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Be redeemed while laughing—Memoir—All reviews 5 Stars "Adventurous, Funny, Profound" & "Writing sparkles!" Quality Signed Copies Ship Quick

Name: Be redeemed while laughing—Memoir—All reviews 5 Stars "Adventurous, Funny, Profound" & "Writing sparkles!" Quality Signed Copies
Brand: ArtByMernie
SKU: 839838936
Price: 20.00 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5.0 (3 reviews)

By Mernie

ArtByMernie ·

Tucson, Arizona

5.0 (122)

Arrives soon! Get it by Sep 30-Oct 5 if you order today

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Materials: paper, ink, Imagination, Reality

So many mistakes you won't need to make: Mernie's wonderful life as a cautionary tale.
A full time creative freelancer since 1982 humorously and heartrendingly instructs the entrepreneur-curious how to navigate the edge. Foolproof suggestions for startling triumphs?* Beseech the angels (then listen) and love the critters... but especially especially dogs.
* despite family dysfunction, bad luck in love, karmic & credit card debt, over-beveraging and glitchy CosmicMessage reception.
"Brilliant!" "Ridiculously funny!" "Really moved me" "AMAZING!!!" —5 star reviews on Goodreads.
Only books ordered here on Etsy ship next day direct from the author; Mernie's copies in stock are printed in England on superior quality paper. (Note: Print-on-demand copies ordered anywhere else can take 6 weeks to arrive). Signed & stamped with a pink ink paw print of Faun the mighty chihuahua.
US postage included!
Imaginative and insightful stories of survival, screw-ups, drama and redemption. More reader reviews: "The writing SPARKLES!" & "a GREAT read!"
Fantastical memoir examines life on this planet with help from friends in another dimension. Explores: Making & selling art, decent & truly awful relationships, budget travel, reincarnation, addiction recovery plus imaginative philosophy with entertaining theories to explain WTF. You'll share puff pastries with angels and pizza in the A's locker room. You'll race on sailboats, ski on acid, get a gigolo for a birthday present and live with showgirls in Las Vegas. You might face some fears. Money making tips on how to (and how not to) navigate a creative career without a real job.

Quality paperback—312 pages, 5.5x8.5", includes 20 b&w works of art by the author. Table of Contents in photos above.
“I could put it down, but kept picking it back up again.” —said more than one reader.
"Aghast, engrossed, enchanted and delighted.” —a man who read it
"Better than I expected it to be. The dead people's voices are good." —highly critical NYC book editor
Companion Blog: 170 Original works of art that inspired the stories along with quotes & anecdotes at mernie.medium.com
Also available as eBook everywhere except amazon. Check Bookshop.org - Smashword - Barnes & Noble, etc...

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5.0

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5 This item

Laura Sep 20, 2021

A memoir that will stay with you long after you have finished the last page. Thoroughly enjoyed it.

Laura Sep 20, 2021

5 This item

Marjorie Oct 27, 2020

Saving the nicely wrapped copy for a quiet afternoon. This is one odyssey I’m looking forward to enjoying.

Marjorie Oct 27, 2020

5 This item

Karen Oct 13, 2020

This book....wow! I swear she painted these pages of her life with her brush as it is so eloquently written in the many layers that require a rich masterful canvas. Her colors of the great, the bad, and the not so pretty all written with compassion, humility, transparency. If we could all reflect with such brutal honesty. The foreward alone had me contemplating life already. The pages come to life as I read them, much like her artwork does everytime I glance at the many paintings of hers I have adorning my space. A must read!!!

Karen Oct 13, 2020