The writing is compelling and easy to fall into. I think this book is great for fellow curious readers with an interest in people and looking to read a range of different perspectives.
A retired community college president continues to share his wisdom through memoir. Dr Eric Reno announced his retirement after ten years of being the founding president of Northeast Lakeview College. The next week he is diagnosed with prostate cancer and a year later he undergoes open heart surgery. These experiences of serious health conditions cause Reno to re-evaluate his view on mortality and life in general. His experiences shared in this memoir offer Reno’s perspective on a life lived, with the potential for readers to take new perspectives from it. Eric Reno lived a very varied life which was entertaining to read, without direction in his youth, Reno became a labourer before joining the Air Force, his posting in the UK unlocking a desire for adventure. Reno’s curiosity and wandering nature remains throughout his life as he moves from the military to college and into corporate life before moving into teaching. It is clear that Reno has a keen interest in people and the sharing of knowledge. The Accidental Educator dips in and out of the different stages of his life, following chronologically for the most part but dipping further back into the past later on. The writing is compelling and easy to fall into. I think this book is great for fellow curious readers with an interest in people and looking to read a range of different perspectives.
Charlotte Walker, A LoveReading Ambassador