Patterson recounts turning points and life-shaping lessons in short, riveting bursts that inform, entertain, and satisfy-then propel you into the next story. I love the pithy, bright anecdotes, and at times his poignant narrative will bring you to tears.'- New York Times bestselling author Patricia Cornwell James Patterson By James Patterson brings to mind Hemingway's A Moveable Feast. 'One of the greatest storytellers of all time, Patterson has led an amazing life. If you are among the many millions of us who enjoy reading Patterson's books, or if you haven't discovered him yet, you'll love reading this one too.'- Hillary Rodham Clinton The master storyteller of our times takes us on a funny, poignant, and ultimately triumphant journey through his own life. 'I felt I was interviewing James Patterson under the highest permissible dose of sodium pentothal, the truth serum, for hours-and he spilled the whole story of his truly astonishing life and experiences and the absolute unlikelihood that he would become the best-selling fiction author of all time.'- Bob Woodward As he says, 'I'm still working on that one.' James Patterson by James Patterson is the most anticipated memoir of 2022. How did a boy from small-town New York become the world's most successful writer? How does he do it? He has always wanted to write the kind of novel that would be read and reread so many times that the binding breaks and the book literally falls apart. Three American presidents have invited him to golf with them. Dolly Parton once sang 'Happy Birthday' to James over the phone. He once watched James Baldwin and Norman Mailer square off to trade punches at a party.

While he toiled in advertising hell, James wrote the ad jingle line 'I'm a Toys 'R' Us Kid.' He worked at a mental hospital in Massachusetts, where he met the singer James Taylor and the poet Robert Lowell. Book Synopsis How did a kid whose dad lived in the poorhouse become the most successful storyteller in the world? - On the morning he was born, he nearly died.

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