Colleen Hoover is a phenomenon. She has touched the hearts and minds of millions of readers around the world with her skillfululy crafted and captivating novels that blend romance and drama. She has ascended to the top of the New York Times best-seller list with her stories that make readers laugh, cry, and gasp. She has earned countless honors and recognition for her books, and she was honored as one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine in 2023. She did not always have it easy. She grew up in a poor family and worked as a social worker to make ends meet. She lived in a trailer home with her husband and three sons, Cale, Beckham, and Levi. She faced many hardships and challenges in her personal and professional lives. Hoover’s journey to fame and fortune was not smooth. She started writing as a hobby and self-published her first novel, Slammed, in 2012, without expecting anything from it. To her astonishment, Slammed became a best-seller and launched her career as an author. Hoover quit her job and dedicated herself to …show more content…
She has also used her voice and stories to raise awareness about important social issues such as domestic violence, mental health, addiction, racism, and sexual assault. She often draws inspiration from her own experiences or those of people she knows or meets. She founded The Bookworm Box, a non-profit organization that gives all the profits from selling her autographed books and book-related goodies to various charities. To date, The Bookworm Box has donated over a million dollars to more than 400 charities. She often draws inspiration from her own experiences or those of people she knows or meets. She strives to create realistic and relatable characters who face challenges and overcome them with courage and
Her ability to forgive and persevere is rooted in the lessons learned from her past, making her a strong and compassionate character in the
She is passionate about what she does and cares about her girls. She is involved in her girls lives not only on the field but also off the field. She explained it by stating “ my girls are not just a stat, but they are family.” She strives to not miss opportunities to connect with her girls, making herself transparent and available to them. As a coach, she acknowledges that she is a higher power and an example.
“It stops here. With me and you. It ends with us.” That is a quote from the book It Ends With Us by author Colleen Hoover who sold millions of copies worldwide. (Hoover, 361.)
She now uses S.T.A.R.S. to motivate people of all ages to find their own paths to overcome their obstacles and achieve their goals. She believes that everyone has different talents, personalities and
She embodies the element of the new era this book tries to portray. She is forward thinking and she is most often seen with new things to that time like
Herbert Clark Hoover began his story on August 10th of 1874, he was the middle child of Jesse and Hulda Hoover. Herbert was raised a quaker in West Branch, Iowa, his father jesse was a blacksmith and owned a farm implement store. At the age of two Herbert became sick with the croup, (a respiratory infection causing swelling of the throat) Herbert became so sick that he was thought to have died for a brief moment before being resuscitated by his uncle. Herbert's father died when he was only four leaving his mother (Hulda) to pay off her husbands debts and not long after she did, she died two.
She struggled through living in an asylum and losing her eyesight, but it did not discourage her from continuing to demand her rights, especially her right to learn. Through her intelligence and ambition, she graduated valedictorian and accepted her job that would continue, although she did not know, until she died. She discovered a way to teach a blind, mute, and deaf girl to speak and spell and understand concepts. Through these characteristics, these two heroes accomplished many things in their
At only 17 years old Susan eloise hinton became one of the most successful authors of the 1960’s she broke the barriers of being a female writer by writing her award winning book the outsiders and is still one of the most popular writers of young adult fiction. Once published the outsiders gave her a lot of publicity and fame, and also a lot of pressure. She was becoming ¨the voice of the youth¨ The pressure of that title resulted in a 3 year writer 's block. Her boyfriend (and now, her husband),who had gotten sick of her being depressed all the time, eventually broke this block.
She is seen as a dynamic character when you look at how her relationships have changed and grown because of the type of character she had become. “If you only shine
She takes her role of mother seriously, even when she didn't have time to process that she was going to be a mother. Her fast abilities to adjust to situations and not freak out while continuing in her journey of raising
Her high levels of openness to experience, social motivations, and agreeableness led her to form fruitful connections wherever she went. These connections to not only friends but also knowledgeable peers and mentors helped her develop a high amount of achievement motivation. She knew how smart she was and always strived for accomplishments in her field. Without these traits, she would have never had the strength to take her challenges and turn them into opportunities. This also connects to the way she maximizes and satisfies her work and life.
John Edgar Hoover was born January 1, 1895, to Dickerson Naylor Hoover and Annie Marie Scheitlin Hoover, two civil servants who worked for the U.S. Government. He grew up literally in the shadow of Washington, D.C. politics in a neighborhood three blocks from Capitol Hill. Hoover was closest to his mother, who served as the family’s disciplinarian and moral guide. He lived with her until she died in 1938, when he was 43 years old. Highly competitive, Hoover worked to overcome a stuttering problem by learning to talk fast.
She talks about how her disability does not keep her back from doing what she wants to do. She has been in 6 continents and 20 different countries speaking to people about her journey and motivating them to follow their dreams. She has spoken to hundreds of students in Ghana telling them to push their limits and prove everyone who doubts you wrong. Jessica Cox is a person that I look up to and inspires me to go after my dreams. She is interesting because of her life story and surprises people with what she can do.