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From Under the Truck

A Memoir

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From Under the Truck

By: Josh Brolin
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'a candid, rollicking read…roars with honesty, chaos, self-awareness, literary ambition and drunken benders.'

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From Josh Brolin, a unique and decidedly un-celebrity memoir, by turns affecting, funny, uncanny, and unforgettable. A remarkable and an unforgettable listen.

Weaving a latticework of different strands, moving back and forth through time, Josh Brolin captures a life marked by curiosity, pain, devotion, kindness, humor. He recounts an unconventional childhood far from Hollywood. Raised on a ranch in Paso Robles, California, he was surrounded as a child by the wolves, cougars and other wild animals gathered by his fearless and explosive mother, Jane Agee Brolin. Her tragic, early death haunts this book, and the force of her unforgettable personality is felt throughout.

Brolin also brings to life his career in the film industry —from his breakout role in The Goonies to the set of No Country for Old Men—and the professional and personal ups and downs in between and since. With unflinching honesty but also great humor, he shares insights into relationships, addiction, love and fatherhood, while letting the white space in between words speak for itself. Grappling with the mysteries of life and death in a way that will catch listeners by surprise, From Under the Truck is an audacious and riveting memoir from a born writer.

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“Josh Brolin’s out to catch his breath between the slant-eyed suggestions and irrefutable evidence of his past. He hears voices, and he listens, reminding us with brutal honesty that our surroundings were never there to be carried, rather woven into the fabric of the freedom to be who we are.”

Matthew McConaughey

‘Wildest memoir I’ve ever read – fantastically punk' – Chris Evans

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What a book! Highly recommend.

One would think he is a writer who acts. This book was so beautifully written and impactful. It is set out so different and non linear. Though it is short and I finished it in a couple of days, I'm starting it again right now!

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Brolins a real one

That rarest of things; a celebrity memoir not only written without a ghost writer, but also with genuine artistry and a unique literary voice.

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Simply epic

A refreshing new approach to story telling, only wish it was longer could have listened to it all day
Well done Josh 🤙

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live in the moment. but be respectful

loved the honesty of every day lives for some people. just run with the bulls. but enjoy. the birds

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As descriptive as it is vague

I found Josh’s honesty about his vices, esp his alcoholism, endearing. His willingness to show himself in an unflattering light is very admirable. Josh has a natural way with words. Josh’s Mom is a unique character and all the stories involving her were enthralling. I enjoyed the ‘behind the scenes’ stories from movie sets. There were a few celebrity stories I found interesting, but the most intriguing ones remained disappointingly as blind items.

Josh is definitely a poetic soul although maybe it's easier to read his words rather than listen to them. He would spend so much time setting a scene I would forget what it was about, or even in what year (or century, sometimes) it was based. The short chapters are each set in a different year, decade or century with absolutely zero through-line. A story would involve someone whom he mentioned just by first name and I didn’t have a clue who he was talking about – a house-keeper, ex-girlfriend, Aunty, friend?

There are some chapters where Josh doesn’t identify who is involved – the only clue is a mention of ‘he’ and/or ‘she’. One entire chapter is Josh yelling a series of phone calls between a ‘he’ and a ‘she’. Are they his parents? Him and his wife? He isn’t kind enough to let the listener know. The only clue about what is happening is a yelled “don’t hang up on me!”. The pauses between the speakers diminished as the conversation crescendo-ed and he didn’t change his tone with each speaker so I soon had no idea who was speaking. And I had stopped caring.

I have never spent so much time restarting chapters in an audio book to try to figure out what the chapter was about. Josh could somehow be incredibly descriptive yet bafflingly vague. I found myself mentally willing him to get to the point. And then I would zone-out again as he described his internal monologue interweaving a childhood memory of a daydream he had during a meal in a diner on a random day in NYC in 2008? 1986? Last week? I have no clue – woops I forgot what he was talking about. If I want to know, I will have to restart the chapter; if I possess the mental energy after wallowing through the extensive verbal molasses.

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Writing exercises

Not my cup of tears., mildly engaging series of disjointed writing exercises which would most likely not normally be published on pure literary merit. But I would buy more!

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