Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself
by Alan Alda
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Author: Alan AldaEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-09-09
ISBN: 0812977521
Number of pages: 256
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
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Book Review: how to live, by someone who knows what he's talking about
Summary: 5 Stars
If anyone could ever be called a national treasure, I believe that it is Alan Alda who deserves the title. His second book, in which he reviews, analyzes and comments upon the speeches he's made, is a brilliant mixture of memoir, effective speaking how-to, philosophy, and academia. Being a writer and actor has allowed Alda to become both an expert on and an enthusiast of humanity and life. His book is not only deeply thought-provoking, enlightening, and heartening, but also full of truth (which is not the same thing as honesty). This is a book of the most brilliant, important advice for living. When I read a book, I like to dog-ear passages I like; looks like the whole thing is dog-eared. A brilliant, wonderful book on how to be a human being, reminds me of a philosophic Bill Bryson, and discusses the meaning of science, of work, of art, and even contains the meaning of life. And he's got it exactly right. Grade: A+
Summary of Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself
Picking up where his bestselling memoir Never Have Your Dog Stuffed left off?having been saved by emergency surgery after nearly dying on a mountaintop in Chile?beloved actor and acclaimed author Alan Alda offers an insightful and funny look at some impossible questions he?s asked himself over the years: What do I value? What, exactly, is the good life? (And what does that even mean?) Here, Alda listens in on things he?s heard himself saying at critical points in his life?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 ?doorways are where the truth is told,? and wonders if there?s one thing?art, activism, family, money, fame?that could lead to a ?life of meaning.? In a book that is candid, wise, and as questioning as it is incisive, Alda amuses and moves us with his uniquely hilarious meditations on questions great and small.Praise for Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself
?Engagingly thoughtful and thought-provoking . . . [Alan Alda] candidly shares many stories of his life, so easily and wittily you can hear him speak as you read.?
?Sydney Sun Herald
?Alda is chatty, easygoing and humble, rather like a Mr. Rogers for grownups. His words of inspiration would be a perfect gift for a college grad or for anyone facing major life changes.?
?Publishers Weekly (starred review)
?Smart, engaged, funny and observant.?
?San Antonio Express-News
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