Why we’re excited
Rob Lowe turns the lessons of his own life into practical advice here: getting sober, raising sons, ageing in a business obsessed with youth, and knowing when a career has stalled. He works through the questions most adults face sooner or later, such as whether a partner is right and whether drinking has become a problem, and answers them from experience.
Lowe has already shown he can write, with two earlier memoirs, including Love Life, and many readers know him from The West Wing and Parks and Recreation. This is a book for fans of celebrity memoirs who also want something useful to take away.
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What to know about What Do I Know: A Guide to Living
We haven’t reviewed Rob Lowe before, so this would be our first look at their work.
From the publisher
A guide to navigating the inevitable ups and downs of adulthood—and putting together a good life—distilled by Rob Lowe from his journey of reinvention, sobriety, parenthood, and aging.
AN OPEN FIELD PUBLICATION FROM MARIA SHRIVER
After a long and storied career in some of TV and film’s most iconic roles, Rob Lowe has learned a thing or two about what constitutes a life well-lived. In What Do I Know, he shares the kind of hard-won lessons gained only by having grappled with the good, the bad, and the ugly—and come out the other side stronger and savvier than before.
How do I know I’ve found the one? Is having kids the right decision? Do I have a drinking problem? How do I know if my career is on the rise, has plateaued, or is just settling—and when it’s time to let it go? These are just a few of the questions Lowe has grappled with over the course of his journey. Readers will find his answers to be useful, surprising, and sometimes even funny, but mostly real and honest.
With the same poignant storytelling and self-effacing humor that made Stories I Only Tell My Friends an instant classic, What Do I Know summarizes Lowe's life philosophy in a timeless package.
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