What On Earth Have I Done?: Stories, Observations, and Affirmations Book

A new collection of inspirational essays by the author of the phenomenal bestseller, ALL I REALLY NEED TO KNOW I LEARNED IN KINDERGARTEN and three subsequent blockbusters.

Mary E. Jones - Library Journal

Fulghum, who came to fame in 1988 with his best-selling All I Really Needed To Know I Learned in Kindergarten, returns after ten years with more insightful and often funny observations of the world's idiosyncrasies. This time around, he ponders questions that he still asks himself: "What on earth have I done? What in the name of God am I doing? What will I think of next? And who do I think I am?" In trying to answer these, Fulghum doesn't miss anything, and he wants to make sure that his readers don't either. In the chapter titled "The Last Stages of Life and Why a Limited Opportunity for Lion Hunting Shapes Mine," Fulghum points out that the Masai tribe that lives along the Kenya/Tanzania border admires and reveres its elders, while ours warehouses the elderly in extended-care facilities. Fulghum feels that the Masai way is the better way, but tribe members must kill a lion in order to prove their worthiness. Since there aren't many lions in Fulghum's neighborhood, he has to figure out a better way-a way of his own. And so he does. An inspiring read; recommended for all public libraries. [See Prepub Alert, LJ5/15/07.]