I Am Not Myself These Days: A Memoir - Softcover

9780060817329: I Am Not Myself These Days: A Memoir
View all copies of this ISBN edition:
 
 

I Am Not Myself These Days follows a glittering journey through Manhattan's dark underbelly - a shocking and surreal world where alter egos reign and subsist (barely) on dark wit and chemicals. . . a tragic romantic comedy where one begins by rooting for the survival of the relationship and ends by hoping someone simply survives. Kilmer-Purcell is a terrifically gifted new literary voice who straddles the divide between absurdity and normalcy, and stitches them together with surprising humor and lonely poignancy. As Booklist raved "as tart and funny as a Noel Coward play, for Kilmer-Purcell is especially good at dialogue, and, as in Coward's best plays, under the comedy lies the sad truth that even at our best, we are all weak, fallible fools. Again and again in this rich, adventure-filled book, Kilmer-Purcell illustrates the truth of Blake's proverb, 'The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.'"

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

Review:
I Am Not Myself These Days is Josh Kilmer-Purcell's outrageously intimate memoir of a young man living a double life in the heady days and nights of mid-'90s New York City. As we follow Kilmer-Purcell through alcohol-fueled nights and a love affair with Jack, a crack-addicted male escort, he offers up an alternative universe where normal is "a Normal Rockwell painting that, if you leaned in close, would discover is made up entirely of misfits."

By day, Josh drudges off to a Soho-based advertising firm where he creates ad campaigns for corporate clients. At night, he dons live goldfish to complete the look of Aqua, a 7-foot-tall award-winning drag queen who trolls gay clubs in search of her next drink/one night stand. In between, he spends his time trying to build a stable, loving relationship with someone whose beeping pager is a constant reminder of the pair's almost inevitable fate. Yet even as Josh's escapades get increasingly absurd, Kilmer-Purcell is always there to remind us that the story we're reading is real, and that fundamental human emotions and desires are essentially universal. In the end, everyone just wants to be loved and to fit in somewhere. And while the lesson may seem hokey at times, Kilmer-Purcell's sharp wit rescues the memoir from becoming an exaggerated sob story:

The night before any major holiday is always a blockbuster night at gay clubs. Thousands... across the city fortifying themselves for long trips home where they'll be met with awkward silences, stilted conversations and cousins with whom they'd experimented with decades ago.
From start to finish, I Am Not Myself These Days is an extraordinary journey into an amazing life. To be a fly on the wall is an adventure that should not be missed. --Gisele Toueg
About the Author:

Josh Kilmer-Purcell is the bestselling author of the memoir I Am Not Myself These Days and the novel Candy Everybody Wants, and the star of Planet Green's documentary television series The Fabulous Beekman Boys. He and his partner, Brent Ridge, divide their time between Manhattan and the Beekman Farm.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

  • PublisherHarper Perennial
  • Publication date2006
  • ISBN 10 0060817321
  • ISBN 13 9780060817329
  • BindingPaperback
  • Number of pages308
  • Rating

Other Popular Editions of the Same Title

9780593056240: I Am Not Myself These Days

Featured Edition

ISBN 10:  ISBN 13:  9780593056240
Publisher: BANTAM PRESS (TWLD), 2006
Hardcover

9780552171984: I Am Not Myself These Days

Corgi ..., 2015
Softcover

9780739468081: I'm Not Myself These Days

Harper..., 2006
Hardcover

9780552154666: I Am Not Myself These Days

Corgi ..., 2007
Softcover

9780593056271: I Am Not Myself These Days

Bantam..., 2006
Softcover

Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace

Stock Image

Josh Kilmer-Purcell
Published by Harper Perennial (2006)
ISBN 10: 0060817321 ISBN 13: 9780060817329
New Softcover Quantity: > 20
Seller:
BookShop4U
(PHILADELPHIA, PA, U.S.A.)

Book Description Condition: New. . Seller Inventory # 5AUZZZ000UKL_ns

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 9.95
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: FREE
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Josh Kilmer-Purcell
Published by Harper Perennial (2006)
ISBN 10: 0060817321 ISBN 13: 9780060817329
New Softcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
Ebooksweb
(Bensalem, PA, U.S.A.)

Book Description Condition: New. . Seller Inventory # 52GZZZ00APQP_ns

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 10.13
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: FREE
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Josh Kilmer-Purcell
Published by Harper Perennial (2006)
ISBN 10: 0060817321 ISBN 13: 9780060817329
New Paperback Quantity: 1
Seller:
Ergodebooks
(Houston, TX, U.S.A.)

Book Description Paperback. Condition: New. Seller Inventory # DADAX0060817321

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 10.48
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: FREE
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Kilmer-Purcell, Josh
Published by Harper Collins (2006)
ISBN 10: 0060817321 ISBN 13: 9780060817329
New Paperback Quantity: 16
Seller:
BookOutlet
(Thorold, ON, Canada)

Book Description Paperback. Condition: New. Paperback. Publisher overstock, may contain remainder mark on edge. Seller Inventory # 9780060817329B

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 6.48
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 4.25
From Canada to U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Seller Image

Josh Kilmer-Purcell
Published by Harper Perennial (2006)
ISBN 10: 0060817321 ISBN 13: 9780060817329
New Soft Cover Quantity: 10
Seller:
booksXpress
(Bayonne, NJ, U.S.A.)

Book Description Soft Cover. Condition: new. Seller Inventory # 9780060817329

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 14.67
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: FREE
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Seller Image

Kilmer-Purcell, Josh
Published by Harper Perennial 2/7/2006 (2006)
ISBN 10: 0060817321 ISBN 13: 9780060817329
New Paperback or Softback Quantity: 5
Seller:
BargainBookStores
(Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.)

Book Description Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. I Am Not Myself These Days: A Memoir 0.63. Book. Seller Inventory # BBS-9780060817329

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 15.42
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: FREE
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Josh Kilmer-Purcell
Published by Harper Perennial (2006)
ISBN 10: 0060817321 ISBN 13: 9780060817329
New Softcover Quantity: > 20
Seller:
Lakeside Books
(Benton Harbor, MI, U.S.A.)

Book Description Condition: New. Brand New! Not Overstocks or Low Quality Book Club Editions! Direct From the Publisher! We're not a giant, faceless warehouse organization! We're a small town bookstore that loves books and loves it's customers! Buy from Lakeside Books!. Seller Inventory # OTF-Y-9780060817329

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 11.71
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 3.99
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Seller Image

Kilmer-Purcell, Josh
Published by Harper Perennial (2006)
ISBN 10: 0060817321 ISBN 13: 9780060817329
New Softcover Quantity: 5
Seller:
GreatBookPrices
(Columbia, MD, U.S.A.)

Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # 3485526-n

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 14.58
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 2.64
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Kilmer-Purcell, Josh
Published by Harper Collins Publishers (2006)
ISBN 10: 0060817321 ISBN 13: 9780060817329
New Softcover Quantity: > 20
Seller:
INDOO
(Avenel, NJ, U.S.A.)

Book Description Condition: New. Brand New. Seller Inventory # 0060817321

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 13.40
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 3.99
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Josh Kilmer-Purcell
Published by Harper Perennial (2006)
ISBN 10: 0060817321 ISBN 13: 9780060817329
New Paperback Quantity: > 20
Seller:
Save With Sam
(North Miami, FL, U.S.A.)

Book Description Paperback. Condition: New. Brand New!. Seller Inventory # 0060817321

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 17.85
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: FREE
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds

There are more copies of this book

View all search results for this book