Dave Isay

All There Is: Love Stories from Storycorps Dave Isay

Brief Description: Moving, uplifting, real-life stories from everyday Americans, gathered by StoryCorps and heard on NPR's "Morning Edition."Table of Contents: Contents: Introduction by Dave IsayRachel Salazar with her husband, RubenAndrea McKnight with her husband, JayPJ Goetz with her son, SamMary and Peter Vincelli with their daughter LaurenBobbi Cote-Whitacre with her wife, SandiJudi Frabosilo with her husband, PhilipPaul Wilson with his daughter Marty SmithAndrea St. John remembering her boyfriend, Kevin BroderickRebia Mixon Clay remembering her husband, Frank MixonMax Voelz remembering his wife, KimberlyGranvilette Kestenbaum remembering her husband, HowardBeverly Eckert remembering her husband, Sean RooneyHilda Chacon with her husband, Pedro Moran-PalmaPepper Miller with her husband, RonCatherine Kohanek with her husband, ScottMala Fernando with her daughter Ashanthi GajaweeraDon Boniface with his partner, Ted KuharDanny Perasa with his wife, AnnieReview Quotes: "Love stories for people who don't read love stories." --"Publishers Weekly"Brief Description: A collection of love stories from StoryCorps. Marc Notes: Compact disc.; Duration: 57:35.; Produced by Matt Ozug; edited by Michael Garofalo; music written and performed by Fredrik.; 0; Told by Storycorps participants.; A collection of love stories from StoryCorps.. Review Quotes: "A remarkable collection of true anecdotes about love and marriage--and all the obstacles in between--that's bound to win over even the most jaded of cynics. . . . These testaments of love reveal themselves as profound literature on a par with that of even the grandest poet or novelist. Here's a Valentine's Day gift more meaningful than any box of chocolates. A." --"Entertainment Weekly"Review Quotes: "Remarkable love stories." --"USA Today"Publisher Marketing: StoryCorps travels America, collecting and preserving the stories of our lives. Each conversation is housed in the Library of Congress, and many are broadcast on NPR's "Morning Edition," heard by millions of listeners each week. Told from the hearts, souls, and lives of individual Americans, these stories make us laugh, cry, think, feel, and know that we are all worth listening to and remembering. Review Citations:

Library Journal 09/01/2011 pg. 87 (EAN 9781594203213, Hardcover)

Publishers Weekly 11/07/2011 pg. 60 (EAN 9781594203213, Hardcover)

Kirkus Reviews 11/01/2011 (EAN 9781594203213, Hardcover)

Entertainment Weekly 02/03/2012 pg. 119 (EAN 9781594203213, Hardcover)

People 02/20/2012 pg. 58 (EAN 9781594203213, Hardcover)

Shelf Awareness 02/03/2012 (EAN 9781594203213, Hardcover)

Contributor Bio:  Isay, Dave Dave Isay is the founder of StoryCorps and its parent company, Sound Portraits Productions. Over the past two decades his radio documentary work has won nearly every award in broadcasting, including four Peabody awards, two RFK awards, and two Livingston awards. He is also the recipient of a Guggenheim and a MacArthur Fellowship. He is the author or coauthor of four books, including "Holding On," "Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago," and "Flophouse: Life on the Bowery,"Contributor Bio:  Isay, David DAVE ISAY is the founder of StoryCorps and the recipient of numerous broadcasting honors, including five Peabody Awards and a MacArthur "Genius" fellowship. He is the author/editor of four books including "Listening Is an Act of Love", a "New York Times" bestseller.