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Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself

Hardback (04 Oct 2007)

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Publisher's Synopsis

The message is consistent: its not what you do in life, but how you do it. Notice everything. Always be open to new ideas, new experiences. Alda is chatty, easygoing and humble His words of inspiration would be a perfect gift. Publishers Weekly Acclaimed actor and internationally bestselling author Alan Alda has written a shrewd and funny account of some impossible questions hes 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 hes heard himself saying at critical points in his life from the turbulence of the 60s, to his first Broadway show, to the birth of his children, and to the ache of September 11. He notices that doorways are where the truth is told, and wonders what one thing art, activism, family, money, fame 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 witty meditations on questions great and small.

About the Publisher

Hutchinson

Founded in 1887 by George Hutchinson with capital of three thousand pounds, Hutchinson opened for business in the basement of 25 Paternostor Row, near St Paul's Cathedral. It is the home of fiction that you have to press into the hands of your friends and non-fiction that is entertaining and erudite. We publish bestsellers, Helen Dunmore, Sebastian Faulks, Robert Harris, Douglas Kennedy and Ruth Rendell, book club favourites, Aimee Bender, Anna Quindlen. We are committed to discovering new talent that combine a distinctive voice with great storytelling skills and recent acquisitions include Bonnie Nadzam, longlisted for the Women's Prize, New York Times bestsellers, Sloane Crosley, Ayana Mathis, Marisha Pessl and Amor Towles.

Book information

ISBN: 9780091921026
Publisher: Random House
Imprint: Hutchinson
Pub date:
DEWEY: 792.028092
DEWEY edition: 22
Number of pages: 209
Weight: 436g
Height: 243mm
Width: 161mm
Spine width: 21mm