The Roving I: Collected columns wit wisdom and self-exposure of Woody Weingarten

The Roving I with wit and wordplay can spark laughter and tears Youll surely relate to this page-turner if: You enjoy heart-warming stories that tend to stir your emotions.You like to read about families with problems like yours-or different ones-and their solutions.Youre apt to smile as the anthologist recalls when his partner earned a slot in his Little Black Book.You can marvel at a woman carrying her sisters miracle baby inside her for nine months.Youd relish hearing how happy a once wild pet duck makes residents of an assisted living facility.Youd find it amusing that Robin Williams transformed himself into a talking vagina.The Roving I is aimed at readers who believe they can mine gold from Woody Weingartens 70 favorite columns.That faith will be rewarded. This prize-winning writer/editor has crafted and played with words for more than 60 years. Hes worked for dailies and weeklies on both coasts co-written a musical revue with his wife led a support group for men and served on local and regional commissions. He authored Rollercoaster: How a man can survive his partners breast cancer and with his granddaughter a kids fantasy Grampy and His Fairyzona Playmates.Be jubilant! This literary anthology can help you learn: How a photographer turned his Parkinsons disease into an asset.How a Cambodian slave-labor camp escapee became a successful U.S. entrepreneur.How the authors attempt to do nothing became an instant fiasco.Readers have raved. One predicts you will chuckle you might cry but you will definitely relate to these enjoyable bite-sized essays. Others have labeled contents of The Roving I brilliant wit and wordplay like hanging out at a small-town coffee shop and meeting the guy who knows them all personally and an antidote to the ugliness all around us. Find out for yourself why so many maintain you can delight in virtually every word. The book - a quick read that can be savored in one satisfying sitting or one chapter at a time - is available now.Once youve dipped into it you can put it down of course but you most likely will choose not to.