The Stories of Bogey

by Jody J. Sperling

The Stories of Bogey is the memoir of author, Jody J. Sperling, told unlike any memoir you've read before. It's braided form explores the author's life during the deepest grief of his life. He's a young married man with two, soon to be three sons, a daughter, and a wife he loves deeply. Woven into his own story of fighting for publication is the novelized stories of Bogey, his not-so-fictional uncle. As the book progresses, the line between the novel-in-progress and the life of the author blurs until the climactic moment when Jody is forced to confront a life-altering tragedy he's only tried to bury. Equal parts factual memoir and true novel, The Stories of Bogey will resonate with anyone who's ever lost a loved one and feels responsible for that loss.

418 pages, Paperback

Published August 8, 2023

About the author

Jody J. Sperling is a novelist, podcaster, husband, and father. He's obsessed with writing the best books and showing other authors how to make the best books bestsellers.

Reviews

[Heather O'Brien · Rating 5 out of 5]

My gosh.

The Stories of Bogey will break your heart in all the right ways. It is part memoir, part confession, part fantasy, and all heart. It is the shattered bits of hope, and introspection, and tragedy. The characters, be they real or fictitious or amalgams of something in-between, will draw you in and spit you out. The themes of love, of longing, and of loss are so raw and real, they are mirrors to anyone plagued with dark pasts or self-doubt.

Bogey Morris's journey, lock-stepping with the revelations of his biographer, are a somber nod to the power of faith, a driving force pointing toward everything that makes us human.

This is an incredible work that demands readers. Again...my gosh.