This Splendid Day

From swamp child to street kid, from show biz insider to celebrated humanitarian, Michael Sterling takes us on a journey through his extraordinary life story with "warts and all" honesty, genuine grace, and a delightfully wicked sense of of humor.Having survived being a throwaway at 14 and a brutal attack that left him hospitalized for months, he shows a rare empathy for the forgotten, the discarded, and the injured that fiercely avoids any victimhood. Though he tested HIV+ the first...
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From swamp child to street kid, from show biz insider to celebrated humanitarian, Michael Sterling takes us on a journey through his extraordinary life story with "warts and all" honesty, genuine grace, and a delightfully wicked sense of of humor.Having survived being a throwaway at 14 and a brutal attack that left him hospitalized for months, he shows a rare empathy for the forgotten, the discarded, and the injured that fiercely avoids any victimhood. Though he tested HIV+ the first week the test was available, he was one of the first caregivers of persons with AIDS in San Francisco.He went on to found groups throughout the United States, then Europe and the Near East, where he managed to also find ways to give refugees, particularly children and orphans, a chance to become whatever they dreamed.Through his example, and the examples of those he introduces us to with such affection and detail that we might recognize them on the street, he shows us that nomatter how horrific the circumstance, nomatter how deep the suffering, that within us all is the potential not only to survive, but triumph.Deeply moving and often uproariously funny, This Splendid Day is indeed a love letter to life!