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  • Make Your Own Mistakes

  • By: Rich Cohen
  • Narrated by: Rich Cohen
  • Length: 2 hrs and 15 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (46 ratings)

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Make Your Own Mistakes

By: Rich Cohen
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Publisher's summary

From the best-selling author of The Fish That Ate the Whale, Sweet and Low, and Tough Jews comes Make Your Own Mistakes, a candid, short memoir that chronicles Rich Cohen’s transition to young adulthood in New York City and beyond. Both amusing and thoughtful, this is the story of Rich’s quest to lead a life outside the confines of his father’s dream for him. His father’s tough love and unsought guidance collides with the resistance of Rich’s youth, bringing forth crucial lessons that where you choose to live can define your existence, that you should be happy with unhappiness, and that in life you must always move forward.

©2023 Rich Cohen (P)2023 Audible Originals, LLC.
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About the Creator and Performer - Rich Cohen

About the Creator and Performer

Rich Cohen is the author of The New York Times bestsellers Tough Jews; Monsters; Sweet and Low; When I Stop Talking, You’ll Know I’m Dead (with Jerry Weintraub); The Sun & the Moon & the Rolling Stones; and The Chicago Cubs: Story of a Curse. He is a co-creator of the HBO series Vinyl and a contributing editor at Vanity Fair and Rolling Stone. He has written for The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and Harper’s Magazine, among other publications. Cohen has won the Great Lakes Book Award, the Chicago Public Library’s 21st Century Award, and the ASCAP Deems Taylor Award for outstanding coverage of music. His stories have been included in The Best American Essays and The Best American Travel Writing. His latest book, The Last Pirate of New York, is out in paperback in June 2020.

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Loved it

Loved it, good view into how people should make their own decisions no matter what.

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Brilliant and hilarious

A great yarn from start to finish. I loved the writing and the picture of life, place and people sort artfully created.

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Loved the book & the narration

I sure got a good glimpse of life in New York City and the struggles & sacrifices one has to make to live there. So glad the author escaped & found peace and prosperity away from the concrete jungle

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Rich Cohen Reflects

This is a different speed than what Rich normally writes, but I’ll read anything he does. Good story, good narration, and satisfying ending.

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Interesting life quest

The author writes and narrates his interesting memoir of sorts. It's a story of moving away from his famous father and discovering a life of his own.

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Good story and advice

Great narrator that holds your attention to the story and hidden nuggets in the way of advice.

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boring...

Well written story and good narration. The only problem is that the story is boring.

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Great listen

I loved listening to Rich. I’d love to hear more shorts/stories about him and his family. It’s like sitting around the table sharing stories and with your friends and family.

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Enjoyable read

Light and fun. A nice journey from childhood to adulthood and perhaps why we live where we live.

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excellent

great story telling. The tone and dictation of the the authrs voivce grabbed me

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