Childish Things, Tom Reiss
Childish Things, Tom Reiss
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Childish Things
A journey from and to innocence

Author: Tom Reiss

Narrator: Ivan Busenius

Unabridged: 5 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Thomas Reiss

Published: 06/20/2020


Synopsis

Astonishing. Searingly honest with plenty of drama it is the true story of a young life led that promised much, delivered more that could ever have been envisaged until the bottom fell out of the authors world.From the realms of high finance and a chance encounter with the President to the comedic pathos of the participation in a football tournament, as an inpatient of a Psychiatric facility.After a lengthy period flat out on the canvas of life, our pugilist in all but name, gets back into the ring and makes another attempt, successful again, to prove you can’t keep a good man down.If only that were the end of the story but there’s a sting in the tail that brings readers up short. The lesson: it really is a good idea to make the most of every day granted to you.Tom Reiss professes to know less and less about life as he poignantly and with good humour, reflects upon his own.Reiss’s mastery of storytelling through his melodic prose gently guides the reader through the most compelling of lives.Quintessentially, this is a beautiful memoir by a truly remarkable man. Read it. You’ll be surprised by what you may learn.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Beauregard on January 08, 2024

I enjoy the deconversion genre. Warnock tells a good story and he got sucked in during the ‘Jesus Revolution’ time-period. This book reminded me a lot about that truly awful movie called ‘Jesus Revolution.’ The movie never saw itself for the ironic masterpiece that it was as when for example Chuck S......more

Goodreads review by Ayn on July 15, 2022

I was originally going to give this a 4 because I feel that there are significant gaps in it, but then I see that an additional book is on its way in 23. I still am not sure that the gaps that concern me, such as wanting to know more specifics about Warnock's deconversion, will be in that, but what......more

Goodreads review by Bethany on April 25, 2022

What an honor it is that I met Dave in 2019 as I was navigating my own deconversion process. This book is truly special in so many ways. Deconversion is messy and fraught, but when we find community it can be healing. Dave's approach on how to Carpe the Fucking Diem is important and necessary approa......more

Goodreads review by Marta on March 25, 2023

Wow! Wow! Wow! I find myself speechless, unable to find words worthy of this review. Validating, is definitely a word I would use for the emotion I felt while reading this book. My heart leaped! It shouted “I feel so seen” & “I am not alone” Raw, honest, extremely vulnerable are others which I can a......more

Goodreads review by ElenTikvah on February 28, 2023

It must have been back in late-2019/early-2020 when I first heard Dave Warnock's story on The Thinking Atheist podcast with Seth Andrews. At that time, Warnock's diagnosis was a noted point of conversation in this (and similar podcasts at the time). It was about this same time that I was truly confr......more