James Patterson by James Patterson
By James Patterson
- Release Date: 2022-06-06
- Genre: Biographies & Memoirs
Description
How did a kid whose dad lived in the poorhouse become the most successful storyteller in the world? This "fizzing, funny, often deeply moving" (Daily Mail) #1 New York Times bestselling memoir is “damn near addictive. I loved it . . . that Patterson guy can write!” (Ron Howard)
On the morning he was born, he nearly died. His dad grew up in the Pogey– the Newburgh, New York, poorhouse. He worked at a mental hospital in Massachusetts, where he met the singer James Taylor and the poet Robert Lowell. While he toiled in advertising hell, James wrote the ad jingle line “I’m a Toys ‘R’ Us Kid.” He once watched James Baldwin and Norman Mailer square off to trade punches at a party. He’s only been in love twice. Both times are amazing. Dolly Parton once sang “Happy Birthday” to James over the phone. She calls him J.J., for Jimmy James. How did a boy from small-town New York become the world’s most successful writer? How does he do it? He has always wanted to write the kind of novel that would be read and reread so many times that the binding breaks and the book literally falls apart. As he says, “I’m still working on that one.”
Reviews
James Patterson by James Patterson
3By TrichinOkFun read
5By DullamSo cool to read his stories about his life.I felt like a was sitting in the room with him…
5By Jyates5575I feel like I have a new old friend! My favorite line from the book is “If she ever leaves me, I am going with her.” I loved the fact, that just when he was naming all the people he knows that have influenced his life (usually the last chapter of a book) he gave me more! Patterson is so right about getting the literacy levels up IS how we can save our future!James Patterson by James Paterson
5By CheckeredbandanaHuge fan of James Patterson and his books. This book just made me happy!