Summary Of A Chance In The World By Steve Pemberton

“Although tragedy and loss are regrettable commonplace, we aren’t measured by what happens to us but rather by how we respond to it” written by Steve Pemberton in A Chance in the World. This is my favorite quote from the novel. A Chance in the World was an eye opening book for me to read, and I enjoyed every minute of it. Many things stood out to me in the book, one being that each chapter would start with a quote from a different book, and that related back to how much books saved his life. Another thing that stood out to me was how throughout the chapter he would ask himself questions, and those questions were never answered but it was like he was sharing his thoughts with reader. The reason these book was eye opening was because my father, gave up his parental rights at age five because of drugs, and even though our situations are only slightly similar hearing his story and how he overcame all his struggles made me realize how I can get over my own problems with the past. The novel was a tear jerker from reading how the Robinsons abused him, how he first struggled with college and how each side of his family had so much pain and sorrow. Steve Pemberton overcame every

Some key things being do not ever give up faith or hope, and do not let anyone tell you your own potential, you make your own dreams. By the end of the book, the greatest thing he learned was the everyone has a past but that does not define your future. If that was the case, Steve would not be the person he is today. He learned how to fight back against life. Throughout the novel Steve wanted to find out more about his family and their past. That is where he learned his biggest resolution. That his past or his families past make him who is his. In coming to realize that, was because there was so much pain and sorrow in both his families bring it up would not change his past, and or the future he learned to put it behind