Buck O'Neil and I

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Summary: The Courage to Love
Review: After reading this book , I realized what tremendous courage ittook for her to write about her affair with Buck O'neil. The detailsare so good that I may read it again just to get it all. I hope thatthis affair paves the way for more women or couples who share the same discrimination in their lifes because of a age that she had to bare. This is what change is all about. The book is a definite page-turner and a good read.

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Summary: Buck O'Neil and I
Review: Denise, I happen to be a writer and I read your book, and I thought it was special. I was in a relationship much like yours, so I can identify with some of the issues you had to deal with. People are much like computer viruses, a piece of computer language written in the same language as all the other codes but with harmful intent. Once the code is introduced it gets everything all mixed up and the computer stops producing good results. When situations seem so personal, even if others insult you directly, It has nothing to do with you. People are going to have their own opinion according to their belief system, so nothing they think or say is really about you, but it is about themselves. Their opinion is nothing but a point of view. As children we gossip and intentionally spread rumours to make a person feel bad and we did it quite thoughtlessly, but as grown-ups we become much more calculated in our efforts to bring other people down. Never mind your first review, only the truth will set you free. Good luck on your future material, I will be looking for it. I am leaving you with my e-mail so you can read my novel.

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Summary: salute to the lady
Review: I salute her. An dependent woman with her own, who cared for another twice her age. She faced much adversity simply because this man was a well know Icon in the history of black sports. I think there is a message that she was trying to deliver. You can love and live without being a "gold digger". Her first book, not bad. I am a black woman, "I feel her" My salute to the lady. I am loking forward to reading her next book.

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Summary: Write On, Sister!
Review: I think the book is great! Maybe because I have a personal interest or should I say, I can identify with the author. I am a 27 year old young lady in love with my mate (for 4 years) who just happen to be 64 years old. We are planning to get married in Vegas in July and we have truly gone through some adversity with the very narrow-minded public sinnisters who feel that they created the world, made the world and can change the world. In other words, GOD! We the minority, want to be heard and respected like everyone else. We go to sleep, make love, respect each other, go to church, eat , drink so why can't we be MERRY like everybody. That's all the sister is saying! I would like to see a second book more about the author's current status so we'll know how she handled the adversity and moved on with her life,so WRITE ON, SISTER! and thank you for speaking out.

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Summary: Buck O'Neil and I
Review: I was sorely disappointed. It was very poorly written to the point that as I read, I began to wonder if Ms. Hurtt had an editor. I expected more on how one deals with a May - December relationship; but instead what I got was a clothesline full of her dirty laundry.

It is pretty evident that Ms. Hurtt orchestrated/plotted/schemed to take advantage of a financially secure old man who had just loss his wife after a long illness. And when things did not go as Ms. Hurtt had planned (get pregnant; he will marry me; then I will have his child and secure an inheritance for myself) she chose to air her dirty laundry in public with the hopes, I believe, of making money by attempting to muddy Mr. O'Neil's good name. If indeed Ms. Hurtt was 4 1/2 months pregnant when O'Neil was given the Fatherhood Award June 17, 1999 as she writes in the text, it certainly did not take her long after Mrs. O'Neil's death on November 2, 1997 to jump Mr. O'Neil "bones." I even wonder if her ploy was not begun long before Mrs. O'Neil's death.

I came away with the distinct impression that this girl had nothing but "ill intentions" to begin with - all related to money. I am disappointed. Shame on her.
I rate her text (it does not quality as a book) at Zero Stars.

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Summary: To the INCOGNITO reader
Review: If the reader had read the review without a jaundice eye they would have read in black and white where Mr. O'neil sat with the writer and read the book in its entirety, and gave the writer his blessings and said, it was written just as it happened. The reader obviously has a lot of personal problems and has had some kiss and tell stories of their own and they just dont have the intellegence to put it in writing. It also read like a person who may have possibly had something to do with the demise of Ms. Hurtt and Mr. O'neil's relationship. I hardly think Mr O'neil would agree with the readers opinion. If Mr. O'neil, had'nt cared for this young lady I dont beleive he would have had such a love filled relationship with her. For the reader to say that Ms. Hurtt was fulfilling her so called "trashy and stupid fantasies", truly appears to me that the reader had nothing better to write. Seems to me that the relationship was mutual. Im sure if Mr. O'neil felt this book was trashy he would not have given it his blessings. I think it was well written and It clearly lets us see that even upright, well loved people, (even our President) live very normal and human lives. To me there is no discredit to Mr. O'neil or to this young lady. I'm sure Mr. O'neil was proud to have had been graced by this beautiful,and very attractive young lady, who probably added, some much needed spice to Mr. O'neil's life. This was the anonymous readers opinion and everybody has one. To the Arthur of this book keep putting your mind to positive use, and ignore people and their meddeling ways. I personally think this reader should tend to their (DONT KISS AND TELL) business. I gave this book a 5 star cause it was well written for a first time writer.

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Summary: Why is Buck O'Neil bucking
Review: Why is Buck O'Neil bucking the truth. This only makes him look very foolish. Why would he give this young ladies book his blessings and turn around and say to the public that some of the things in the book a not true? he would be better off saying to the public/press he has no comment! rather than trying to make her look like a liar. It's almost as though he apprently still can not own up to the truth!! are he is trying to hide something? this young lady wrote her story and continued to have respect for Buck O'Neil by even allowing him to read her manuscript after all he subjected her two, before it was published. I beleave her story, and wish her much success and for her to remember that the TRUTH always prevails. She wrote the book to bring closure of him and all she went through in their time together and he does not even have the decency to give closure to her. Buck O'Neil really needs to come out of denial. his presnt behavoir really holds a familiar similarity upon which she had already described in her book of him (DOUBLE MINDED).