When professional storyteller Joel ben Izzy discovered after waking up from thyroid cancer surgery that he had lost his voice, he felt himself falling head long into a story as odd as any he had ever told. His life, his livelihood, his personal identity all seemed open to interpretation and threatened by a meaningless, incomprehensible twist of fate. Weaving together stories and fables with the events of his own life, ben Izzy takes listeners on a surprisingly humorous and deeply moving journey into the heart of what it means to live and to be happy. Since he narrates his story, you know he ultimately does regain his voice; but it is what else he loses and what else is gained along the way that ultimately makes his story so satisfying and insightful. HighBridge Audio Book Excerpts presents THE BEGGAR KING AND THE SECRET OF HAPPINESS (www.highbridgeaudio.com/beggarking.html) written and read by award-winning storyteller and author Joel ben Izzy.

[ Fri, 29 Jun 2007 10:42:01 -0600 ]

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