Reviewed by Alice DiNizo for Readers' Favorite

Summer Miller had the perfect life with her husband James, their son Tyler and daughter Sarah, and their golden retriever Jake. They lived in San Jose, California. James supported his family successfully and Summer enjoyed her life as a stay-at-home mother. Tyler was a Weblos, Sarah a Junior Girl Scout, and James served as an assistant Den Leader. Summer dropped off James, Tyler and Sarah at nearby Kelley Park where a Scout-O-Rama was being held and was totally unprepared for the telephone call that told her that James had been very badly injured in his twenty foot fall from a zip line that the Scouts had created. James nearly died from broken ribs, a collapsed lung, and undiagnosed intestinal problems, and was on life support and a breathing machine. By the time Summer was able to bring James back home, he was not the man he'd been before his traumatic accident. At first the Scouts supported the Millers in their quest to have James's hundreds of thousands of dollars of medical bills paid, but when it was time for Summer to begin legal proceedings against the Scouts for allowing a faulty zip line to be installed, Summer found that friends and associates began to disappear from her life and that of her family, including James who was slowly recovering.

"Taking the Fall" is Summer Miller's honest, well-written and detailed recording of the horrific accident that nearly took her husband's life and nearly destroyed their family. Mrs. Miller's honest account of dealing with a therapist who wasn't right for the Millers' situation, of having her children genuine desire to want to continue as Scouts despite everything, of questions regarding the Millers' most private moments make this a book that people will want to read as what happened to the Millers could happen to anyone, anytime, anywhere. This account will touch the readers' hearts. It reminds us to live each day to the fullest.