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SUMMARY:Robert Sandel Book Signing at Barnes & Noble\, Tuscaloosa\, June 14\, 12-4 p.m.
DESCRIPTION:Author Robert Sandel will be available for a book signing\, featuring his first book\, Bobby: Please Come Inside\, on Saturday\, June 14\, from 12-4 p.m.\, at Barnes & Noble in Tuscaloosa. Please come by\, purchase a copy\, and have your book signed by the author. \nIn 1938 at the age of four\, Bobby and his brother were taken to an orphanage called the Good Shepherd Home. At the time\, he had two parents who both took him to the Home to live for ten years. After\, he moved to live with his aunt and uncle. \nWriting about his life story has helped him understand immensely the dynamics of how family functions. To this day\, when he sees a four-year-old\, he wonders how parents can leave a child in an orphanage without showing their love and compassion. He takes you through his life where\, despite not having loving parents\, he still succeeded. He shows you his family relationship and how\, in the end\, it was through Christian love that he was successful in giving his family (that he always dreamed of having) care and love. \nAbout the Author \nRobert L. Sandel’s life and career began when he left the Good Shepherd Home and was told by his oldest brother\, whom he never lived with\, that he must graduate from high school and go on to college. The rest was left up to him to make his own decisions. In 1948\, he said to himself that he would start a new life. The dynamics were never easy\, however\, he went to college and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Math and Physics. With sheer determination\, he became a salesman for Pfizer Pharmaceutical Co. In 1984\, he succeeded in winning the Salesman of the Year Award and was listed in their Hall of Fame. \nIn 1956\, Robert was married and eventually had three wonderful children\, one of whom was adopted. He now has six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. All of his family are doing well. His wife became a family therapist\, and has a Master’s in Social Work. His son has traveled all over the world as a professor in Communications and written a book. His three children are doing very well. His two oldest graduated from the University of Oklahoma. One has a Master’s Degree and the youngest is still in college. Robert’s daughter is an accomplished artist and has her own studio. His oldest granddaughter also became a famous artist for a new modern family. His adopted daughter is the peacemaker in the family and is an accomplished Tae Kwon Do black belt leader. \nShortly after college\, Robert became a Boy Scout leader. He loved community sports such as softball\, basketball\, golf\, and running. He served as Treasurer for his local church in Canandaigua\, New York\, and when he moved to Alabama he also served as Treasurer for Tuscaloosa International Friends and Tuscaloosa Emmaus Cluster. He is an avid reader and loves to read books both political and non-fiction.
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/robert-sandel-book-signing-at-barnes-noble-tuscaloosa-june-14-12-4-p-m/
LOCATION:Barnes & Noble/Tuscaloosa\, Midtown Shopping Ctr 1800 McFarland Road East\, 1800 McFarland Blvd E Suite 200\,\, Tuscaloosa\, AL\, 35404\, United States
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