Self-help ✦ Penny’s Take 🎧 Audiobook
Gratitude in Motion
Colleen Kelly Alexander · 2018
🎙 Narrated by Colleen Kelly Alexander (self-narrated), with foreword by Bart Yasso; co-written with Jenna Glatzer
76/100
👍 Worth It
Colleen Kelly Alexander's account of surviving a horrific hit-and-run — a coma, twenty-nine surgeries, and her eventual return to triathlon — is a genuinely compelling, well-documented survival story built around real gratitude for the strangers who saved her. Heads up that the accident and recovery details get graphic, so it's better suited to adults or older teens with guidance. She narrates it herself, and that firsthand authenticity makes the listen hit harder.
✦ Penny’s Take — this is The Review Group’s own editorial assessment. Penny’s analytical review line researched this book from real sources and scored it across the lenses shown below. It’s an honest first-party read — not a page-by-page personal one. The gold ✓ Penny Tested mark is reserved for books Penny reads cover to cover herself.
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🎙 Narration: good Self-narrated by the survivor herself; no issues noted with delivery, and it adds real emotional weight.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety65
Substance / usefulness70
Craft & writing75
Originality70
Evidence & accuracy80
Hype vs delivers60
Age-fit60
Human-eye read78
Penny’s verdict76
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