A Million Miles In A Thousand Years
by Donald Miller
ISBN:978-0-7852-1306-2
Donald Miller wrote a chart topper when he wrote Blue Like Jazz. Life was going well for him. Someone even wanted to make a movie about him. Cool!
Oh wait, not too cool. That takes work. It takes looking at life, writing a story, making the story interesting, and then editing it to work for the big screen.
While Miller is working to do all of this he learns that life can be edited, too.
Miller begins to think through life, choices we make, and how we could make a difference in our lives, because we are not pushed through life by irresistible forces that are outside, or inside of us.
He then looks at his life and the lives of others and considers the stories that each one writes.
Miller’s style is casual, rambling, naval-gazing at times, but always interesting. This guy is refreshingly honest about his struggles in life- especially his struggles concerning meeting the father he had not seen in decades. At the same time Miller is astonishingly humorous and profound. How can he do both simultaneously?
I laughed, shed tears, and felt great pleasure while reading this book. Miller helps us to see that life is not hopeless, no matter what our circumstances are. We have the rest of our lives ahead of us. Let us write and edit our stories so that they will be happy for ourselves and those who read them.
When does his next book come out?
(Thanks to Kelly Hughes for this review copy.)
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