I'm so pumped! I don't know how I missed this, but I did. Stephen Christian, lead singer of the band Anberlin (my favorite band of all-time, fyi) and side project Anchor & Braille has written a book. The book is entitled, "The Orphaned Anything's: memoir of a lesser known". It was published by iUniverse, Inc. (February 18, 2008). You can preview the first chapter online at Amazon.com. After only readying the first six pages I'm already hooked and can't wait to purchase this book. The informal writing style is almost conversational at times. Which is different, but refreshing. Here's the discription from the back cover:"An “im up, what more do you want from me?” sticker hideously controls the back of Ayden Kosacov’s bedroom door. In his mind what started as a joke is slowly becoming his ‘glorious and underrated mantra’.
Ayden Kosacov is alive, and that is about all you can say. In the throws of a mundane and jejune life Ayden is slowly coming to the realization that if all his world is a stage than he wouldn’t care if he did or did not miss the final scenes. Through an almost ‘accidental’ suicide attempt and the recovery that soon follows, Ayden learns that there is more to living than just being alive. Finding his way through diverse experiences and people he comes to terms with God, his family, and finally himself.
The Orphaned Anything’s style of writing is in the likes of Dennis Johnson (Jesus’ Son) and Dave Eggers (A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius) and yet designed to give life lessons, encouragement, and hope like books by Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist) and Donald Miller (Blue Like Jazz)." - Read More
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