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A Million Miles in a Thousand Years

What I Learned While Editing My Life

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A Million Miles in a Thousand Years

By: Donald Miller
Narrated by: Donald Miller
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After the publication of his wildly successful memoir, Blue Like Jazz, Donald Miller's life began to stall. During what should have been the height of his success, he found himself avoiding responsibility and even questioning the meaning of life. But when two producers proposed turning his memoir into a movie, Miller found himself launched into a new story filled with risk, possibility, beauty, and meaning.

A Million Miles in a Thousand Years chronicles Miller's rare opportunity to edit his life into a great story and to reinvent himself so nobody shrugs their shoulders when the credits roll. When his producers begin fictionalizing Don's life for the film—changing a meandering memoir into a structured narrative—the real-life Don starts a journey to make his actual life into a better story.

In this book, we have a front-row seat to Miller's journey—from sleeping all day to riding his bike across America, from living in romantic daydreams to facing love head-on, from wasting his money to founding a life-changing nonprofit.

Guided by a host of outlandish but very real characters, Miller teaches us:

  • Why God hasn't fixed us yet
  • The power of speaking something into nothing
  • The redemptive beauty that can come from tragic circumstances
  • How to get a second chance at life the first time around

Through heart-wrenching honesty and hilarious self-inspection, Miller takes listeners through the life that emerges when it turns from boring reality into a meaningful narrative.

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A really interesting view on life

The author's voice at the beginning was a little off-putting, a bit monotone. Yet after this initial observation was forgotten about, the stories & his views on them were enlightening.
A really good read.

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Not my usual genre

I rarely go for this kind of book but this was recommend on the Noah Kagan podcast so thought I'd give it a go.
I enjoyed this book enormously, the idea of living your story really struck a chord and I feel like it will help me to stop wallowing around and make some more interesting memories.

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Are you feeling stuck? Or perhaps adrift?

If you are feeling stuck or adrift then Donald Miller's earthy, self-depricating story-telling might just be what you need. I always listen with a wry smile.

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Awesome narration

Notwithstanding a great and thought provoking piece the narrator was first class. Every word was read and gave the book more meaning than it has

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A great story about story

The author is a great narrator, an author who gets how to read a book: as if you're telling a great story. Reflecting on his own life and the meaning of life while writing a script to his own movie makes him draw parallels on building a good story in a movie and in life.

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Great story … a bit low quality audio

I like Don way of writing and his stories are inspiring and encouraging. The audio quality was a bit low

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Fantastic read

Fantastic read with a resonating message. Narrator was good and the book was written well and flowed very easily.

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A beautiful story about the story of life

Lyrical, enchanting and thought provoking. This book allows the reader to ponder the meaning of life through the performance of the stories we create for ourselves. One read isn’t enough, I will be reading this book over to pick up the abundance of important messages I missed first time around.

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it's not Don's best book, but still a good one

you learn about good story telling and a little about what makes a life good. It's encouraging. In his books Blue Like Jazz and Crazy Close you will see Don more as he is even if he talks less about himself and and we can feel more of his diamonds, fears and hopes, but even in this book it's good to hear him giving insights in his experiences, his heart and in knowledge.

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Great read(well listen)

i loved how it was read. overall story is engaging , inspirational and it's well writen. Loved the book and I will definitely recommend it to my close ones

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