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Joyride: A Memoir
- Author
- Susan Orlean
- Narrator
- Susan Orlean
- Publisher
- W. F. Howes Ltd
- Publish Date
- 28 May 2026
- Run Time
- 14 hours 40 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Memoirs
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Infused with Orlean's signature warmth and wit, Joyride is a must-read for anyone who hungers to start, build and sustain a creative life.
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- Author
- Susan Orlean
- Narrator
- Susan Orlean
- Duration
- 14 hours 40 minutes
- Release Date
- 28 May 2026
- ISBN
- 9781004229581
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- W. F. Howes Ltd
- Genre
- Memoirs
Synopsis
While Orlean has always written her way into other people's lives in order to understand the human experience, Joyride is her most personal book ever - a searching journey through finding her feet as a journalist, recovering from the excruciating collapse of her first marriage, falling head-over-heels in love again, becoming a parent while mourning the decline of her own mother, sojourning to Hollywood for films based on her work including Adaptation and Blue Crush, and confronting mortality. Joyride is also a time machine to a bygone era of journalism, from Orlean's bright start in the golden age of alt-weeklies to her career-making days working alongside icons such as Robert Gottlieb, Tina Brown, David Remnick, Anna Wintour and Sonny Mehta - forces who shaped the media industry as we know it today.Infused with Orlean's signature warmth and wit, Joyride is a must-read for anyone who hungers to start, build and sustain a creative life.
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