Life Is Like a Sailboat
Selected Writings on Life and Living from the Philadelphia Inquirer

Absolutely fantastic! This book was an entertaining read. Funny, gripping, it makes you want to read on. I was so amazed at how humorous a book like this is and how it can actually make me Laugh Out Loud. The book was filled with its depressing sad stories as well. When any newspaper publishes stori......more

Some great columns, but a few that haven't aged as well.......more

Before there was "Marley and Me", there was a newspaper columnist by the name of John Grogan. This book is a collection of his columns from the Philadelphia Inquirer. He tackles topics that are rather Philadelphia-centric but informative and entertaining to read, and in some cases, might apply to ot......more

This was a purchase I never regretted. I found the stories funny, heartwarming, and sometimes heartbreaking. There was even one I could not bring myself to listen to the entire story, I found it too difficult to finish. But I found this a perfect book for listening to on a summer's evening, while th......more

I really enjoyed all of the short stories in this collection of, what seems to be, editorial articles from the journalist for the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania newspaper. A lot of the stories were a little lost on me, since I don't live in this area, but so many of them span across location, ethnicity,......more