CONFESSIONS: A MEMOIR

by Jodie Rhodes

Because I am so widely known as the only literary agent in the world who openly welcomes new writers who've been rejected by every other agent (and, I'm happy to say, has sold hundreds of their books) it is understandable you might think this memoir is about that profession. Nothing could be further from the truth.
You won’t even get to the hard to believe story of how I became an agent by sheer accident until the end of the book. Instead, you will read the story of a person who lived a life that could only be written as a confession.
The structure of this memoir follows the flowing narrative of a novel and the book’s theme is that if you want to accomplish something hard enough, you will be successful.
There is significant drama here but it is leavened with a great deal of humor and considerable irony.
The target audience covers all age groups from teenagers to people in their 90s with varied interests,educational backgrounds and genders but they all have one thing in they love books.
It also has the advantage of being a unique memoir, for no literary agent has ever written a memoir.
But the greatest thing I learned in writing it was that no one who lived the tumultuous life I lived not only changed their lifestyle when they changed careers but actually changed the person they were, which is what happened to me.

345 pages, Nook

First published September 19, 2011

Reviews

[Jessica Tan · Rating 1 out of 5]

Awful. Don't waste your time. Don't know why I did.

[Max · Rating 4 out of 5]

What a riveting and compelling and kind of unsettling story. Part marketing manifesto, part tragedy, part fascinating psychological portrait, this book feels a little rough and ragged and incomplete sometimes. There are some disturbing events, and there are some minor typos here and there. And it ends with a personal marketing pitch that blends with the rest of the book in a really unusual way. It’s honest and brutal and perplexing sometimes. But always gripping.

[Alice Gibson · Rating 2 out of 5]

I think that the book was poorly written by someone who thinks she's the self-proclaimed "best". She is a good sales person, tho. Right on a par with car sales people. She toots her own horn way too much. She should take a lesson from some good "memoir" writer - Stephen King, Sonia Sotomayer, etc.

[Allison · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this book. I thought that the author had a great story to tell and definitely did it well through her writing. However I did think some parts were cut short or left incomplete and as a reader you wanted more.

[Grier Kantor · Rating 4 out of 5]

Forget the fact this woman is a literary agent- because only about 5 pages at the very end are about that and they are, by far, the least interesting part of this memoir. Overall, an interesting story and a quick read.

[Jenna · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was an entertaining book... crazy life! Thanks for sharing! This was a free Kindle book and i find it a great way to find new interesting authors!

[Crystal Caravella · Rating 2 out of 5]

All over the place and so many characters to keep track of. Overall not worth the time