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Joyride.
From the beloved New Yorker writer Susan Orlean comes a masterful memoir of finding her creative calling and purpose, that invites us to approach life with wonder, curiosity, and an irrepressible sense of delight. From the author of 'The Library Book' and 'On Animals'. Goodreads Giveaway.
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- ISBN: 9781982135164
- Physical Description: 336 pages ; 2 x 15 cm
- Publisher: Canada : Avid Reader / Simon & Schuster, 2025.
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| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | Library Bound Incorporated |
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| Subject: | BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Editors, Journalists, Publishers BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Writing / Nonfiction (incl. Memoirs) |
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From the beloved New Yorker writer Susan Orlean, New York Times bestselling author of The Orchid Thief and The Library Book and hailed as âa national treasureâ by The Washington Post, Joyride is a masterful memoir of finding her creative calling and purpose that invites us to approach life with wonder, curiosity, and an irrepressible sense of delight.
âThe story of my life is the story of my stories,â writes Susan Orlean in this extraordinary, era-defining memoir from one of the greatest practitioners of narrative nonfiction of our time. Joyride is a magic carpet ride through Orleanâs life and career, where every day is an opportunity for discovery and every moment holds the potential for wonder. Throughout her storied career, her curiosity draws her to explore the most ordinary and extraordinary of places, from going deep inside the head of a regular ten-year-old boy for a legendary profile (âThe American Man Age Tenâ) to reporting on a woman who owns twenty-seven tigers, from capturing the routine magic of Saturday night to climbing Mt. Fuji.
Not only does Orleanâs account of a writing life offer a trove of indispensable gleanings for writers, itâs also an essential and practical guide to embracing any creative path. She takes us through her process of dreaming up ideas, managing deadlines, connecting with sources, chasing every possible lead, confronting writerâs block and self-doubt, and crafting the perfect ledeâa Susan specialty.
While Orlean has always written her way into other peopleâs lives in order to understand the human experience, Joyride is her most personal book everâa searching journey through finding her feet as a journalist, recovering from the excruciating collapse of her first marriage, falling head-over-heels in love again, becoming a mother while mourning the decline of her own mother, sojourning to Hollywood for films based on her work including Adaptation and Blue Crush, and confronting mortality. Joyride is also a time machine to a bygone era of journalism, from Orleanâs bright start in the golden age of alt-weeklies to her career-making days working alongside icons such as Robert Gottlieb, Tina Brown, David Remnick, Anna Wintour, Sonny Mehta, and Jonathan Karpâforces who shaped the media industry as we know it today.
Infused with Orleanâs signature warmth and wit, Joyride is a must-read for anyone who hungers to start, build, and sustain a creative life. Orlean inspires us to seek out daily inspiration and rediscover the marvels that surround us.
