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In the course of one nine-month period, filmmaker Mark Millhone’s youngest son nearly died from birth complications, his father was diagnosed with prostate cancer, his mother had a heart attack and passed away, a freak illness claimed the life of one of his friends, and his career imploded. As a result of his membership in what he calls the “tragedy-of-the-monthclub,” his marriage also began to fray. Millhone responded to the chaos as many men might: Late one night, he logged on to eBay and bid on a vintage BMW—his fantasy car, but not exactly what the doctor ordered when it came to his family’s finances. As if sharing the news that he'd won the auction with his already-peeved wife ...

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In the course of one nine-month period, filmmaker Mark Millhone’s youngest son nearly died from birth complications, his father was diagnosed with prostate cancer, his mother had a heart attack and passed away, a freak illness claimed the life of one of his friends, and his career imploded. As a result of his membership in what he calls the “tragedy-of-the-monthclub,” his marriage also began to fray. Millhone responded to the chaos as many men might: Late one night, he logged on to eBay and bid on a vintage BMW—his fantasy car, but not exactly what the doctor ordered when it came to his family’s finances. As if sharing the news that he'd won the auction with his already-peeved wife weren't bad enough, it turned out that he had to travel from New York to Texas to collect the car. His estranged dad joined him, and together they embarked upon a dysfunctional road trip—a comedy of errors that would lend Millhone the perspective he needed to save his marriage and to understand what was really important in his life: his family. Acerbic and hilarious but with heart, this memoir will appeal to readers of Chuck Klosterman, David Sedaris, and Nick Hornby, as well as readers of Millhone’s “Guy Wisdom” column in Men’s Health. His male perspective on a troubled marriage, raising children, coping with loss, and rejuvenating a relationship with a parent will appeal equally to both sexes.

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Millhone, an NYU professor and columnist for Men's Health, writes about family crises, stress, anxieties and what he calls "our year from hell" when his son nearly died shortly after birth, his father was diagnosed with cancer, his mother died, his dog bit his oldest son in the face and his marriage was crumbling. Millhone felt he had "a subscription to a tragedy-of-the-month club," so his solution was to buy a car and travel with his dad. On the road, there are flashbacks to old songs, childhood toys, his marriage and his mother: "Mom had a black belt in backhanded compliments." As for the trip itself, chapter headings are misleading: the "Vicksburg" visit takes place inside an Applebee's and "Katrinaville" offers only a two-paragraph glimpse of New Orleans from the freeway. Millhone occasionally delivers a funny line amid many strained and strange attempts at humor, such as calling the scattering of his mother's ashes "The Sprinkling." More often, in a curious contradiction, the tragedy cancels out the comedy, and vice versa, while the road trip reads like a postcard scribble. (Aug.)

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A simultaneously humorous and poignant memoir from filmmaker and Men's Health columnist Millhone (Screenwriting/New York Univ. Film School). The author and his wife Rose had had an awful year. His mother died from a heart attack, his father was diagnosed with prostate cancer and one of their sons nearly died from birth complications. Then came the sucker punch: "It's after the worst is over that the fun really begins. Post-traumatic stress: the gift that keeps on taking." The lingering emotional fallout severely hurt their marriage, as each retreated into their own dark worlds. Millhone found sanctuary in an "impeccable" 1994 BMW 740i, which he purchased on eBay and had to drive from Texas to his home in New York City. The author asked his father to accompany him, a dicey proposition since growing up with him had been far from easy. "My mother couldn't deal with the world, and my father couldn't deal with my mother," he writes, "and so he just went to the office and Mom just went nuts." As the travelers journeyed home, Millhone's memories poured out, each curve in the road eliciting a recollection of another terrible piece that made up the "year from hell." But Millhone is a hopeless romantic, holding on tight to hope and to his love's first flash, "one impossibly hopeful, sun-dappled, forever-now instant of time that we thought would never end."An impressive display of misery tinged with rueful humor-like Woody Allen wading into Ingmar Bergman.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781594868238
  • Publisher: Rodale Press, Inc.
  • Publication date: 7/7/2009
  • Pages: 208
  • Sales rank: 510,134
  • Product dimensions: 5.88 (w) x 8.76 (h) x 0.82 (d)

Meet the Author

MARK MILLHONE is an award-winning filmmaker, Men’s Health columnist, and screenwriting professor at NYU Film School. He won an Academy Award in 1997 (Best Student Film, for Christmas in New York). His first major motion picture, Serenity Falls, starring Omar Epps, is set to start filming soon. He lives in New York City.

Table of Contents

Prologue: The Year From Hell ix

Chapter 1 New York 1

Chapter 2 Out of Egypt 13

Chapter 3 Cloud City and the Delta 27

Chapter 4 Katrinaville 42

Chapter 5 Ronald McDonald's House 53

Chapter 6 Bailey Farm 63

Chapter 7 Vicksburg 77

Chapter 8 Music City, USA 88

Chapter 9 Trail of Tears 96

Chapter 10 Not Wyoming 106

Chapter 11 Cumberland Gap 118

Chapter 12 Saltville 130

Chapter 13 The School for Boys 142

Chapter 14 Down the Mountain 152

Chapter 15 The Lincoln Tunnel 165

Chapter 16 Home Sweet Home 171

Epilogue: Ikea 188

Acknowledgments 191

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  • Anonymous

    Posted July 5, 2009

    Engaging- just the right mix of oddball humor, tenderness, and drama

    I don't normally go for memoirs, but I went for this one. Millhone comes to the table with just the right mix of oddball humor, tenderness, and drama. I like the way he tells the story as well, just as much a mix of memories as the ongoing track of events. Everything Millhone chooses to describe (either the memories or the track of events) seems carefully chosen and essential. The memories seem at first to be digressions from the main story of the car, but really they are as much a part of the action as the main story and the book never loses its momentum, even if it is not completely linearly told. I really got into the book. I felt engaged with this little window view into Millhone's life. Nicely done.

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