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Author Cincotta reviews the many incidents in his life that led him to understand the divine oversight that has so often protected him. The first such happening occurred when he was a young child on his grandmother's farm. During a thunderstorm, as she held him over the kitchen sink for hand washing, a voice told him to "Move back!" He obeyed, and suddenly lightning shot out of the spigot—"a close call to death." At age seven, he met a friend, George. Later, the two shared a life path that took Cincotta into the military and a chance to visit many countries. After college and a meeting with a priest to talk about joining the clergy, Cincotta surprised himself by declaring his wish to train thoroughbred horses. He worked his way up to the top of that profession. There were other powerful situations seemingly designed to shape his destiny, both professionally and in his family life, with periods of financial and other hardships overcome by a combination of determination and his strong religious faith.
Cincotta has two defining traits that infuse his narrative: his prodigious and accurate memory and his abiding Christian outlook. Linking the two by connecting many small but significant occurrences to God's intervention in life's circumstances gives his memoir a lively, always entertaining feel. He also supplies a fascinating look into the world of professional thoroughbred training and racing—a hard, rewarding, but constantly shifting world filled with tough decisions and almost constant change of clime and employers. Overcoming serious physical accidents and family losses has made it clear to Cincotta that God watches out for him in big and small ways. His view of the connectivity between daily life and spiritual reality should attract a wide readership and invoke deeper study.