Craig McLaughlin is an amazing storyteller with amazing stories to tell--stories about childhood illness, family dysfunction, exotic animals, HIV, cancer, and parenting. And he tells them all with incredible courage and honesty. The essays in this collection, each one designed to be told in ten to fifteen minutes, serve as templates for his live performances, but by assembling them in one place, he has created a memoir full of wit, wisdom and compassion. Story subjects include: Being trapped in a pickup cab with an out-of ...
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Craig McLaughlin is an amazing storyteller with amazing stories to tell--stories about childhood illness, family dysfunction, exotic animals, HIV, cancer, and parenting. And he tells them all with incredible courage and honesty. The essays in this collection, each one designed to be told in ten to fifteen minutes, serve as templates for his live performances, but by assembling them in one place, he has created a memoir full of wit, wisdom and compassion. Story subjects include: Being trapped in a pickup cab with an out-of-control chimpanzee. Waking to find a jaguar slobbering over his ankle. Dreaming of a demon that forced him to confront his own death. Raising a daughter when both he and his wife were expected to die. Gearing up for a gun battle with the Hells Angels. Comforting the man his mother and stepfather kidnapped. The book also contains a discussion of the wildly popular form of personal storytelling and includes an essay on "Ten Tips for Storytellers."
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