Hardcover: 205 pages
Publisher: Hyperion; Revised edition January 9, 2007
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1401303099
ISBN-13: 978-1401303099
Product Dimensions:
8.3 x 5.7 x 0.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
Product Review
Strong is the urge to write one's life story as a keepsake for oneself and one's family. The difficulty is knowing where to start, and then where to go from there. Carl and David Marshall, a grandfather-grandson team, have created a fine and fun do-it-yourself autobiography. The cover of the journal-sized Book of Myself is intended to resemble handmade paper; the inside pages have the yellowed hue of a keepsake found in a musty attic trunk. The book is not especially pretty. But the questions--one per page, divided into early, middle, and late years, and then again into sections concerning family, friends, education, work and responsibilities, and the world--are good enough that it hardly matters. Among the 201 jumping-off points included here are questions concerning childhood toys, crushes, and forbidden exploits; adult embarrassments, betrayals, and achievements; and how one's views change over the years. --Jane Steinberg
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Book Description
More than 250,000 copies sold! An even easier to use, revised edition of the popular do-it-yourself memoir A lot has happened in the decade since grandfather-and-grandson team Carl and David Marshall fi rst published The Book of Myself. The American family, which was then undergoing vast changes, has only changed more. Intended as a keepsake memoir to be passed down from generation to generation, this book of questions -- which has already sold more than a quarter of a million copies -- has now been updated to reflect those changes. Though still organized by Early, Middle, and Later Years, the 201 questions have been reordered to start with more objective, easy-to-answer prompts before moving to reflective queries, followed by deeper interpretive questions.
With a homespun yet elegant design and colored ink throughout, this new edition of The Book of Myself is the perfect way to record the turning points and everyday recollections of a lifetime and share them with future generations.
