On Not Being Someone Else: Tales of Our Unled Lives

“To be someone—to be anyone—is about…not being someone else. Miller’s amused and inspired book is utterly compelling.”
—Adam Phillips

“A compendium of expressions of wonder over what might have been…Swept up in our real lives, we quickly forget about the unreal ones. Still, there will be moments when, for good or ill, we feel confronted by our unrealized possibilities.”
—New Yorker

We live one life, formed by paths taken and untaken. Choosing a job, getting married, deciding on a place to live ...