Joe Sutton was a successful public relations man to the stars, then artists' manager. The first professional feather in his cap was to convince a young songwriter to perform. Doubting if anyone would want to hear him sing, Neil Diamond nonetheless took Sutton's advice, and the rest, as they say, is history. Eventually, Sutton's world began crashing in around him. Surrounded by past successes and the promise of yet more, he found himself in a deep depression. Therapists and medication helped somewhat, along with support from his family and friends. What eventually pulled Joe out of his doldrums was Vipassana meditation. He began to reevaluate his life, learning to appreciate the people around him, and to recognize just how blessed he really was. As Cary Grant once remarked upon spying Sutton with his sons, "I think you're the luckiest man I've ever seen."
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"...not just a grass roots look at Hollywood...it's a look climbing up from the bottom rung." -- Ed McMahon
"You will get glimpses of yourself, and people you know, in this man's journey to self and soul..." -- Al Ruddy, producer of
"You will get glimpses of yourself, and people you know, in this man's journey to self and soul..." -- Al Ruddy, producer of
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JOSEPH MICHAEL SUTTON lives in Los Angeles, California.
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Honest book by an incredible and incredibly honest man,
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Sutton's biography is an incredible and incredibly honest book by a celebrity Public Relations man who is incredible and incredibly honest himself. It is written in a post-modern style--in other words, some chapters are several pages long and cover many thoughts, others are half a page and cover maybe one person, idea or moment in time. So you never know what to expect--except for honesty in every word written by a fine, reborn human being indeed. Sutton has held the hands of his children through a painful divorce and guided the careers of some of Hollywood's elite, but in his battle with severe depression he had to depend upon his two sons, his siblings, his friend-of-an-ex-wife, and the superstar clients and now friends as well as old teachers and employers, meditation techniques, sports and the kindness of strangers. This book resonates well with this old college professor and university PR man who, like Sutton, refuses to sell his soul to the devil in order to do my jobs. One of the best books in years. I hope to get the author to autograph it someday.
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