Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself

Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself

On the heels of his acclaimed memoir, Never Have Your Dog Stuffed, beloved actor and bestselling author Alan Alda has written Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself, an insightful and funny look at some of the impossible questions heâ€™s asked himself over the years: What do I value? What, exactly, is the good life? (And what does that even mean?)
Picking up where his bestselling memoir left offâ€“having been saved by emergency surgery after nearly dying on a mountaintop in Chileâ€“Alda finds himself not only glad to be alive but searching for a way to squeeze the most juice out of his new life. Looking for a sense of meaning that would make this extra time count, he listens in on things heâ€™s heard himself saying in private and in public at critical points in his lifeâ€“from the turbulence of the sixties, to his first Broadway show, to the birth of his children, to the ache of September 11, and beyond. Reflecting on the transitions in his life and in all our lives, he notices that â€œdoorways are where the truth is told,â€ and wonders if thereâ€™s one thingâ€“art, activism, family, money, fameâ€“that could lead to a â€œlife of meaning.â€
In a book that is candid, wise, and as questioning as it is incisive, Alda amuses and moves us with his unique and hilarious meditations on questions great and small. Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself is another superb Alan Alda performance, as inspiring and entertaining as the man himself.
Country USA
Brand Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer Random House
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2007-09-04
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781400066179

Country	USA
Brand	Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer	Random House
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2007-09-04
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781400066179

Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself

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