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Mark Victor Hansen, Relentless

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Mark Victor Hansen, Relentless

Wisdom Behind the Incomparable Chicken Soup for the Soul

Authors & Illustrator

Author:

Mitzi
Perdue
Third Place Book Award

Third Place Award

Nonfiction > Biographies

Description

Although this book is non-fiction, it is a mystery story, delving into who is the private man behind the very public co-author of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series. Mitzi Perdue interviewed more than 60 people, trying to determine if the man who has sold half a billion books is a flim-flam promoter like Howard Hill from the Music Man, or is he Saint Mark, a guy who exists to serve others. Relentless tells the story of his early bankruptcy, failed marriage, thoughts of suicide, and how each of his many failures propelled him to further success. Mark never gave up. It may look to the world as if the success of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series simply dropped in Mark’s lap, but in fact, 143 publishers turned the book down before the 144th said, “I’ll take a chance on it.” Incredibly, the book sold 15 million copies, and the series put Mark in the Guinness Book of World’s Records for selling the most non-fiction books.