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"The Roving I, with wit and wordplay, can spark laughter and tears You'll 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. You're 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 sister's ""miracle baby"" inside her for nine months. You'd relish hearing how happy a once wild pet duck makes residents of an assisted living facility. You'd 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 Weingarten's 70 favorite columns. That faith will be rewarded. This prize-winning writer/editor has crafted and played with words for more than 60 years. He's 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 partner's 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 Parkinson's disease into an asset. How a Cambodian slave-labor camp escapee became a successful U.S. entrepreneur. How the author's 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 you've dipped into it, you can put it down, of course, but you most likely will choose not to."

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"""Beautifully written with cleverness and empathy, The Roving I exhibits a wide array of very readable stories taken from real life - from celebrations to births to deaths to pets and everything in between. You will chuckle, you might cry, but you will definitely relate to these enjoyable bite-sized essays."" - Arlene Miller, The Grammar Diva, Best-selling author, blogger, and speaker; Tampa, Florida ""Woody Weingarten's wordsmithing is crafted from experience and passion and is as interesting as it is entertaining. His book is filled with fascinating vignettes that show humour, compassionate sadness, and life messages worth reading. The author provides a diverse compilation of short stories on people, animals, love, tolerance, and empathy while conveying a wise mindfulness of life and life's journey."" - Peter Harris; Melbourne, Australia ""Hot on the heels of the award-winning Grampy and His Fairzona Playmates, a collaboration with his granddaughter, Hannah Schifrin, The Roving I is exactly what Woody Weingarten hoped it would be - a labor of love. Culled from a decade of essays penned for weekly newspapers, the author's pleasure in a life well-lived jumps off the page. An antidote to the ugliness all around us."" - Terrance Gelenter, The Paris Insider newsletter; Paris, France ""This collection of essays is brilliant! I say this because Woody Weingarten has the rare capacity to connect with readers through humor and thoughtful analysis simultaneously. This is no small feat, and this collection can be compared to Mark Twain's pithy humor, which camouflages the depth and seriousness of his subject matter. For example, writing about the death of a dear friend named David, the writer says: ""On his deathbed, my psychologist/consultant pal, still boyishly good-looking despite being sixty-something, and still a pigheaded St. Louis Cardinals fanatic, revisited his spiritual feelings."" The author's reference to David's fanaticism about the Cardinals expresses more about the jokey, intimate nature of their friendship than any narrative could. And it also poignantly clarifies how much David's absence will be felt. Every essay in this collection is spiced with jokes, puns, hilarious observations, deep compassion, and eternal truths. Get this book! It's deeply satisfying on every level."" - Fiona Quinn; Chicago, Illinois"

Beautifully written with cleverness and empathy, The Roving I exhibits a wide array of very readable stories taken from real life - from celebrations to births to deaths to pets and everything in between. You will chuckle, you might cry, but you will definitely relate to these enjoyable bite-sized essays. - Arlene Miller, The Grammar Diva, Best-selling author, blogger, and speaker; Tampa, Florida Woody Weingarten's wordsmithing is crafted from experience and passion and is as interesting as it is entertaining. His book is filled with fascinating vignettes that show humour, compassionate sadness, and life messages worth reading. The author provides a diverse compilation of short stories on people, animals, love, tolerance, and empathy while conveying a wise mindfulness of life and life's journey. - Peter Harris; Melbourne, Australia Hot on the heels of the award-winning Grampy and His Fairzona Playmates, a collaboration with his granddaughter, Hannah Schifrin, The Roving I is exactly what Woody Weingarten hoped it would be - a labor of love. Culled from a decade of essays penned for weekly newspapers, the author's pleasure in a life well-lived jumps off the page. An antidote to the ugliness all around us. - Terrance Gelenter, The Paris Insider newsletter; Paris, France This collection of essays is brilliant! I say this because Woody Weingarten has the rare capacity to connect with readers through humor and thoughtful analysis simultaneously. This is no small feat, and this collection can be compared to Mark Twain's pithy humor, which camouflages the depth and seriousness of his subject matter. For example, writing about the death of a dear friend named David, the writer says: On his deathbed, my psychologist/consultant pal, still boyishly good-looking despite being sixty-something, and still a pigheaded St. Louis Cardinals fanatic, revisited his spiritual feelings. The author's reference to David's fanaticism about the Cardinals expresses more about the jokey, intimate nature of their friendship than any narrative could. And it also poignantly clarifies how much David's absence will be felt. Every essay in this collection is spiced with jokes, puns, hilarious observations, deep compassion, and eternal truths. Get this book! It's deeply satisfying on every level. - Fiona Quinn; Chicago, Illinois

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