Here is that passage I promised, from the last part of chapter 1 of The Red Circle (which launches tomorrow). First let’s set the stage: Having just turned sixteen, Brandon is out on the Pacific Ocean with a family of three (two young parents and their three-year-old...
With forty-eight hours to go to The Red Circle’s launch, I thought I’d share the opening of chapter 1: # # #Every culture has its rites of passage. Native American adolescents journeyed into the wilderness for days on end in vision quests aimed at gaining life...
Today is the day: Code to Joy is on the bookshelves. And in honor of its launch, I thought I’d share with you an excerpt from the foreword that Larry King so graciously provided us: # # # The twentieth century had its share of medical miracles. I should know. When...
On the eve of the release of Code to Joy, I thought I’d share this excerpt. Once upon a time there was a flea who believed that he was king of the world. One day he decided that he wanted to go to the beach for a swim. But the western shore was many miles away, and on...
A few days ago I wrote about “Stefanie’s question,” which drives the new book, Code to Joy, and promised to tell you what became of Stephanie. To do that, we need to take a quick detour back to the age of dinosaurs. In the beginning of the book, we talk about the “fog...
Our new book Code to Joy starts with a question that came from a woman named Stefanie. It was a really, really good question. In fact, Stefanie’s question was so poignant, and my coauthors, Drs. George Pratt and Peter Lambrou, felt it was so important, that it became...
