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Make Your Own Mistakes

By: Rich Cohen
Narrated by: Rich Cohen
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From the best-selling author of The Fish That Ate the Whale, Sweet and Low, and Tough Jews comes Make Your Own Mistakes, a candid, short memoir that chronicles Rich Cohen’s transition to young adulthood in New York City and beyond. Both amusing and thoughtful, this is the story of Rich’s quest to lead a life outside the confines of his father’s dream for him. His father’s tough love and unsought guidance collides with the resistance of Rich’s youth, bringing forth crucial lessons that where you choose to live can define your existence, that you should be happy with unhappiness, and that in life you must always move forward.

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About the Creator and Performer - Rich Cohen

About the Creator and Performer

Rich Cohen is the author of The New York Times bestsellers Tough Jews; Monsters; Sweet and Low; When I Stop Talking, You’ll Know I’m Dead (with Jerry Weintraub); The Sun & the Moon & the Rolling Stones; and The Chicago Cubs: Story of a Curse. He is a co-creator of the HBO series Vinyl and a contributing editor at Vanity Fair and Rolling Stone. He has written for The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and Harper’s Magazine, among other publications. Cohen has won the Great Lakes Book Award, the Chicago Public Library’s 21st Century Award, and the ASCAP Deems Taylor Award for outstanding coverage of music. His stories have been included in The Best American Essays and The Best American Travel Writing. His latest book, The Last Pirate of New York, is out in paperback in June 2020.
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Not what I was expecting concidering the title, nice story thought. no other thoughts.

American life story

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Title made me think it would be a very different storyline, it was easy listening tho :-)

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I loved this story. It felt nostalgic and also relatable: a tale of excitement and youth in a city of stories and dreams. And, also, a tale of growing up and moving beyond the city in search of space to raise a family. I loved the author's honesty; and the themes of property prices, boom, bust, privelege, and striving. A story about New York. But, also, about the pull of all world cities.

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