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4.5
This is one of those books that I frequently recommend to friends that I think might have an interest. It really helps you 'read people' better, not from paying attention to non-verbal cues--but just from...well...reading their faces. If I had kids, this would definitely be on a summer reading list for them in the high school age. For adults, it's good to have this on a reading list at any point in life.When it was first recommended to me that I read this book, I thought, 'What a crock. There is no way that there is any reason that there should be any kind of correlation with people's faces and what they are like.' I was wrong. Very wrong. I don't know if the correlation is a two way street--if who we are 'works its way' onto our face or if our face 'works its way' into who we are (or both).I also wouldn't suggest that the correlations presented in this book are always accurate. That said, they are accurate often enough to make this book very worth while. After years of reading and re-reading this book after my first encounter with it, I am consistently amazed that the correlations are more often accurate than dubious. What I have learned from this book has served me well, and I think it has helped me pay more attention to people and receive them more openly. We are all so very different, and cueing myself into the variety (which this book helps me do) seems to make me more human and receptive to others.Great book, interesting content, highly recommended at double the price.
