Sharing Good Times

Name: Sharing Good Times
Brand: Simon & Schuster Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 3.78 (9 reviews)
Author: Jimmy Carter
ISBN: 9780743561655

Author: Jimmy Carter

Narrator: Jimmy Carter

Unabridged: 4 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

Published: 11/23/2004

Categories: Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, Memoirs, Self-help, Motivational & Inspirational, Political Biography

Synopsis

Following his New York Times bestselling classics comes this sparkling account of the joys of sharing the simple pleasures of life from Jimmy Carter.

In this wonderfully evocative volume, Jimmy Carter writes about the things that matter most, the simple relaxed days and nights that he has enjoyed with family and friends through the years and across the generations.

Here are lively, witty accounts of exploring the outdoors with his father and with black playmates; making furniture; painting; pursuing new adventures and going places with children, grandchildren, and friends; and sharing life with his wife, Rosalynn.

Sharing Good Times is an inspirational guide for anyone desiring to stretch mind and heart and to combine work and pleasure.

About Jimmy Carter

Jimmy Carter was the thirty-ninth President of the United States, serving from 1977 to 1981. In 1982, he and his wife founded The Carter Center, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of people around the world. Carter was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002, and was the author of thirty books, including A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety; A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power; An Hour Before Daylight: Memoirs of a Rural Boyhood; and Our Endangered Values: America’s Moral Crisis. He died in 2024 at the age of 100.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ken

This is probably the most inconsequential of Carter’s “mini-memoirs”, having little of the timeless insight of, say, “An Hour Before Daylight” and covering some of the same ground. This one looks across Carter’s entire life, though, and recounts some particularly memorable occasions he spent, well,......more

Goodreads review by Cindy

Another marvelous book by my favorite president. I'm happy that he takes time to explain the Carter Center. A place where antagonistic leaders can utilize their services as mediators. They still fulfill this role whenever opportunities arise and constantly monitor world conflicts. About 120 are on t......more

Goodreads review by John Mitchell Dees, Jr.

Good Advice from President Carter Having read several of President Carter's other books, you will find some overlapping stories in this book. What I truly enjoyed was how he looked at these stories from a new perspective, sharing his feelings on spending good times with his wife, his family, and his......more