Alvin M.'s Reviews > Rosa Parks Beyond the Bus: Life, Lessons, and Leadership

This Book Moved Me Deeply
As a person who has known and loved the O Museum in the Mansion for many years, I was already quite aware of Mrs. Rosa Parks’ time at the Mansion. I knew that the author and Mrs. Parks had been dear friends. I had heard stories about their friendship.
Rosa Parks Beyond The Bus moved me deeply. I read it in two intense sittings. It brought to life the magic that the two women shared together. I was touched and wiped my eyes more than once as the beautiful revelations leapt from the pages. If there is such a thing as a “fairy tale friendship,” here is the evidence.
That is why this is not a history book or even a biography, but is the deeply personal story about what it was like to be “daily, best friends” with such a famous but such a quiet, shy, self-effacing American hero. The stories, many of them probably never told before, document the soul and the heart of one of this country’s great Americans. This book will become a critical part of the fullest story of Mrs. Rosa Parks and her legacy.
(The Reviewer – Alvin Stenzel now lives in The Villages in Florida and is the author of The Crystal Pond, a novel that highlights the special imagination that exists for women.)