Lessons For Dylan
On Life, Love, the Movies, and Me
Joel Siegel
- At
- the
- age
- of
- fifty-seven,
- movie
- critic
- Joel
- Siegel
- both
- became
- a
- father
- for
- the
- first
- time
- and
- learned
- that
- he
- had
- cancer.
- In
- Lessons
- for
- Dylan,
- Siegel
- shares
- all
- the
- things
- he
- wants
- his
- son
- to
- know-in
- case
- he's
- not
- around
- to
- tell
- him.
- It's
- a
- story
- about
- a
- life
- well-lived
- and
- about
- living
- life
- well.
- It's
- chock-full
- of
- earnest
- advice,
- hilarious
- anecdotes,
- a
- Yiddish
- lexicon,
- and
- recollections
- of
- everyone
- from
- Brad
- Pitt
- to
- the
- Beatles.
- Siegel
- lays
- out
- the
- History
- of
- the
- Jewish
- People
- in
- Four
- Jokes;
- offers
- Dylan
- manly
- advice
- on
- sex
- ("ask
- your
- mother"),
- culinary
- arts,
- the
- movies;
- and
- of
- course,
- offers
- a
- few
- lectures
- ("Be
- anything
- you
- want
- to
- be,
- but,
- please
- God,
- please
- don't
- want
- to
- be
- an
- actor").
- Along
- the
- way,
- Joel
- teaches
- Dylan,
- and
- readers,
- a
- little
- something
- about
- growing
- up
- at
- any
- age.At
- times
- heart-wrenching,
- at
- times
- laugh-out-loud
- funny,
- Joel
- Siegel
- has
- crafted
- an
- indelible
- and
- enduring
- love
- letter
- to
- his
- son,
- and
- a
- literary
- gift
- to
- us all.
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