can live without answers to some of life’s biggest questions in his honest, vulnerable, and beautiful story of hope and transformation. — Rev. Michelle Thomas-Bush, Myers Park Presbyterian Church
Most people would be laid low when an offer to buy their business comes simultaneously with a cancer diagnosis. Not Bruce McIntyre, innovative Charlotte, North Carolina, business owner. Not Joyce, his wife, who stuck it out during the worst-case scenario. Now having survived both and extending his retirement endeavors with the homeless in Charlotte and […]
As a narrator, Bruce McIntyre is at once pragmatic and fun-loving, no-nonsense and empathetic, confident and humble. In the course of selling a successful business and contending with cancer, he discovers, as many of us do, that despite our abilities and determination, we are never truly self-sufficient. We require inspiration from the universe, and we […]
When a life-threatening diagnosis and the end of his life’s work hurtled toward him on a high-speed collision course, Bruce McIntyre found himself trapped in the dark four corners of pain, fear, discomfort, and self-doubt. Then, like all good memoirists, he emerged to remind us that the feelings about life’s questions are explored best through […]
Bruce McIntyre is a man of unfaltering fortitude, who has the wisdom to give up control, and has clarity as he weaves his way through the dark wood and beyond. His story is a spiritual journey of transformation, and a guide for any human who needs a muse along the way. — Barbara Conrad, author […]
Building a business in twentieth-century Charlotte … tackling a tough battle with cancer … helping launch the JobWorks initiative for homeless neighbors … crafting a new type of community-focused development program with Habitat for Humanity, Bruce McIntyre’s highly readable memoir offers a window into the history of Charlotte in our own time. — Tom Hanchett, […]
Through a mélange of determination, humor, curiosity, delight, and humility, Bruce pulls the reader in to accompany him on a journey that leaves an everlasting mark on everyone and every place he encounters. The book is memoir at its best. — Dr. Lyndall Hare, PhD gerontologist, harvester of stories, and cocreator of Acting Our Age.
Bruce McIntyre had two life-altering issues to confront at the same time. His meticulous account of how he worked through them both is a useful and compelling guide for anyone with a big decision to make. — Tommy Tomlinson, author of The Elephant in the Room and host of the podcast SouthBound
In this honest and authentic memoir, Bruce McIntyre, true to the title of the book, makes no pretense at providing pat answers. This is not a how-to book. It is something much more — the story of a real-life journey of a corporate nomad turned business owner who learns hard lessons in hard situations. A […]