Tom Ufert has 4 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 3 narrators. The most-rated is We the People Are Coming.
Adversity Builds Character
Summary
From an early age, author Tom Ufert can remember his grandmother proclaiming that adversity builds character. At the time, he didn't completely understand what it meant-or know that he would actually live it. In Adversity Builds Character, Ufert shares the events that altered and shaped his life and shows how, with God's help, he was able to survive, thrive, and inspire others. In this memoir, he narrates his life story and tells about the adversity he has faced-his mother's early divorces; the breakdown of his relationship with his sister; his adoption by family friends; his mother's illness and murder; his contact with a predatory pedophile; his questioning of his own sexuality, bisexuality, and eventual acceptance of being gay; alcoholism and sexual addiction; diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis and HIV; and paralysis from a car accident. Revealing, honest, painful, and tender, Adversity Builds Character communicates the power of the human spirit to overcome the trials of modern life. It shows how Ufert's suffering paved the way for a deep appreciation for life and God's role in the world.
©2012 Tom Ufert (P)2012 Tom Ufert
On the Roll Again
Summary
A collection of inspirational quotes by disabled, HIV, MS toting charity-fundraiser and ex-politician Tom Ufert. Tom shares the quotes that helped him through his darkest hours. Some are his own, some are from well known faces, some are from the unknown. Join Tom as he attempts to put a smile on your face. Tom Ufert is the best-selling author of Adversity Builds Character. A tell-all memoir that takes the reader through the harsh realities of life, death and sexual identity. The book was widely praised as one of the most honest and indepth memoirs of 2012. Tom Ufert currently lives in Texas with his partner Lester.
©2013 Tom Ufert (P)2013 Tom UFERT
Adversity Builds Character; An Inspirational True Life Story of Disability, Addiction and Acceptance
Summary
Adversity Builds Character is the story of a young man's life struggles to find his way through the trials and tribulations of family turmoil, self-determination, and personal judgment. This transformational life experience, like so many, demonstrates the triumph of the human spirit over the pitfalls in our modern world. From a divorce wrecked family life through the upheavals of a shattered home brought on by a disease-ridden single mom, Thomas Ufert is blessed with the first of many second chances granted to him by his Godmother and her family. Overcoming personal character flaws this new home life radically averts potential disaster and leads him to greater heights by redirecting and guiding the God-given talents of his character leading to never before realized academic and social achievements. At the height of his new found career development, while in college, Tom's world is shattered yet again by the sudden tragic loss of his mother in a bizarre event of mercy-killing and suicide. While attempting to put this catastrophe behind him, personal doubt, guilt, and the awakening of his inner most desires threaten to destroy all he has worked so intently to achieve. Drinking and sexual experimentation almost ruin his future hopes of a promising political career to only be averted and redirected yet again through the guiding love of his life-long patron. Studies abroad and the first real love of his life demonstrate the truth of his path. Short-lived, divorce yet again forces a change of direction, ultimately pointing the way to his true self. Temporarily postponing his career, Ufert relocates and discovers a world where he finally feels at home and accepted without ridicule. As is so often the case, comfort and overconfidence lead to weakness and self-destruction. It is at this moment that one either succumbs to the burden of outside influence or gathers all his strength to rise like a phoenix. Though poor judgment nearly costs him his life, Tommy finds his character and rises above it all.
©2014 Tom Ufert (P)2014 Tom Ufert
We the People Are Coming
Summary
Tom Ufert Stands For: I Stand for Freedom of Speech I Stand for Civil Liberties I Stand for Ethics in Politics I Stand for “Straight Talk” I Stand for Tax Code Reform I Stand for Campaign Finance Reform I Stand for Returning to Vocational Training in America’s Schools I Stand for fixing the Affordable Healthcare Act not nixing it I Stand for Equal Rights under the law for all citizens regardless of sexual orientation I Stand for Securing the Boarder and Immigration Reform I Stand for Eliminating ALL gifts to government officials from lobbyists I Stand for Equal Public Financing of all political campaigns I Stand for Political Campaign Contribution Limits I Stand for stricter bans on high capacity weapons magazines, universal background checks and registration of ALL gun sales at gun shows I Stand for fiscal responsibility that eradicates government waste, erases corporate tax loopholes, rewards Made In America manufacturing, and has two graduated income tax brackets I Stand for expanding and improving the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)
©2014 Tom Ufert (P)2014 Tom Ufert