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NEW RELEASE (published by St. Martin's Press)
In Bookstores SEPTEMBER 18, 2007
Fulghum's new book of essays begins with a question we've all asked ourselves: What On Earth Have I Done? As Fulghum finds out, the answer is never easy and, almost always surprising. For the last couple of years, Fulghum has been traveling the world - from Seattle to the Moab Desert to Crete - looking for fellow travelers interested in thinking along with him as he delights in the unexpected. Fulghum writes with a sometimes light heart about the deep and vexing mysteries of being alive and says, "This
is my way of bringing the small boat of my life within speaking distance on yours." Hello...."
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"The 15th
Anniversary Edition of All
I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
revises and expands the original essays that became the
phenomenal bestseller. With a new
preface and twenty-five new stories, this edition once again
reminds us that the most basic aspects of life bear its
most important opportunities. In the years that have passed
since the first publication, Fulghum has had time to ponder,
to reevaluate, and to reconsider. Perhaps in today's chaotic,
more challenging world, these essays will resonate even
deeper - as readers discover how universal insights can
be found in ordinary events." |
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"The original edition
of All I Really Need to Know I Learned
in Kindergarten became an instant classic, dominating
the New York Times Bestseller List for all of 1989 and much
of 1990. This collection of essays was the second longest
#1 bestseller in 23 years. The essays reflect the truth
in everyday form—in the shoe repairman who leaves
cookies in the shoes he can’t fix, in the homely Indian
who becomes beautiful when he dances, in the small deaf
boy who wants to rake Fulghum’s leaves. Fulghum writes
with wit and wisdom about small lives with big meanings.
As described in the San Francisco Chronicle, Fulghum’s
stories about ordinary life 'remind us that within simplicity
lies the sublime.'"
"..as universal as air..."
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"More humorous, insightful
essays from a master story-teller, Fulghum’s second
book It Was on Fire When I Lay Down
on It reached #2 on the bestseller list while Kindergarten
was still #1. This was the first and only time in the list’s
history that the same author had the #1 and #2 books at the
same time. From burning beds to driver’s ed, from a
disastrous wedding to the joy of tree climbing, from the rewards
of grandparenthood to simple but surprising wisdom from the
head of a Zen Buddhist monastery—Fulghum has a gift
for finding meaning in life
rather than the meaning of
life." |
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"In Uh-Oh,
Fulghum explores a variety of subjects from both sides of
the refrigerator door—from meatloaf to the Salvation
Army Band, from fireflies to funerals, from hiccups to a watch
without hands. Once again, Fulghum weaves a theme of balance
between the mundane and the holy, between humor and grief
and between what is and what might be." |
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"Maybe
(Maybe Not), Fulghum’s fourth book, considers
the secret life (that nonstop epic playing inside our heads,
where all our best-laid dreams are hatched), barbershop mythology,
the shifting significance of nicknames over the course of
a lifetime, and the circumstances of one’s own conception,
among other things. This is also the edition in which he shares
his revelations afforded via ironing his shirts, his take
on a rendition of musical chairs, and that some family secrets
can be gifts of joy." |
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"From Beginning
to End - The Rituals of Our Lives
was published as the result of hundreds of requests for Fulghum
to share his insights and experiences in celebrating the rituals,
habits and routines that bring structure and meaning to our
daily lives. Filled with anecdotes, wit and wisdom, this book
explores life events and passages, large and small, as sacred
- enriching who we are both individually and collectively."
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"In his third book,
Uh-Oh, Fulghum shared some
short and unconventional love stories from his own experience
and casually suggested that if readers had their own tales
to tell, he would love to hear them. True
Love is the result of the incredible response he received.
The stories, chosen by Fulghum to reflect the many faces of
love, are amusing, sentimental and sometimes gritty. Fulghum’s
proceeds from this book were donated to Habitat for Humanity,
a love story in itself." |
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"In Words
I Wish I Wrote, Fulghum reveals the works of writers
who have inspired him. The quotations in this book reflect
the most important ideas underlying his living and thinking.
This is his evidence that, as he's gone about finding his
way, he's had great company. Each thematic chapter begins
with Fulghum's own insightful, introductory words, followed
by inspiring passages drawn from a diverse group of sources,
from Jerry Garcia to Albert Camus, Dylan Thomas to Franz Kafka,
Marcel Proust to Beatrix Potter. At the end of each chapter,
Fulghum comments on where he was introduced to their words
and why he returns to them and how they may change you. This
book was published as a benefit book with all of Fulghum's
proceeds donated to Human Rights Watch." |
Regarding his new novel Third Wish,
Fulghum says "I wanted to write a book I would want to read -
one I would want to keep and read again - one that was a product
of a life I would have to live to write it."
Spanning 90 years, the story deals with Big themes - life and love and death and history,
and the need to have a Witness to what happens to us in the world.
The root setting is the island of Crete in Greece,
but action takes place elsewhere as well - Spain, France, England, and Japan.
Words from seven languages are woven into the text.
The novel has been successfully published in Czech, Slovak and Hungarian and will later be released elsewhere in Europe. English language edition pending. |
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