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Life's That Way : A Memoir by Jim Beaver (2009, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100399155643
ISBN-139780399155642
eBay Product ID (ePID)71724330
Product Key Features
Book TitleLife's That Way : a Memoir
Number of Pages320 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2009
TopicPersonal Memoirs, Entertainment & Performing Arts
IllustratorYes
GenreBiography & Autobiography
AuthorJim Beaver
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight17.8 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2008-054497
Dewey Edition22
ReviewsTo have known and read this man over these years, reveals to me I knew nothing of what love could and should be. Edward Asner. When this journal first appeared, I learned to keep a jumbo-size box of tissues at the ready. You will cry and laugh as Jim unwraps his unvarnished heart and soul. It will evoke memories of everyone who ever touched your heart and remind you to talk from your heart to the people who mean something to you. Russell Friedman, coauthor of The Grief Recovery Handbookand When Children Grieve"Jim Beaver, the laconic character actor best known as the appealing prospector, Ellsworth, on Deadwoodhas written a compassionate, funny, searing, and ultimately transcending memoir chronicling a year of tragedy, grief, and survival that would send the strongest of men, even an ex-marine and West Texas preacher's son, to their knees. As Jim puts it, I'm no Job though I think we went to the same school. That his story is so compulsively readable, inspiring, and ultimately hopeful is due entirely to Jim's bracing honesty, dry humor, and deeply felt humanity. Read this book, tell your friends about it, and then go hug your loved ones. Robert Schenkkan, Pulitzer Prize winner for The Kentucky Cycle., Jim Beaver, the laconic character actor best known as the appealing prospector, Ellsworth,” on Deadwoodhas written a compassionate, funny, searing, and ultimately transcending memoir chronicling a year of tragedy, grief, and survival that would send the strongest of men, even an ex-marine and West Texas preacher’s son, to their knees. As Jim puts it, I’m no Job – though I think we went to the same school.” That his story is so compulsively readable, inspiring, and ultimately hopeful is due entirely to Jim’s bracing honesty, dry humor, and deeply felt humanity. Read this book, tell your friends about it, and then go hug your loved ones.” — Robert Schenkkan, Pulitzer prize winner for The Kentucky Cyle.|9780399155642|, "To have known and read this man over these years, reveals to me I knew nothing of what love could and should be." -Edward Asner "When this journal first appeared, I learned to keep a jumbo-size box of tissues at the ready. You will cry- and laugh-as Jim unwraps his unvarnished heart and soul. It will evoke memories of everyone who ever touched your heart and remind you to talk from your heart to the people who mean something to you." -Russell Friedman, coauthor of The Grief Recovery Handbook and When Children Grieve "Jim Beaver, the laconic character actor best known as the appealing prospector, "Ellsworth," on Deadwood has written a compassionate, funny, searing, and ultimately transcending memoir chronicling a year of tragedy, grief, and survival that would send the strongest of men, even an ex-marine and West Texas preacher's son, to their knees. As Jim puts it, "I'm no Job - though I think we went to the same school." That his story is so compulsively readable, inspiring, and ultimately hopeful is due entirely to Jim's bracing honesty, dry humor, and deeply felt humanity. Read this book, tell your friends about it, and then go hug your loved ones." - Robert Schenkkan, Pulitzer Prize winner for The Kentucky Cycle ., "To have known and read this man over these years, reveals to me I knew nothing of what love could and should be." -Edward Asner "When this journal first appeared, I learned to keep a jumbo-size box of tissues at the ready. You will cry- and laugh-as Jim unwraps his unvarnished heart and soul. It will evoke memories of everyone who ever touched your heart and remind you to talk from your heart to the people who mean something to you." -Russell Friedman, coauthor of The Grief Recovery Handbookand When Children Grieve "Jim Beaver, the laconic character actor best known as the appealing prospector, "Ellsworth," on Deadwoodhas written a compassionate, funny, searing, and ultimately transcending memoir chronicling a year of tragedy, grief, and survival that would send the strongest of men, even an ex-marine and West Texas preacher's son, to their knees. As Jim puts it, "I'm no Job - though I think we went to the same school." That his story is so compulsively readable, inspiring, and ultimately hopeful is due entirely to Jim's bracing honesty, dry humor, and deeply felt humanity. Read this book, tell your friends about it, and then go hug your loved ones." - Robert Schenkkan, Pulitzer Prize winner for The Kentucky Cycle.
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
Dewey Decimal792.02/8092
Grade ToUP
SynopsisA special book about the end of one life and the beginning of another. Life’s That Wayis a modern-day Book of Job. In August 2003, Jim Beaver, a character actor whom many know from the popular HBO series Deadwood, and his wife Cecily learned what they thought was the worst news possible— their daughter Maddie was autistic. Then six weeks later the roof fell in—Cecily was diagnosed with stage-four lung cancer. Jim immediately began writing a nightly e-mail as a way to keep more than one hundred family and friends up to date about Cecily’s condition. Soon four thousand people a day, from all around the world, were receiving them. Initially a cathartic exercise for Jim, the prose turned into an unforgettable journey for his readers. Cecily died four months after being diagnosed, but Jim continued the e-mails for a year after her diagnosis, revealing how he and Maddie coped with Cecily’s death and how they managed to move forward. Life’s That Wayis a compilation of those nightly e-mails. Jim’s experience is universal for anybody who has lost a loved one. But Life’s That Wayis not solely about loss. It is an immediate, day-by-day account of living through a nightmare but also of discovering the joy of a child, of being on the receiving end of unthinkable kindness, and of learning to navigate life anew. As Jim says, these are hard-won blessings. But then again, life’s that way., Beaver, a character actor, and his wife Cecily not only learned that their daughter was autistic but also that Cecily suffered from lung cancer. Beaver began sending e-mails to family and friends regarding Cecily's condition; this work is a compilation of those nightly e-mails.
LC Classification NumberPN2287.B3945L43 2009
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