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Original Title:	Breakfast at Sally's: One Homeless Man's Inspirational Journey
ISBN:	1602392935 (ISBN13: 9781602392939)
Edition Language:	English

Breakfast at Sally's: One Homeless Man's Inspirational Journey Hardcover | Pages: 432 pages

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Title	:	Breakfast at Sally's: One Homeless Man's Inspirational Journey
Author	:	Richard LeMieux
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 432 pages
Published	:	October 17th 2008 by Skyhorse Publishing (first published October 6th 2008)
Categories	:	Nonfiction. Autobiography. Memoir. Biography

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One day, Richard LeMieux had a happy marriage, a palatial home, and took $40,000 Greek vacations. The next, he was living out of a van with only his dog, Willow, for company. This astonishingly frank memoir tells the story of one man's resilience in the face of economic disaster. Penniless, a failed suicide, estranged from his family, and living "the vehicular lifestyle" in Washington state, LeMieux chronicles his journey from the Salvation Army kitchens to his days with "C"—a philosopher in a homeless man's clothing—to his run-ins with Pastor Bob and other characters he meets on the streets. Along the way, he finds time to haunt public libraries and discover his desire to write.

LeMieux's quiet determination and his almost pious willingness to live with his situation are only a part of this politically and socially charged memoir. The real story of an all-too-common American condition, this is a heartfelt and stirring read.

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I changed my rating from 2 to 3 and back at least 7 times. I did learn a lot but I'll keep it at 2 because of the very offensive language in some parts. I enjoyed reading the first 100 pages and the last 100 pages. The middle was pretty depressing and confirmed the rough stereotype of mental illness and drug/alchohol addictions among the homeless. I am glad that Richard LeMieux was able to beat the odds and get back on his feet after losing everything. I believe 5 factors made that possible: he

Inspiring!This book made me cry, laugh, grieve, pray, and pray again for all the people in our world who are homeless, hungry, suffering, and hoping. Richard LeMieux experienced what we all fear. But, you can see the love of God that was with him every step. All the angels sent to him to help him through his journey are well described in his story. I loved this book. I applaud his bravery to put his humbled life on pages. Thank you for sharing your life, for allowing us to meet all the special

This book shook me up. And I know why. If you've ever worked on the behalf of someone who was close to losing it all, and who would be out on the street if not for the efforts of a few family members, you realize what the existence of a homeless person could be like. Richard LeMieux lost it all, and came perilously close to ending his life. Thankfully, with the help of angels like his friend "C" and women who gave him all the money they had in their purses, he kept putting one foot in front of

OK, I'm done and my feelings for the author are unchanged. He apparently suffers from debilitating depression and for that he has my sympathy. That's where my sympathy ends, however. I believe he wrote this book to illuminate to the rich, selfish public how prevalent homelessness is and how deserving of our sympathy are the homeless. Sorry, Richard, you failed to make me a believer.The author never tells us precisely how he came to be homeless, but he did let us know that he was also once a

Richard LeMieux had everything (or so he thought), nice home, a good business, cars, boats, family. When he lost it all (including the family who turned their backs on him), all he had was his van and his dog.The dog who "saves Richard's life", the amazing people he meets both those with and those without, the care and love of the fellow homeless friends he makes, all go to make this a wonderfully inspirational story. I thoroughly recommend this book. I gives us all a wake-up call (or it should

This is an excellent book about being homeless, written by a homeless person.  He was once a very successful, wealthy business man who even had traveled abroad but when his business failed, he lost everything.  His wife left him and his grown children didn't want anything to do with him.  All he had was his van, some clothes, an old typewriter and his dog, Willow.  It's an inside look into the homeless way of life and their community.  I will never look at the homeless in the same way again

This is February's book club book. The homeless situation has gotten progressively worse since this book was written in 2009. The author is one who survived. He touches on the reasons why he became homeless but doesn't go very deeply into those reasons. This book just didn't do anything for me. I do look forward to the book club's discussion and what others thought of the book.