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Failure is an option

an attempted memoir

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An edition of Failure is an option (2018)

Failure is an option

an attempted memoir

  • 4.50 ·
  • 4 Ratings
  • 2 Want to read
  • 0 Currently reading
  • 4 Have read

"H. Jon Benjamin--the lead voice behind Archer and Bob's Burgers--helps us all feel a little better about our own failures by sharing his own in a hilarious memoir-ish chronicle of failure. Most people would consider H. Jon Benjamin a comedy show business success. But he'd like to remind everyone that as great as success can be, failure is also an option. And maybe the best option. In this book, he tells stories from his own life, from his early days ("wherein I'm unable to deliver a sizzling fajita") to family ("wherein a trip to P.F. Chang's fractures a family") to career ("how I failed to sell a pilot"). As Jon himself says, breaking down one's natural ability to succeed is not an easy task, but also not an insurmountable one. Society as we know it is, sadly, failure averse. But more acceptance of failure, as Jon sees it, will go a long way to making this world a different place. a kinder, gentler place, where gardens are overgrown and most people stay home with their pets. A vision of failure, but also a vision of freedom. With stories, examples of artistic and literary failure, and a powerful can't-do attitude, Failure Is an Option is the book the world doesn't need right now but will get regardless"--

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Language
English
Pages
245

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Cover of: Failure Is an Option
Failure Is an Option: An Attempted Memoir
May 07, 2019, Dutton
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Cover of: Failure is an option
Failure is an option: an attempted memoir
2018
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Dewey Decimal Class
791.4302/8092, B
Library of Congress
PN2287.B4275 A3 2018, PN2287.B4275A3 2018

The Physical Object

Pagination
viii, 245 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Number of pages
245

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL26958333M
ISBN 10
1524742163
ISBN 13
9781524742164
LCCN
2017044297
OCLC/WorldCat
1019844696
Amazon ID (ASIN)
B074LTY5JD

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