Happy to have read this!

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Growing up, I would watch Happy Days on late night TV, and then as I got older and saw the Fonz acting other gigs, it always made me happy to see Henry Winkler on screen, so reading Being Henry was a true pleasure. Henry’s struggles with school were super relatable as I was diagnosed ADHD at age seven. I felt so much for Henry’s challenges and his mid-life diagnosis, but his resilience and ability to turn that challenge into a way to help others is so beautiful! His storytelling style seemed to reflect his dyslexia in that it would seem jumbled, jumping back and forth, side to side, from stories to anecdotes, distant past to less distant, but it would come full circle by the end of each tangent, and I enjoyed that conversational-type ramble a lot. Hearing about Henry’s rocket to stardom and subsequent struggles to find work outside of type-casting as he grew older sent the same message over and over, “keep going;” and that was really inspiring. Henry’s insights on life and following one’s dreams can easily be applied to all persons and all walks of life, and even though the advice is coming from a “megastar/celebrity/rich white guy,” he is humble and non-patronizing with all he has to share. Definitely five stars!