| Genre: Memoir | | | | unusual upbringing to become a well mannered, |
| Title: A Full House - But Empty | | | | dedicated and very respected administrator in the |
| Author: Angus Munro | | | | field of health care. Even the Harvard graduates |
| There is definitely a message in Munro's memoir, | | | | could not measure up to this mere grade school |
| one that could benefit business people and, more | | | | dropout. |
| particularly, people in hospital administration. | | | | Munro is a true storyteller and his anecdotes are |
| Indeed, Munro's book would be an excellent | | | | presented with both humor and sincerity that |
| reading requirement for anyone pursuing a degree | | | | clearly reflects the man behind the story. He is a |
| in the health care field. | | | | well-educated man, despite what he continually |
| A Full House - But Empty is a vivid account of | | | | claims. As in the business world, Munro presents |
| one man's journey through a life that witnessed | | | | himself well in the printed word. Munro is a retired |
| pain, sorrow and the basic struggles to achieve | | | | hospital administrator who once claimed |
| and maintain one's sense of pride and purpose | | | | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada as his home. |
| against all odds. Angus was born in Vancouver, | | | | He is a product of the environment of his |
| British Columbia, Canada. He claims his sense of | | | | childhood and the hard-working acumen and caring |
| self-worth was first shattered at the tender age | | | | nature that his father both demonstrated and |
| of three, when his mother abandoned the family | | | | dictated to his family. Munro is a man of his times |
| (or was thrown out by the father). Growing up in | | | | and, yet, in his simple, caring nature, he is |
| the Depression years, with a single parent (his | | | | somewhat beyond the times in that he displays a |
| father), Munro is riddled with emotions that range | | | | compassion for both work and life, a sentiment |
| from disillusionment to anger as he confronts a | | | | that has sadly gone astray in more recent times |
| daily battle with his insecurities and feelings of | | | | with the growing state of mass consumerism and |
| inadequacies. But, despite what he claims as a | | | | self-aggrandizement. |
| meager background, Angus rises above his | | | | |