Joyride : a memoir
Book |
First Avid Reader Press hardcover edition. |
Avid Reader Press,
New York :
2025.
- 1 of 6 Copies Available at Libraries in Niagara Cooperative
- 4 current holds with 6 total copies.
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| Centennial | BIO ORLEA 2025 | New Books | Copy hold / Volume hold | In transit |
| Niagara-on-the-Lake | 5135 ORLEA | Adult New Non-Fiction | Copy hold / Volume hold | Checked out |
| Port Colborne | B ORL | New Book | Copy hold / Volume hold | In transit |
| Seaway | 070.92 Orlea | Non-Fiction | Copy hold / Volume hold | Checked out |
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| Welland Main | 070.92 Orlea | New - Non-fiction | Copy hold / Volume hold | Checked out |
About
Joyride is a magic carpet ride through Orlean's life and career, where every day is an opportunity for discovery and every moment holds the potential for wonder. Throughout her storied career, her curiosity draws her to explore the most ordinary and extraordinary of places, from going deep inside the head of a regular ten-year-old boy for a legendary profile ("The American Man Age Ten") to reporting on a woman who owns twenty-seven tigers, from capturing the routine magic of Saturday night to climbing Mt. Fuji. Not only does Orlean's account of a writing life offer a trove of indispensable gleanings for writers, it's also an essential and practical guide to embracing any creative path. She takes us through her process of dreaming up ideas, managing deadlines, connecting with sources, chasing every possible lead, confronting writer's block and self-doubt, and crafting the perfect lede--a Susan specialty. While Orlean has always written her way into other people's lives in order to understand the human experience, Joyride is her most personal book ever--a searching journey through finding her feet as a journalist, recovering from the excruciating collapse of her first marriage, falling head-over-heels in love again, becoming a mother while mourning the decline of her own mother, sojourning to Hollywood for films based on her work including Adaptation and Blue Crush, and confronting mortality. Joyride is also a time machine to a bygone era of journalism, from Orlean's bright start in the golden age of alt-weeklies to her career-making days working alongside icons such as Robert Gottlieb, Tina Brown, David Remnick, Anna Wintour, Sonny Mehta, and Jonathan Karp--forces who shaped the media industry as we know it today. Infused with Orlean's signature warmth and wit, Joyride is a must-read for anyone who hungers to start, build, and sustain a creative life. Orlean inspires us to seek out daily inspiration and rediscover the marvels that surround us.
Details
- ISBN: 9781982135164
- Physical Description: 353 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition: First Avid Reader Press hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Avid Reader Press, 2025.