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Overview
Former major league pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds, Frank Pastore tells the story of how his baseball dreams came to an end in June 1984 when a ball crashed into his right elbow, and describes how a renewed faith in God helped him to overcome his disappointment and start a new life.

Publishers Description
Like its author, "Shattered" is "fun, fast, and real" and an intriguing mix of paradoxes. Frank Pastore was a physically awkward kid who became a professional athlete. An okay student who goes on to earn two masters degrees in philosophy. A former atheist who ends up hosting the biggest Christian radio talk show in America. "Shattered" is part sports book, because you'll go on road trips, enter clubhouses, and walk on the fields of professional baseball. It's part romantic novel, because you'll journey with two young kids who fall in love and eventually elope, evading not only her family, but the law as well--for she was only 16. It's also a story of brokenness, betrayal, and burn-out. If you were raised in a dysfunctional family, if you've ever had your dreams fall apart, been betrayed by close friends, or hit the psychological "wall" in your professional career, this is your book too. But, most of all, this is an uplifting story of how an unpredictable God can surprise any of us with His goodness and love when we allow Him to make beautiful the shattered fragments of our lives.

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	Intriguing Biography  Jun 10, 2010
From his difficult childhood with a manipulative mother and distant father, to excelling at baseball in high school and ultimately in the Majors, to his failures, and eventually successes in radio, Frank Pastore has lived an interesting life. Not knowing anything about him before reading his new book Shattered (I should have being a huge baseball fan), I wasn't sure what to expect. What I found was a fascinating memoire about a man that discovered the goodness of God's relentless pursuit of him, despite how often he tried to run. Biographies are a different animal than most non-fiction to me. Stories are great, but unless you can show how those individual stories fit together to create the person you're reading about, the book can end up just a hodgepodge of "here's something that happened to me once." I don't enjoy those kind of books. With Pastore, you see the development of a macho struggled with confidence, trust, and other issues as a boy, pride and arrogance at times as a professional baseball player, emotional detachment after that, and ultimately, a godly man with the largest christian radio show in the country, a great family, and a strong faith in God. I never get tired of hearing stories like that. There were lots of hardships on the way, and Pastore is very candid about how he felt about things, but the story is really about God and his pursuit of one man. In that way, Frank's story is my story. Speaking of stories, Pastore has some great ones: his elopement with his wife (then 16), pitching through a horrible injury, becoming a Christian, starting up a radio and teaching ministry from basically nothing, among others. I think my favorite story dealt with getting released from the Reds and sitting down with then-manager Pete Rose. Rose basically said he'd lost his edge because of his new faith, so Frank proceeded to basically share the gospel with him. Those familiar with Rose can anticipate his reaction. Overall, as a Christian, a baseball fan, and a lover of stories, I found this book very enjoyable. Frank' story is interesting and he and his co-writer Ellen Vaughn tell it well. I would recommend it as a quick, easy read about a fascinating life.
	Shattered by Frank Pastore  Jun 9, 2010
I received Shattered: Struck Down, But Not Destroyed" by Frank Pastore from Tyndale House publishers as a for review purposes. This is about the life of Frank Pastore told by himself. It shows his growth from son of an atheist and atheist himself to one day accepting Christ in the bathroom stall in the club house of a major league baseball stadium. The book takes you through the emotions Frank was going through throughout his life from early on from a verbally abusive mother to the end of his baseball career. Looking back on his life Franks says that he can see how God worked in it even when he did not even notice it at the time. What a true statement that is! Shattered is a honest, fast and easy read. Frank's life is almost an adventure. The book takes you through Frank's emotional journey through life as if you where walking it right there with him. The book is well written and shows just how passionate Frank is about the Kingdom of God and wanting others to know God. What I got most form this book is that God is always present. Even in the ups and downs of life He is there and all he wants is a relationship with you. Through him you can make it through anything life throws your way. This life story is proof that we serve a all powerful God that has the ability to love all and to break generational curses that would have the ability to ruin families.
	Easy to read with plenty to think about.  Jun 5, 2010
This book was very easy to read, an excellent account of someone that thought he was an atheist, only to discover that God had a much better plan for his life, and that his childhood belief system was skewed. Frank takes us on a journey through his troubled childhood, raised in a very dysfunctional family, through the transformation of the awkward, new kid at school nerd to the all star sports hero, academic scholar, popular guy on campus. His new found popularity just increases his desire for more and because he has real talent, he has the ability to acquire more. However, he eventually realizes that no matter how much you've got, you always want more. After a devastating injury he begins to ask questions, and the Christian players on the baseball team he plays for continue to answer and share God with him. He eventually accepts Christ and is then on fire for God. He shares details from every aspect of his life with readers. I felt a connection to his transformation and the passion he feels for Christ centered community activism. While sharing of his time in counseling, I began to ask myself some tough questions. I like that it was easy to read, but still called to something deep within me; that it showed what many felt prior to becoming followers of Christ, and how it's all so twisted in the collective public opinion. This would be a good book to share with those that think they have all the answers, but still seem to be searching. Tyndale House Publishers has provided me with a complimentary copy of this book and it did not influence my review.
	Fantastic Story, Awesome Read  Jun 2, 2010
This was a great book! I must confess, I'd not heard of Frank Pastore previous to being offered to review his book Shattered, but it looked interesting so I took it. It's a memoir, sports story, inspirational book, self-improvement manual and romance novel all rolled into one! Travel with Frank as he journeys from brokenness to wholeness, from pudgy and awkward boy to professional athlete, and from success to failure and back to success again. The journey is filled with drama, betrayal, dysfunction, love, joy, peace, excitement, hard work and do-over's. It is a thrilling ride from life in professional sports, to life in ministry, to life in radio. Shattered will speak to anyone who's been hurt by family, in school, by friends, in ministry, or simply in life. It will resonate with anyone who's been broken and beat down by life, then lovingly and beautifully restored by God. It is an easy read, a bit of a page turner, and thoroughly enjoyable. This book was provided to me for review by Tyndale House Publishers.
	Not just a sports auto-biography  May 30, 2010
I wasn't quite sure what to expect from this book. I vaguely remembered him pitching for the Twins in 1986 when I was a student at the University of Minnesota. Vaguely. But I really did not know much of anything about his story. One thing I have found, though, is that I like stories about sports heroes -- real sports heroes, not just the famous great players, but ones I want my boys to look up to. I read the first couple of chapters. And starting with chapter 3 ("Fat Kids Can Dream Too") I was hooked, barely putting the book down from that point on. An easygoing style, with lots of great anecdotes -- some happy, many sad, some downright scary -- I found it easy to relate to Frank's story at times, and even when I couldn't relate to the things going on in his life, some of the big questions he had really clicked. He is candid about some of the miserable things he experienced, and about some of the miserable decisions he made. His relationship with his parents wasn't magically cured when he became a Christian... and I really liked that he talked about that. Reading about a family whose lives were totally transformed by their newfound faith was inspiring. Reading that even after that conversion, they still had those "shattered" times was inspiring too. I felt like I was actually reading about a real person who has endured real struggles and real disappointments. Which, of course, I was. Disclaimer: I received this book for free from Tyndale House Publishers. No other compensation was received.

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