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 readers through the life that emerges when it turns from boring
reality into a meaningful narrative.
