The Man Who Ate the 747 - Hardcover
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Dear Record Man,
You won't believe it, but I know someone eating a 747...People think he's crazy, but I know why he's eating it. He has a good reason. And it isn't because he's hungry...
J.J. Smith is the Record Man. He knows all about the lonest kiss, the fastest snail, the farthest cab ride. Travelling around the globe, he is the witness to amazing feats and strange deeds, the kind that get into the Book of Records. But there's one thing he knows nothing about. J.J. has never been in love--and wouldn't recogznize it if it was staring him in the face.
Now love is about to call on J.J. from a cornfield under a vast blue sky, in a town called Superior, Nebraska. That's where one man is doing something amazing, eating a plane piece by piece, not for fame or fortune but to show a woman how much he loves her.
For the good people of Superior, the story could bring worldwide attention. For the Book of Records, it could mean an exciting new entry. But for J.J., the story won't have any meaning until he meets Willa Wyatt. Only then will he finally understand why hearts, not just records, can be broken... and why love is truly the greatest wonder of all.
6 CD's, 7 hours
Dear Record Man,
You won't believe it, but I know someone eating a 747...People think he's crazy, but I know why he's eating it. He has a good reason. And it isn't because he's hungry...
J.J. Smith is the Record Man. He knows all about the lonest kiss, the fastest snail, the farthest cab ride. Travelling around the globe, he is the witness to amazing feats and strange deeds, the kind that get into the Book of Records. But there's one thing he knows nothing about. J.J. has never been in love--and wouldn't recogznize it if it was staring him in the face.
Now love is about to call on J.J. from a cornfield under a vast blue sky, in a town called Superior, Nebraska. That's where one man is doing something amazing, eating a plane piece by piece, not for fame or fortune but to show a woman how much he loves her.
For the good people of Superior, the story could bring worldwide attention. For the Book of Records, it could mean an exciting new entry. But for J.J., the story won't have any meaning until he meets Willa Wyatt. Only then will he finally understand why hearts, not just records, can be broken... and why love is truly the greatest wonder of all.
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"This winsome, perceptive and often hilarious comedy is not sparing in its deployment of superlatives. . First-time novelist Sherwood, an NBC executive, has produced a heartwarming, gently humorous tale that could set records of its own. "
" I laugh all the way through this book--.Ben Sherwood is a modern-day Mark Twain who writes if small-town America with love, affection and with a define twinkle in is eye. A delightful and surprising book from start to finish."
-- Fannie Flagg (bestselling author if Welcome to the World, Baby Girl!)
"Ben Sherwood has given us a modern American fable. It is smart, funny, touching and quirky - a wonderful love story."
-- Tom Brokaw
"A genial fable that illuminates the extremes which people are willing to go to in the name of passion."
--Francine Prose, US Weekly, Three Stars.
"A salubrious return to a more innocent America, a laugh-out-loud funny romp and a tender love story all rolled into one slim volume.... The Man Who Ate the 747 is a rarity -- a tale that tickles your
funny bone and tugs at your heart."
--Milwaukee Journal
About the Author:
" I laugh all the way through this book--.Ben Sherwood is a modern-day Mark Twain who writes if small-town America with love, affection and with a define twinkle in is eye. A delightful and surprising book from start to finish."
-- Fannie Flagg (bestselling author if Welcome to the World, Baby Girl!)
"Ben Sherwood has given us a modern American fable. It is smart, funny, touching and quirky - a wonderful love story."
-- Tom Brokaw
"A genial fable that illuminates the extremes which people are willing to go to in the name of passion."
--Francine Prose, US Weekly, Three Stars.
"A salubrious return to a more innocent America, a laugh-out-loud funny romp and a tender love story all rolled into one slim volume.... The Man Who Ate the 747 is a rarity -- a tale that tickles your
funny bone and tugs at your heart."
--Milwaukee Journal
Ben Sherwood is a senior producer for "NBC Nightly News." He has written numerous articles as an investigative journalist. This is his first book written under his own name. He lives in New York City, where he is writing his second novel.
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- PublisherPicador
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 0330482114
- ISBN 13 9780330482110
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages256
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