My Adventures with God
 First edition | |
| Author | Stephen Tobolowsky |
|---|---|
| Genre | Memoir |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
Publication date | April 18, 2017 |
| Pages | 368 |
| ISBN | 9781476766461 |
My Adventures with God is a 2017 memoir by Stephen Tobolowsky. Kirkus Reviews said the first half of the book was "an uneven Hollywood memoir" prior to Tobolowsky's "sudden return to traditional Judaism" in the 1990s, when the work "gains more gravity".[1] Publishers Weekly called it a "well told must-read" with stories based in Tobolowsky's Jewish Texan identity and a "unique Pentateuch narrative arc" of his life.[2] A positive Jewish Book Council review said that it displayed "friendly scholarship, serious intent, and occasional desperation of an exemplary seeker" with "light doses of Torah and Talmud".[3] The memoir also covers Tobolowsky's "somewhat un-Jewish upbringing in Dallas — he went to Sunday school throughout most of his childhood, sometimes more than once per week".[4]
References
[edit]Sources
[edit]- Jason, Philip K. (May 15, 2019). "My Adventures with God". Jewish Book Council (book review). Retrieved 2020-03-20.
- "Nonfiction Book Review: My Adventures with God by Stephen Tobolowsky". Publishers Weekly. 2017-02-10. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
- "My Adventures with God", Kirkus Reviews, February 15, 2017, retrieved 2020-03-20
- Kane, Peter Lawrence (April 21, 2017), "How Stephen Tobolowsky Found God", SF Weekly
Further reading
[edit]- Williams, John (April 16, 2017). "Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: Stephen Tobolowsky's 'My Adventures With God'". The New York Times. p. C4.
- Sáenz Harris, Joyce (November 21, 2017). "Dallas-raised Stephen Tobolowsky on faith, his new book and everyone's Old Testament lives". The Dallas Morning News.
- Goldman, Crystal (March 15, 2017), My Adventures with God by Stephen Tobolowsky (Book review), Library Journal (subscription required)
- Domingo Martinez (April 2017), "Groundhog Deus", Texas Monthly
- Krys Boyd, ed. (April 18, 2017), "Stephen Tobolowsky's Adventures With God", Think, Dallas: KERA (FM)