How much you enjoy this book by President Hinckley depends on how long you have been a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (if you are a member at all).

The book seems geared towards non-members. Two of the three reviews on the back of the book are written by non-members (William Bennett and Joe Liebermann). The foreword is written by Mike Wallace, who tells the readers that Hinckley is "not dotty": not something you would need to tell a devout Mormon!

The book itself is written in Hinckley's characteristic style. The prose is well-written, humorous, and overflowing with anecdotes. When it comes to subject matter, the author definitely "hits the nail on the head" with his ten virtues and his subsequent discussion of the family. He very obviously knows what he is talking about.

Unfortunately, for those of us who have been listening to Gordon B. Hinckley speak for many years, there is no new subject material. Not only the doctrine is familiar; at least 90% of the anecdotes are tried-and-true stories that he's used in conference at least once (if not more).

I think this book would be a fine gift for a non-member friend (there's little to no overtly Mormon doctrine), or for a new member who isn't very familiar with Hinckley's teachings. However, those who have been members for a while would probably not get too much out of this book.