Mail for Mikey: An Odd Sort of Recovery Memoir

by Orson Bean

Book Overview

Orson Bean starred on Broadway for twenty years, regularly hosted The Tonight Show, sat on the panel of the game show To Tell the Truth, and made appearances in movies like Being John Malkovich. He drank and snorted drugs and DID inhale. But he was never quite happy--until he sniffed around, found religion, and became a recovering alcoholic. This is his story, aimed at those folks who are interested in recovery, but suspicious.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1569803501
• ISBN13: 9781569803509
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Barricade Books
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

It works!

I've had the pleasure of speaking with Mr. Bean on the Dennis Miller radio show. He says that this book won't be sold in Christian stores because it's a little raunchy. I read the part where he drops the F-bomb and I must say that it totally works in the context of the joke. No other word would have had the same impact. The story is very sweet. It's told with a great voice. And so what if it's not sold in Christian stores? He'd be preaching to the choir anyways.

Well worth the price of admission

I am an alcoholic with forty some years of sobriety. I am retired with over 20 years background in addiction counseling and treatment administration. This is simply one of the best of several dozen of this type of book that I have read. Anyone interested in this subject would be well rewarded by purchaing this book. It is a ten out of ten. Roger Smalley

Food for the Soul

Based on someone's recommendation, I read this book. It was very interesting and uplifting. I think there are many people today who are struggling to find more meaning in their lives and this story provides some strong suggestion for where to look.

Too Hip for Faith?

If you know someone who's on the fence about faith but mostly think he's just too hip to believe, this is the book! Orson Bean is refreshingly candid, honest, and persuasive! Read at your own risk!

I laughed, then I cried, and then I laughed again

I heard Orson being interviewed on the Dennis Miller radio show and after hearing about his book, I just had to read it. I was blessed that I did. Orson's writing style is wonderfully fresh. I laughed out loud and cried moments later. I felt like I had a lot in common with the way Orson came about his belief's in God and Jesus.