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Bob Goes to Jail
by Rob Sedgwick
Narrated by Roger Wayne
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Pub Date
Jul 27 2021
| Archive Date
Jul 27 2021
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Description
Rob Sedgwick was born into one of America’s oldest families and Manhattan royalty. His sister is Kyra Sedgwick, the actress; his brother is painter Nikko Sedgwick; his brother-in-law is movie star Kevin Bacon, and his stepfather was renowned art dealer Ben Heller, who pioneered the careers of Jackson Pollack and Mark Rothko. So, to say Rob has struggled to stand out in a family of big personalities is a huge understatement. In his hilarious and touching memoir, Bob Goes to Jail, Rob relates his journey from lost little boy to hapless criminal with such honesty and heart that you can't help but root for him.
In Bob Goes to Jail, Sedgwick recounts how the DEA and the NYPD mistook him for a drug lord and arrested him. When his lawyer told him to get a steady job to show he was a contributing member of society, Sedgwick got a role playing a drug lord on One Life to Live.
Bob Goes to Jail is the story of a New York socialite with a price on his head from the Mexican mob. It's the story of a Hollywood actor who did New York soap operas because his parole wouldn't let him leave the isle of Manhattan. Full of self-examination, biting comedy, absurd situations, and very human feeling, Bob Goes to Jail is more than the memoir of a man: it is the story of the search for love, the yearning for acceptance, and the struggle to find oneself.
Rob Sedgwick was born into one of America’s oldest families and Manhattan royalty. His sister is Kyra Sedgwick, the actress; his brother is painter Nikko Sedgwick; his brother-in-law is movie star...
Description
Rob Sedgwick was born into one of America’s oldest families and Manhattan royalty. His sister is Kyra Sedgwick, the actress; his brother is painter Nikko Sedgwick; his brother-in-law is movie star Kevin Bacon, and his stepfather was renowned art dealer Ben Heller, who pioneered the careers of Jackson Pollack and Mark Rothko. So, to say Rob has struggled to stand out in a family of big personalities is a huge understatement. In his hilarious and touching memoir, Bob Goes to Jail, Rob relates his journey from lost little boy to hapless criminal with such honesty and heart that you can't help but root for him.
In Bob Goes to Jail, Sedgwick recounts how the DEA and the NYPD mistook him for a drug lord and arrested him. When his lawyer told him to get a steady job to show he was a contributing member of society, Sedgwick got a role playing a drug lord on One Life to Live.
Bob Goes to Jail is the story of a New York socialite with a price on his head from the Mexican mob. It's the story of a Hollywood actor who did New York soap operas because his parole wouldn't let him leave the isle of Manhattan. Full of self-examination, biting comedy, absurd situations, and very human feeling, Bob Goes to Jail is more than the memoir of a man: it is the story of the search for love, the yearning for acceptance, and the struggle to find oneself.
A Note From the Publisher
Rob Sedgwick's memoir Bob Goes to Jail is one degree from Kevin Bacon.
Rob Sedgwick's memoir Bob Goes to Jail is one degree from Kevin Bacon.
Advance Praise
"On my first read I couldn't put it down, but I wondered if I was drawn to this brutally honest, painfully sad and hilarious memoir because I was so familiar with the world and the characters in it. However, I think that his struggle to find his path, to shadowbox the monkey on his back and come of age (at any age) is a universal story that many of us can relate to silver spoon or not."
―Kevin Bacon, star of X-Men: First Class and Mystic River
"A man born into enormous privilege makes the wrong decision every chance he gets. For a memoir to be both hilarious and devastating takes a new kind of mastery. I loved Bob Goes to Jail." ―Patricia Volk, author of Stuffed: Adventures of a Restaurant Family
"On my first read I couldn't put it down, but I wondered if I was drawn to this brutally honest, painfully sad and hilarious memoir because I was so familiar with the world and the characters in it...
Advance Praise
"On my first read I couldn't put it down, but I wondered if I was drawn to this brutally honest, painfully sad and hilarious memoir because I was so familiar with the world and the characters in it. However, I think that his struggle to find his path, to shadowbox the monkey on his back and come of age (at any age) is a universal story that many of us can relate to silver spoon or not."
―Kevin Bacon, star of X-Men: First Class and Mystic River
"A man born into enormous privilege makes the wrong decision every chance he gets. For a memoir to be both hilarious and devastating takes a new kind of mastery. I loved Bob Goes to Jail." ―Patricia Volk, author of Stuffed: Adventures of a Restaurant Family
Available Editions
EDITION |
Audiobook, Unabridged
|
ISBN |
9781684579570 |
PRICE |
$19.99 (USD)
|
DURATION |
7 Hours, 40 Minutes |
Additional Information
Available Editions
EDITION |
Audiobook, Unabridged
|
ISBN |
9781684579570 |
PRICE |
$19.99 (USD)
|
DURATION |
7 Hours, 40 Minutes |
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