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Title: The Point Is
Subtitle: Making Sense of Birth, Death, and Everything in Between
Author: Lee Eisenberg
Narrator: Lee Eisenberg
Format: Unabridged
Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
Language: English
Release date: 02-02-16
Publisher: Hachette Audio
Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 9 votes
Genres: Self Development, Motivation & Inspiration
Publisher's Summary:
In this engaging and provocative new book, Lee Eisenberg, best-selling author of The Number, dares to tackle nothing less than what it takes to find enduring meaning and purpose in life.
He explains how from a young age, each of us is compelled to take memories of events and relationships and shape them into a one-of-a-kind personal narrative. In addition to sharing his own pivotal memories (some of them moving, some just a shade embarrassing), Eisenberg presents striking research culled from psychology and neuroscience and draws on insights from a pantheon of thinkers and great writers - Tolstoy, Freud, Joseph Campbell, and Virginia Woolf, among others. We also hear from men and women of all ages who are wrestling with the demands of work and family, ever in search of fulfillment and satisfaction.
It all adds up to a fascinating story delightfully told, one that goes straight to the heart of how we explain ourselves to ourselves - in other words, who we are and why.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.
Critic Reviews:
"[Lee Eisenberg's audiobook] performance glows with the sense of spontaneity, curiosity, and discover he must have felt while doing his research. His excitement combined with flashes of humor is infectious, creating forward momentum and persuading listeners to consider the stories they're making of their own. (AudioFile Magazine)
Members Reviews:
while at the same time laugh out loud funny, zany
I've been involved in the field of aging for over 30 years.
This book is a profoundly serious and insightful discussion of the life course, while at the same time laugh out loud funny, zany, whimsical and silly.
I can't recommend the book highly enough.
Look at these POINTS
The type of book that not only gets you thinking, it helps you look at your life by writing down your earliest memories, your middle years and your issues about death. The author allows his sense of humor shine through even though the subject matter is very serious. The surveys at the end of the book, gives you ideas about really being you, your life and your fears of death. I'd recommend it to anyone that wants to get a better idea of why we were born, lived and died.
One of those special reads that stay with you
This book touched me in the deepest of ways. The insight was unique and the humor endearing. For me, just coming off of writing a personal memoir, I was able to relate so many of his concepts to what I went through when writing about my life. Many passages confirmed what I found when looking back, clarifying why I felt about certain memories. The author was very brave to even try to tackle "what the point is"; I must say he did about as good a job as a human can ... and he did it with grace, humor, wonderful quotes from various sources, and a kindness of heart that is clearly demonstrated by his personal anecdotes. I loved the book. I devoured it and knew after turning the last page that this book was one of those special books that I would be storing on my bookshelf to be read a second time at a later date.
The point is that The Point Is is a good read
Enjoyed the book but spoiler alert there is no singular answer to 'the point is'.