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Escaped
by Zaccary Rodriguez
I recently finished reading “Escaped”, a true and heart-
touching book by a local Beaverton 12-year-old, Zaccary
Rodriguez. Zaccary and his Mom,
brother and sister live at the Safe
Haven Home in Beaverton.
Zaccary tells the story from
his personal viewpoint about
what it was like when his Mom,
Lucy, took her three children and
escaped from their Dad in Hawaii
and lived in a crisis shelter before
they came to Oregon to start a
new life. I cried and I laughed,
and I could not put it down. It is
sad, but hopeful and inspiring at the same time.
Here is an excerpt... “My name is Zaccary. This is the
journal of my experience living in the shelter and about
my mom. She is the
strongest woman I know
and the best mother in
the world. I hope other
children will learn from
it, although I pray no
children will have to
experience it. No matter
how much my mom
tried to make it as an
interesting adventure, it
was not a pleasant expe-
rience. My family is not complete anymore ...”
This book reflects the courage and struggles of a family
of survivors, and Zaccary hopes that it will encourage
others who need to make a new, fresh start! The family
hopes that sales from this book will help them finally get
into a place of their own.
The newly published “Escaped” is available for $15 at
Hearthstone of Beaverton Assisted Living Community,
12520 S.W. Hart Road, Beaverton, 503-641-0911, and
at Emilie Dessert Cafe, 8680 S.W. Canyon Road, #A,
Portland, 503-206-5576. The book will be available on
Amazon.com. in the near future.
Reviewed by Beverly Ecker
Onward
by Howard Schultz
“Onward” was published a few years ago, but it’s still
an extremely relevant book for today’s reader. The tale of
how Starbucks fought for its life
has been played out, and we all
know how it ended.
But “Onward” is about more
than just the struggles that Star-
bucks faced in a typical business
world — it’s about how Starbucks
strategically fought back while
still keeping its identity. Schultz
starts by reliving his passionate
love affair with coffee, showing
the man behind the cup. It’s an
inspirational look at how the man behind the company is
more than a money-hungry coffee snob.
Readers will enjoy this book because it’s not a typical
business story about coming from nothing into a category
of your own as a worldwide phenomenon. “Onward”
tells a tale of how even after you build a company into a
success story, it still takes
time, energy and deter-
mination to keep it run-
ning — especially when
you hold yourself to a
higher standard. For cof-
fee lovers and non-coffee
lovers alike, “Onward” is
a book that draws you in
and leaves you wanting
more when its done.
Reviewed by
Alex Bertolucci
Cooked
by Michael Pollan
My life has always been about the pursuit of good
food. Thirty years ago, I married a chef and got into the
restaurant business. Eighteen
years ago, I retired as a full-time
pastry chef to manage the Beaver-
ton Farmers Market.
If there is one common thread
among the many participants of
the market, it would be the pur-
suit of eating well. That we cook
is a given.
Michael Pollan’s “Cooked”,
is his personal education in the
ways in which one goes about
cooking through the use of fire, water, air and earth. He
discusses the social importance of cooking and eating
and explains how it defines us as a species. In the end,
he determines that
“there is no practice
less selfish, any
labor less alien-
ated, any time
less wasted, than
preparing something
delicious and nour-
ishing for people you
love.” Of course, this
is something that I
already knew, but
it was fun following
along as Michael Pol-
lan proved it.
Beverly Ecker
Alex Bertolucci
Ginger Rapport
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Reviewed by
Ginger Rapport
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