Book description
'The message is consistent: it's not what you do in life, but how you
do it. Notice everything. Always be open to new ideas, new
experiences. Alda is chatty, easygoing and humble ... His words of
inspiration would be a perfect gift.'
Publishers Weekly
Acclaimed actor and internationally bestselling author Alan Alda has
written a shrewd and funny account of some impossible questions he's
asked himself over the years: what do I value? What, exactly, is the
good life? (And what does that even mean?)
Here, Alda listens in on things he's heard himself saying at
critical points in his life - from the turbulence of the 60s, to his
first Broadway show, to the birth of his children, and to the ache of
September 11. He notices that 'doorways are where the truth is told',
and wonders what one thing - art, activism, family, money, fame -
could lead to a 'life of meaning'.
In a book that is candid, wise and as questioning as it is incisive,
Alda amuses and moves us with his uniquely witty meditations on
questions great and small.
Alan Alda played 'Hawkeye' Pierce for eleven years in the television
series
M*A*S*H
and has acted in, written, and directed many feature films. He has
starred often on Broadway and his avid interest in science has led to
his hosting PBS's
Scientific American Frontiers
for eleven years. He was nominated for an Academy Award in 2005 and has
been nominated for thirty EMMY awards. He is married to children's book
author/photographer, Arlene Alda. They have three grown children and
seven grandchildren.
