Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself - Hardcover

Alda, Alan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1400066174 ISBN 13: 9781400066179

Publisher: Random House Inc, 2007

Synopsis

The popular actor and author of Never Have Your Dog Stuffed looks back to reassess the meaning of his own life and the paths he has taken, from the turbulent 1960s to the tragedy of September 11, and to answer such questions as "What do I value?" and "What, exactly, is the good life?" as reflected in such areas as art, family, money, fame, and activism. 175,000 first printing.

About this title

Book Description:

From the bestselling author of NEVER HAVE YOUR DOG STUFFED comes a book that is candid, wise and as questioning as it is incisive. Alan Alda amuses and moves us with his uniquely witty meditations on questions great and small.

From the Back Cover:

'The message is consistent: It's 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 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, 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 this edition

• Publisher: Random House Inc
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1400066174
• ISBN 13: 9781400066179
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 209