From the author of the phenomenally bestselling novel The Summer Remains and the phenomenally unsuccessful flop Blue comes a new essay collection that is as heartfelt and hilarious as it is personal and revealing.
By the age of twenty-seven, Seth King had lived through an upbringing alongside seventeen adopted siblings, survived a career as a child actor without melting down, and finally become a bestselling author of novels like Honesty. But really, his story was only beginning.
In his first memoir, Brave (And Other Things I’ll Never Be), King recounts his journeys to a dozen countries across the globe to adopt his siblings, his bizarre days on the Disney lot alongside the likes of Michael Jackson and Miley Cyrus, and a life-shaking descent into depression and addiction after a ruinous breakup at the height of his writing career. (So maybe that meltdown is still on the way.) If you thought you knew him before, be prepared to think again.
Also includes never-before-asked-for advice on how to handle online dating debacles, how to deal with Internet trolls (hint: back away slowly), how to be brave and demand a seat at the table when the world just wants to shut you up, and what to do when a Russian government official tries to take you hostage on an adoption mission gone wrong (hint: run).
“Seth King is the voice of a new generation of authors.” – Prominent book review site
“Seth King is annoying and needs to go away.” – Anonymous Amazon commenter
“Who’s that? You mean he isn’t the guy who wrote Carrie?” – Everyone else in the world, probably
By the age of twenty-seven, Seth King had lived through an upbringing alongside seventeen adopted siblings, survived a career as a child actor without melting down, and finally become a bestselling author of novels like Honesty. But really, his story was only beginning.
In his first memoir, Brave (And Other Things I’ll Never Be), King recounts his journeys to a dozen countries across the globe to adopt his siblings, his bizarre days on the Disney lot alongside the likes of Michael Jackson and Miley Cyrus, and a life-shaking descent into depression and addiction after a ruinous breakup at the height of his writing career. (So maybe that meltdown is still on the way.) If you thought you knew him before, be prepared to think again.
Also includes never-before-asked-for advice on how to handle online dating debacles, how to deal with Internet trolls (hint: back away slowly), how to be brave and demand a seat at the table when the world just wants to shut you up, and what to do when a Russian government official tries to take you hostage on an adoption mission gone wrong (hint: run).
“Seth King is the voice of a new generation of authors.” – Prominent book review site
“Seth King is annoying and needs to go away.” – Anonymous Amazon commenter
“Who’s that? You mean he isn’t the guy who wrote Carrie?” – Everyone else in the world, probably
