"My house in Seattle is across the street from an elementary
school. A high fence blocks my view, but I'm close enough to
overhear conversations. One morning...I heard a car door opened,
then slammed shut...a woman's voice came blasting over the fence:
"BILLY...WHAT...ON...EARTH...HAVE...YOU...DONE?..".My own mother
asked me the same question. Often. And I, in my turn asked my own
children, who, no doubt have followed the same line of inquiry with
their kids..."
Robert Fulghum's new book 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 a few fellow
travelers interested in thinking along with him as he delights in
the unexpected: trick-or-treating with your grandchildren dressed
like a large rabbit, pots of daffodils blooming in mid-November, a
view of the earth from outer space, the mysterious night sounds of
the desert, every man's trip to a department store to buy socks,
the raucous all-night long feast that is Easter in Greece, the
trials and tribulations of plumbing problems and the friendship one
can strike up with someone who doesn't share the same language."
What on Earth Have I Done?" is an armchair tour of everyday life as
seen by Robert Fulghum, one of America's great essayists, a man who
has two feet planted firmly on the earth, one eye on the heavens
and, at times, a tongue planted firmly in his cheek. Fulghum writes
to his fellow travelers, 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 of
yours. Hello..."
General
Imprint: |
Saint Martin's Griffin,U.S.
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
October 2008 |
First published: |
October 2008 |
Authors: |
Robert Fulghum
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Dimensions: |
209 x 138 x 21mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
307 |
Edition: |
First |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-312-36550-9 |
Languages: |
English
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Subtitles: |
English
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Categories: |
Books >
Health, Home & Family >
Self-help & practical interests >
General
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LSN: |
0-312-36550-0 |
Barcode: |
9780312365509 |
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