Trove; A Woman's Search for Truth and Buried Treasure - Book Review

Trove: A Woman's Search for Truth and Buried Treasure 

Author: Sandra A. Miller

Publisher: Brown Paper Press

Publication Date: September 19, 2019

Length: 180 Pages

Genre: Memoir






About the Author
Sandra A. Miller's writing has appeared in over one-hundred publications. She teaches writing at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell and lives in Arlington, MA with her husband and two children. 

Treasure Hunting
Sandra began hunting for treasure when she was five-years-old. She picked up loose coins, matchbooks, ticket stubs, and other treasures that she found on the ground and hid them in a shoebox in her closet.

This is the story about how Ms. Miller used her life-long curiosity skills to collect clues and hunt for buried treasure in New York City. She joined an online armchair treasuring hunting club and searched for a buried chest that contained $10.000.00 worth of coins. She also collected clues about the relationships in her life and how her difficult childhood still haunted her in ways that were difficult to understand.

The author will not rest until she collects as many clues as possible and uses them to understand the meaning of her life (and hopefully find the buried treasure chest).

My Thoughts
I like to read memoirs/biographies because I truly believe that truth is more fascinating than fiction. I REALLY liked this book. I downloaded my copy in the afternoon of one day and read until I went to bed. I then started reading the next morning and didn't stop until I read the last page. I don't usually get hooked on a book like this, but I had to find out where that darn treasure was buried!!!

The story is much deeper than just hunting for a chest of buried treasure. The author is a superb writer and weaves her entire life story into this modern-day treasure hunt. She describes the difficult relationships with her parents, her husband,  and her children. She deals with inner pain, insecurities, and fears that she has held inside for far too long.

The real treasure at the end of the story is the author finding peace, satisfaction, gratitude and her purpose in life.

You will have to read the book to find out what happened to the buried treasure chest in New York City. Yep...truth is stranger than fiction.

Highly recommended!

MY RATING: 5 STARS OUT OF 5

FYI ~ I received a free digital copy of this book in exchange for a fair review.

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Habit

"First we make our habits, then our habits make us." ~ Charles C. Noble

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” ~ Aristotle

“Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconcious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character...” ~ Stephen R. Covey

"Thoughts lead on to purpose, purpose leads on to actions, actions form habits, habits decide character, and character fixes our destiny.” ~ Tryon Edwards

This is the second of ten articles that I am writing about character building. These articles are based on a booklet that was published in 1915 named "Character Building". Here are links to the first two articles in the series;

The Science of Character Building

The Common Good

The booklet believes that habit is an important part of character building. Habit has been defined as "an acquired behavior pattern regularly followed until it has become almost involuntary". This is what the booklet says about habit;

"What one gets in the habit of doing, becomes second nature.

If one is in the habit of telling the truth, it will become natural and easy to tell the truth.

If one is in the habit of telling falsehoods, the habit of doing so will grow, till a lie will often be told where the truth would answer the purpose much better.

Habit is a cable; we weave a thread each day till it becomes so strong we cannot break it."