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It's Only Temporary: The Good News and the Bad News of Being Alive by Handler
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Publication Date
- 2008-05-01
- Pages
- 223
- ISBN
- 9781594489952
- Book Title
- It's only Temporary : the Good News and the Bad News of Being Alive
- Item Length
- 9.3in
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Publication Year
- 2008
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Health & Fitness
- Topic
- Diseases / Cancer, Personal Memoirs, Entertainment & Performing Arts
- Item Width
- 6.3in
- Item Weight
- 14.7 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 240 Pages
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A provocative, funny, and whip- smart memoir of how one man learned to find joy in his own life after years of hand-to-hand combat with death. Actor and author Evan Handleras new book, Itas Only Temporary, is both a deeply personal memoir and a series of meditations on life, love, faith, gratitude, and mortality. In closely examining his own triumphs, mistakes, and less-than-ideal relationships since his miraculous recovery from a supposedly incurable leukemia more than twenty years ago, Handler zeroes in on the most profound question facing every human being: How can a person live well with the knowledge that time is limited? In doing so, Handler has created a poignant and wildly funny rumination on the ironies of human existence. Structured as a collection of incisive and probing autobiographical stories, Itas Only Temporary is a startlingly candid portrait of one manas struggle to find love and happiness within a life he knows heas lucky just to have. By turns hilarious and heart-wrenching, blunt and shocking, Handleras defiantly unconventional memoir ultimately succeeds as both a stirring love story and a classic coming-of-age tale. Itas Only Temporary celebrates the transformation from boy to manaeven if it took Handler more than forty years to get there.
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Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1594489955
ISBN-13
9781594489952
eBay Product ID (ePID)
64351543
Product Key Features
Book Title
It's only Temporary : the Good News and the Bad News of Being Alive
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Diseases / Cancer, Personal Memoirs, Entertainment & Performing Arts
Publication Year
2008
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Health & Fitness
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.3in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
6.3in
Item Weight
14.7 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Rc643.H285 2008
Grade from
Twelfth Grade
Grade to
Up
Reviews
“In It's Only Temporary , Evan Handler confronts the ambiguities of life backward, forward, and in between. With hilarious honesty he reflects on the realization that we can start over again. It's Only Temporary is a heartfelt book for all of us who are getting younger and older at the same time.â€� —Amy Tan, author of The Joy Luck Club, The Bonesetter’s Daughter, and The Kitchen God’s Wife “In a series of wonderful essays, Evan Handler gives himself up to us - warts and all. To our amusement and bemusement we share in his emotional growth as he struggles to mature. I not only laughed along with him but felt that I too had grown a little along the way. Who could ask for more?â€� —Lewis Black, comedian, Daily Show correspondent, and author of Nothing's Sacred “Evan Handler's new book is simply wonderful. He pulls you inside his life, and you come out his very close friend.â€� —Neil Simon, Pulitzer Prize winning playwright/screenwriter of Lost In Yonkers, The Odd Couple, Brighton Beach Memoirs , and The Goodbye Girl “Evan Handler is a man who’s looked into the abyss and laughed. His book, It’s Only Temporary , made me laugh along with him. He covers love, lust, showbiz, triumph, and despair – and he manages to be both funny and inspiring about all of it. It’s an important book that I think can help to spread goodness around the world. Something we desperately need.â€� —Lance Armstrong, seven time Tour de France Champion; Founder, The Lance Armstrong Foundation “Evan Handler is not only a fine actor, he’s a damn good writer. It’s Only Temporary is wise and funny and as righteously indignant as it is endearingly self-effacing. In what may be a literary first, the book actually left me wanting more.â€� —Meghan Daum, author of My Misspent Youth and The Quality of Life Report “Evan Handler's unsparingly honest stories about life, love, and his own shortcomings are hilarious to read and oh, so easy (and fun!) to relate to. By the end you will be left with the surprising but unmistakable feelings of hope and redemption. It’s Only Temporary is truly an inspiration, particularly for anyone who's out there looking for love.â€� —Liz Tuccillo, co-author of He’s Just Not That Into You “Change is good - that’s the credo Evan Handler reinvigorates with the hard won wisdom of this hard luck story. Handler’s prose style is disarmingly funny and smoothly conversational. He writes like a guy who's just happy to be here, and a little pissed off at you if you're not. As he has worked hard to shape himself into a good actor, life has shaped him into a good man. The cover photo is worth the price alone.â€� —David Duchovny, actor, director, screenwriter, In It's Only Temporary, Evan Handler confronts the ambiguities of life backward, forward, and in between. With hilarious honesty he reflects on the realization that we can start over again. It's Only Temporaryis a heartfelt book for all of us who are getting younger and older at the same time.” —Amy Tan, author of The Joy Luck Club, The Bonesetter’s Daughter,and The Kitchen God’s Wife In a series of wonderful essays, Evan Handler gives himself up to us - warts and all. To our amusement and bemusement we share in his emotional growth as he struggles to mature. I not only laughed along with him but felt that I too had grown a little along the way. Who could ask for more?” —Lewis Black, comedian, Daily Showcorrespondent, and author of Nothing's Sacred Evan Handler's new book is simply wonderful. He pulls you inside his life, and you come out his very close friend.” —Neil Simon, Pulitzer Prize winning playwright/screenwriter of Lost In Yonkers, The Odd Couple, Brighton Beach Memoirs, and The Goodbye Girl Evan Handler is a man who’s looked into the abyss and laughed. His book, It’s Only Temporary, made me laugh along with him. He covers love, lust, showbiz, triumph, and despair – and he manages to be both funny and inspiring about all of it. It’s an important book that I think can help to spread goodness around the world. Something we desperately need.” —Lance Armstrong, seven time Tour de France Champion; Founder, The Lance Armstrong Foundation Evan Handler is not only a fine actor, he’s a damn good writer. It’s Only Temporaryis wise and funny and as righteously indignant as it is endearingly self-effacing. In what may be a literary first, the book actually left me wanting more.” —Meghan Daum, author of My Misspent Youthand The Quality of Life Report Evan Handler's unsparingly honest stories about life, love, and his own shortcomings are hilarious to read and oh, so easy (and fun!) to relate to. By the end you will be left with the surprising but unmistakable feelings of hope and redemption. It’s Only Temporaryis truly an inspiration, particularly for anyone who's out there looking for love.” —Liz Tuccillo, co-author of He’s Just Not That Into You Change is good - that’s the credo Evan Handler reinvigorates with the hard won wisdom of this hard luck story. Handler’s prose style is disarmingly funny and smoothly conversational. He writes like a guy who's just happy to be here, and a little pissed off at you if you're not. As he has worked hard to shape himself into a good actor, life has shaped him into a good man. The cover photo is worth the price alone.” —David Duchovny, actor, director, screenwriter, In It's Only Temporary, Evan Handler confronts the ambiguities of life backward, forward, and in between. With hilarious honesty he reflects on the realization that we can start over again. It's Only Temporaryis a heartfelt book for all of us who are getting younger and older at the same time.” —Amy Tan, author of The Joy Luck Club, The Bonesetter’s Daughter,and The Kitchen God’s Wife In a series of wonderful essays, Evan Handler gives himself up to us - warts and all. To our amusement and bemusement we share in his emotional growth as he struggles to mature. I not only laughed along with him but felt that I too had grown a little along the way. Who could ask for more?” —Lewis Black, comedian, Daily Showcorrespondent, and author of Nothing's Sacred Evan Handler's new book is simply wonderful. He pulls you inside his life, and you come out his very close friend.” —Neil Simon, Pulitzer Prize winning playwright/screenwriter of Lost In Yonkers, The Odd Couple, Brighton Beach Memoirs, and The Goodbye Girl Evan Handler is a man who’s looked into the abyss and laughed. His book, It’s Only Temporary, made me laugh along with him. He covers love, lust, showbiz, triumph, and despair – and he manages to be both funny and inspiring about all of it. It’s an important book that I think can help to spread goodness around the world. Something we desperately need.” —Lance Armstrong, seven time Tour de France Champion; Founder, The Lance Armstrong Foundation Evan Handler is not only a fine actor, he’s a damn good writer. It’s Only Temporaryis wise and funny and as righteously indignant as it is endearingly self-effacing. In what may be a literary first, the book actually left me wanting more.” —Meghan Daum, author of My Misspent Youthand The Quality of Life Report Evan Handler's unsparingly honest stories about life, love, and his own shortcomings are hilarious to read and oh, so easy (and fun!) to relate to. By the end you will be left with the surprising but unmistakable feelings of hope and redemption. It’s Only Temporaryis truly an inspiration, particularly for anyone who's out there looking for love.” —Liz Tuccillo, co-author of He’s Just Not That Into You Change is good - that’s the credo Evan Handler reinvigorates with the hard won wisdom of this hard luck story. Handler’s prose style is disarmingly funny and smoothly conversational. He writes like a guy who's just happy to be here, and a little pissed off at you if you're not. As he has worked hard to shape himself into a good actor, life has shaped him into a good man. The cover photo is worth the price alone.” —David Duchovny, actor, director, screenwriter
Copyright Date
2008
Lccn
2008-005404
Dewey Decimal
362.196/994190092 B
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
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