The Book of Myself: A Do-It-Yourself Autobiography in 201 Questions

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Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 306 Format: Bargain Price Label: Hyperion Manufacturer: Hyperion Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 208 Publication Date: 2007-01-09 Publisher: Hyperion Studio: Hyperion
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Editorial Reviews: Strong is the urge to write one's life story as a keepsake for oneself and one's family. The difficulty is knowing where to start, and then where to go from there. Carl and David Marshall, a grandfather-grandson team, have created a fine and fun do-it-yourself autobiography. The cover of the journal-sized Book of Myself is intended to resemble handmade paper; the inside pages have the yellowed hue of a keepsake found in a musty attic trunk. The book is not especially pretty. But the questions--one per page, divided into early, middle, and late years, and then again into sections concerning family, friends, education, work and responsibilities, and the world--are good enough that it hardly matters. Among the 201 jumping-off points included here are questions concerning childhood toys, crushes, and forbidden exploits; adult embarrassments, betrayals, and achievements; and how one's views change over the years. --Jane Steinberg