My Last Eight Thousand Days

Gutkind made his name writing creative nonfiction, an offshoot of new journalism. After a lifetime of telling other people's stories, MY LAST EIGHT THOUSAND DAYS is Gutkind's look inward. Narrator Johnny Heller is the perfect voice for sharing Gutkind's honest reflections--from successes to failures--both professional and personal. Gutkind explores what it means to be nearing the end of a long life and the struggle it took him to accept what aging does to us all physically and mentally. Heller embodies Gutkind's raw emotions-- sometimes anger at the ravages of time and at other times an almost joyful awe in accepting where he is in life. This is an engaging listen about looking back at life and accepting oneself. J.P.S. � AudioFile 2021, Portland, Maine