Is the book title misleading?
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Re: Is the book title misleading?
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I absolutely agree that the title of this book is misleading. It could have been titled better to indicated that is a self-help book. Let's face it, many people choose books based on their title and I can't help but think that there will be some who are disappointed.
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The subtitle, Stories of Ordinary Gurus I've Met, clarifies enough for me that "Margaret" is one of these "ordinary gurus" and that the stories are not romance-oriented.
I think that if Rob White had put a self-help title on the book I wouldn't have picked it up. And if the self-help title were prescriptive (or systematic) in any way, that would have been misleading.
Maybe something like "Lessons Learned" would have been more in-your-face about the content, but that doesn't particularly draw me into a book.
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That is also my point. I think the book is named so precisely because the character of Margaret apparently lacks significance. Renaming it with the Maasai mother would have eroded the core idea of the book, which is, focusing upon the insignificant.uyky wrote: ↑17 Jan 2018, 11:57 For me the point was that the author showed that even the seemingly most unimportant being can show herself/himself crucial in the right situation. There is a quote I like from a series I watched: "In 900 years of time and space I've never met anyone who wasn't important before."
Also, nice quote uyky. I will like to know the name of the series.
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It's the British BBC show Doctor Whorik17 wrote: ↑18 Jan 2018, 00:12That is also my point. I think the book is named so precisely because the character of Margaret apparently lacks significance. Renaming it with the Maasai mother would have eroded the core idea of the book, which is, focusing upon the insignificant.uyky wrote: ↑17 Jan 2018, 11:57 For me the point was that the author showed that even the seemingly most unimportant being can show herself/himself crucial in the right situation. There is a quote I like from a series I watched: "In 900 years of time and space I've never met anyone who wasn't important before."
Also, nice quote uyky. I will like to know the name of the series.
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Ohk. One of those which you hear so much about that you feel like you have already seen it.uyky wrote: ↑18 Jan 2018, 05:50It's the British BBC show Doctor Whorik17 wrote: ↑18 Jan 2018, 00:12That is also my point. I think the book is named so precisely because the character of Margaret apparently lacks significance. Renaming it with the Maasai mother would have eroded the core idea of the book, which is, focusing upon the insignificant.uyky wrote: ↑17 Jan 2018, 11:57 For me the point was that the author showed that even the seemingly most unimportant being can show herself/himself crucial in the right situation. There is a quote I like from a series I watched: "In 900 years of time and space I've never met anyone who wasn't important before."
Also, nice quote uyky. I will like to know the name of the series.
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