A Paper Orchestra
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5.0 • 1 Rating
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- $15.99
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- $15.99
Publisher Description
In his debut collection of personal essays, Emmy-nominated screenwriter Michael Jamin (King of the Hill, Just Shoot Me, Beavis and Butt-Head, Wilfred, Maron, Rules of Engagement, Tacoma FD) recounts the true stories of a sensitive, anxious man searching for the things that are most important: identity, love, forgiveness, and redemption.
A cross between David Sedaris and Neil Simon, Michael discovers his unlikeliest moments of growth: he fakes his way onto a college-football team to experience a moment of grace; gets caught lying during a Hollywood power meeting; takes advantage of the pandemic lockdown to repair his relationship with his daughters, breaks up with a woman because she can’t stop saying “just kidding.”
Audaciously funny yet achingly poignant, A Paper Orchestra will have you rethinking the smallest, almost forgotten moments of your life.
Customer Reviews
Rollercoaster of emotions
Michael’s writing takes you by the hand through his memories, smashing a joke when you’re down and hitting you in the gut with deep emotions while you’re still laughing. The twists and turns bring out the unexpected in familiar situations making it impossible not to relate, laugh, and cry all in the same 12 pages story. To everyone who wants to laugh, feel, or learn from a master I say to you: this is the book for you.
I received an advance copy and just finished it. I ate through it like a ripe fruit on a desert island. Fresh, juicy, the kind of lifeline that keeps you from withering in the sun.