{"product_id":"things-i-overheard-while-talking-to-myself","title":"Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn insightful and funny look at some of the impossible questions Alan Alda has asked  himself over the years: What do I value? What, exactly, is the good life? (And what  does that even mean?)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Picking up where his bestselling memoir left off–having been  saved by emergency surgery after nearly dying on a mountaintop in Chile–Alda finds  himself not only glad to be alive but searching for a way to squeeze the most juice  out of his new life. Looking for a sense of meaning that would make this extra time  count, he listens in on things he’s heard himself saying in private and in public  at critical points in his life–from the turbulence of the sixties, to his first Broadway  show, to the birth of his children, to the ache of September 11, and beyond. Reflecting  on the transitions in his life and in all our lives, he notices that “doorways are  where the truth is told,” and wonders if there’s one thing–art, activism, family,  money, fame–that could lead to a “life of meaning.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In a book that is candid, wise,  and as questioning as it is incisive, Alda amuses and moves us with his unique and  hilarious meditations on questions great and small. \u003ci\u003eThings I Overheard While Talking  to Myself \u003c\/i\u003eis another superb Alan Alda performance, as inspiring and entertaining  as the man himself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThings I Overheard While Talking to Myself\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Engagingly thoughtful and thought-provoking . . . [Alan Alda] candidly shares many stories of his life, so easily and wittily you can hear him speak as you read.”\u003cbr\u003e–\u003ci\u003eSydney Sun Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Alda is chatty, easygoing and humble, rather like a Mr. Rogers for grownups. His words of inspiration would be a perfect gift for a college grad or for anyone facing major life changes.”\u003cbr\u003e–\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Smart, engaged, funny and observant.”\u003cbr\u003e–\u003ci\u003eSan Antonio Express-News\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51305128034592,"sku":"9780812977523","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0836\/3661\/7504\/files\/9780812977523.jpg?v=1772751259","url":"https:\/\/creativebysanchez.com\/products\/things-i-overheard-while-talking-to-myself","provider":"Creative By Sanchez","version":"1.0","type":"link"}