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Things I overheard while talking to myself / Alan Alda.
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- ISBN: 9781400066179 (hc)
- Physical Description: 209 p.
- Publisher: New York : Random House, c2007.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Stroud Branch | 792.028092 Alda | 31681001814250 | NONFIC | Checked out | 08/12/2025 |
- Baker & Taylor
The popular actor and author ofNever 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. - Baker & Taylor
The popular actor 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?" - Random House, Inc.
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 heâs 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 offâhaving been saved by emergency surgery after nearly dying on a mountaintop in ChileâAlda 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 heâs heard himself saying in private and in public at critical points in his lifeâfrom 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 âdoorways are where the truth is told,â and wonders if thereâs one thingâart, activism, family, money, fameâthat could lead to a âlife 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.
