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The Moth

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By Catherine Burns

Publisher Description

In The Tradition Of Book Anthologies Created From Public Radio Programs Such As Storycorps And This I Believe, The Moth Collects The Best Storytelling Moments--most In Print Here For The Very First Time--straight From Their Archive Of More Than 3000 Shows Since The First Moth Evening In 1997. From James Braly's Struggling With What To Do When His Three-year-old Son Wants A Pink Bicycle To Dr. George Lombardi's Flying To India To Save Mother Theresa's Life, From Former U.s. Press Secretary Joe Lockhart's Oversleeping After A Long Night In A Moscow Bar And Missing Air Force One On His First International Trip, To Ed Gavagan's Surviving Being Stabbed By A Gang And Then Testifying At Their Trial, These 40 Stories Range From Sublime To Heartbreaking To Hilarious, And This Collection Will Feature The Very Best. Backed By The Moth's Own Efforts And Their Expanding Syndication And Live Event Efforts In 2012-2013, This Book Will Be An Important And Cherished Read For Existing Fans Of The Program, Literary Fans Of Some Of The Featured Storytellers, And Oral History Buffs Coast-to-coast--

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105 Reviews

4.0

Susan

Created 4 months ago

“Enjoyed this book reading about peoples' life experiences”

madh

Created 6 months ago

Kiera

Created 9 months ago

Fast-paced Comical Heartbreaking Thought-provoking Beautifully-written

Eileen

Created 11 months ago

“I really enjoyed this book. I don't really listen to the podcast so I hadn't heard most of these stories. Even though they are based on live performances, they don't read like transcriptions for the most part; the editors did a good job turning them into essays. I went back and listened to the podcast version of one of them (Joyce Maynard's "One Good Man") and found that the audio recording was slightly different, which I think is a good thing as it can be difficult to read a direct transcription of an audio performance. Some of these stories are horrifying and haunting, some simply heartbreaking. Many of them will stay with me for a while. I'm going to start listening to the podcast, although I do enjoy reading the stories as essays. There is a new book coming out and I already pre-ordered it.”

maryyy

Created about 1 year ago