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A Million Miles in a Thousand Years

What I Learned While Editing My Life

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A Million Miles in a Thousand Years

By: Donald Miller
Narrated by: Donald Miller
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After the publication of his wildly successful memoir, Blue Like Jazz, Donald Miller's life began to stall. During what should have been the height of his success, he found himself avoiding responsibility and even questioning the meaning of life. But when two producers proposed turning his memoir into a movie, Miller found himself launched into a new story filled with risk, possibility, beauty, and meaning.

A Million Miles in a Thousand Years chronicles Miller's rare opportunity to edit his life into a great story and to reinvent himself so nobody shrugs their shoulders when the credits roll. When his producers begin fictionalizing Don's life for the film--changing a meandering memoir into a structured narrative--the real-life Don starts a journey to make his actual life into a better story.

In this book, we have a front-row seat to Miller's journey--from sleeping all day to riding his bike across America, from living in romantic daydreams to facing love head-on, from wasting his money to founding a life-changing nonprofit.

Guided by a host of outlandish but very real characters, Miller teaches us:

  • Why God hasn't fixed us yet
  • The power of speaking something into nothing
  • The redemptive beauty that can come from tragic circumstances
  • How to get a second chance at life the first time around

Through heart-wrenching honesty and hilarious self-inspection, Miller takes readers through the life that emerges when it turns from boring reality into a meaningful narrative.

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Notwithstanding a great and thought provoking piece the narrator was first class. Every word was read and gave the book more meaning than it has

Awesome narration

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Very well written book .It has changed my perspective on life and the essence of leading life with a good story!

simply mesmeric!

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I rarely go for this kind of book but this was recommend on the Noah Kagan podcast so thought I'd give it a go.
I enjoyed this book enormously, the idea of living your story really struck a chord and I feel like it will help me to stop wallowing around and make some more interesting memories.

Not my usual genre

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entertaining story linking bike ride across USA with life experiences. good pace and anecdotes along the way.

good story

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simple easy listen, it is full of stuff we should all know but it is put in a way I could understand and action.

reflective lessons

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