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The average rating for High Calling: The Courageous Life and Faith of Space Shuttle Columbia Commander Rick Husband based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.
Review # 1 was written on 2019-11-08 00:00:00 Mohamed SheikhAt times almost too heartbreaking to read. |
Review # 2 was written on 2011-11-14 00:00:00 Thomas GradanteThis is a surprisingly touching book. I expected it to be somewhat dry, given that it isn't written by a professional writer, though I can see she had help, (except in the Epilogue, which seemed written like her ghost writer took the rest of the book off). I expected it to be filled with technical astronaut lingo and a list of Rick's accomplishments. What I discovered was a beautiful story filled with the little details that make up ordinary life and it was these details that pulled me in. By the end I felt as if I had been living all those moments with them. I smiled at the relationships of the crew members--as well as Rick's relationship with his family--and cried when February 1st arrived in the book. I was attached to these people, even more so because they were real. I remember crying back on Feb. 1, 2003, when I was fifteen, only a few years older than Laura. For whatever reason, they've always had a special place in my heart since then. Now, thanks to Evelyn, that place is much bigger. Perhaps I feel closer to them because I am a Christian; perhaps this story touches me more because my dad died too. I just know one day I will have the opportunity to know these people I've come to love and that fills me with hope and thankfulness. God really has used this tragedy to bring glory to His name. "Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope. For we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him." -1 Thess. 4:13-14 |
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