11/13/2017
Radio personality Delilah brings her usual mixture of heartwarming anecdotes and encouragement to this disjointed memoir. Each loosely thematic chapter connects a story from her youth to her recent charitable work. Raised by an inconsistent, controlling father and a meek, penny-pinching mother, Delilah’s youthful ambitions to help others often met resistance. Yet she credits the severe atmosphere and her personal relationship to God with laying the groundwork for her work aimed at alleviating the suffering of others. After professional success, she began adopting children (10 in total) and supporting a refugee camp in Ghana through her Point Hope organization. In between stories of raising teenagers and a peripatetic career, Delilah describes the damage she has seen alcoholism and abuse inflict on her friends and loved ones. She only cursorily alludes to many major aspects of her life, including her romantic relationships, and does not arrange stories in chronological order. The hazy result is more a meditation on charity than a clear biography. While occasionally tending towards preening over her own accomplishments, Delilah’s stories hum with the joy of serving others. Fans of her homespun style will enjoy her stories of care, concern, and love. (Feb.)
“You're listening to Delilah.”
Delilah, the most listened-to woman on American radio, has distinguished herself as the “Queen of Sappy Love Songs” and America's ultimate romance guru. But Delilah's life off-air is all the more extraordinary-a life full of trials, forgiveness, faith, and adventure. In One Heart at a Time, Delilah's heartfelt account of her own story reveals what shaped the voice that 9 million listeners know and love.
Today, Delilah is the founder of an NGO called Point Hope, the owner of a 55-acre working farm, and an inductee of the National Radio Hall of Fame. But to achieve this, she often had to pave her own way. Disowned by her father, divorced, and fired from a dozen jobs over the years, Delilah pushed forward through family addiction and devastating loss, through glass ceilings and red tape. Her consistent goal to help those in need took her everywhere from the streets of Philadelphia to refugee camps in Ghana.
Along the way, Delilah was blessed by 13 children, 10 of them adopted. Though many of them contend with special needs and the forever effects of a broken foster care system, her children have been able to transform their own remarkable lessons into guiding lights for other kids in need. Just as Delilah has done.
One Heart at a Time exposes the real woman behind the microphone. In her easy-going style and characteristic, beloved voice, Delilah tells her deeply moving life story as the series of miracles it is.
“You're listening to Delilah.”
Delilah, the most listened-to woman on American radio, has distinguished herself as the “Queen of Sappy Love Songs” and America's ultimate romance guru. But Delilah's life off-air is all the more extraordinary-a life full of trials, forgiveness, faith, and adventure. In One Heart at a Time, Delilah's heartfelt account of her own story reveals what shaped the voice that 9 million listeners know and love.
Today, Delilah is the founder of an NGO called Point Hope, the owner of a 55-acre working farm, and an inductee of the National Radio Hall of Fame. But to achieve this, she often had to pave her own way. Disowned by her father, divorced, and fired from a dozen jobs over the years, Delilah pushed forward through family addiction and devastating loss, through glass ceilings and red tape. Her consistent goal to help those in need took her everywhere from the streets of Philadelphia to refugee camps in Ghana.
Along the way, Delilah was blessed by 13 children, 10 of them adopted. Though many of them contend with special needs and the forever effects of a broken foster care system, her children have been able to transform their own remarkable lessons into guiding lights for other kids in need. Just as Delilah has done.
One Heart at a Time exposes the real woman behind the microphone. In her easy-going style and characteristic, beloved voice, Delilah tells her deeply moving life story as the series of miracles it is.
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| BN ID: | 2940169530803 |
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| Publisher: | Brilliance Audio |
| Publication date: | 10/16/2018 |
| Edition description: | Unabridged |
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