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| Excerpt It was spring of 2002, and I was in the middle of a radio interview, talking about my new book, The Right Words at the Right Time, in which I had asked 108 famous people -- people I admired -- to write about the words that changed their lives. Halfway through the interview, a listener called the station and told a story that would stay with me.
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 The Right Words
at the Right Timeby
Marlo Thomas
Now in paperback!
Published by Atria Books
January 2004
384 pages
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| Award-winning
actress and bestselling author Marlo Thomas is joined by such
luminaries as Muhammad Ali, Tom Brokaw, Cal Ripken Jr., Steven
Spielberg, Venus Williams, Rudy Giuliani, Toni Morrison, Jack
Nicholson, Mel Brooks, Laura Bush, Billy Crystal, Tom Wolfe
and Katie Couric, who each tell a story of a crucial turning
point in their lives brought about by the right words at the
right time. These first-person accounts of challenges and
victories can provide guidance to all of us as we come to
life's crossroads. Al Pacino and Gwyneth Paltrow were
instructed by words they heard during a crisis. Billy Crystal
and Chris Rock used their humor to guide them. Ruth Bader
Ginsburg received advice from her mother-in-law on her wedding
day that continues to help her on the Supreme Court. These
original stories encompass life's struggles and adventures and
demonstrate how people we admire found hope and inspiration
through words delivered by family or friends, heard in a movie
or play, sung on the radio, told in a joke or even drawn in a
cartoon.
The Right Words at the Right Time gathers the wit
and wisdom of more than 100 innovators, thinkers and cultural
icons and puts them into one collectible book.
Reviews
"The contributors are all leaders in their respective
fields. Aspects of the arts and business worlds are
represented and the guest list is impressive."
--TheBookHaven.net
"Dip into this book at times when you need inspiration, or
give copies to friends or family members who may be
approaching turning points in their own lives."
--Bookloons.com
"The Right Words at the Right Time is a rich and
enriching collection and it's hard to imagine anyone pulling
this off with as much panache as Thomas has here."
--JanuaryMagazine.com
ISBN: 074344650X | US$16.00 |
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