Description

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By the time Josh Rivedal turned twenty-five, he thought he'd have the perfect life-a few years singing on Broadway, followed by a starring role in his own television show. After which, his getaway home in the Hamptons would be featured in Better Homes & Gardens, and his face would grace the cover of the National Enquirer as Bigfoot's not-so-secret lover. Instead, his resume is filled with an assortment of minor league theatre and an appearance on The Maury Povich Show-a career sidetracked by his father's suicide, a lawsuit from his mother over his inheritance, and a break-up with his long-term girlfriend. Tortured by his thoughts, he finds himself on the ledge of a fourth floor window, contemplating jumping out to inherit his familial legacy. In turn he must reach out to the only person who can help him before it's too late. Based in part on his acclaimed one-man show, The Gospel According to Josh is a comedic and poignant true-to-life tale of love, loss, struggle, and survival-a gospel account of one young man's passage into manhood-his twenty-eight-year Gentile bar mitzvah. This is the Conscious Ageing Trust edition, with a foreword by Dr. Max Mackay-James. Twenty-five percent of proceeds from this book will be donated to Conscious Ageing Trust and their subsidiaries, Diealog and Men Beyond 50. Conscious Ageing Trust is a "Get People Talking" charity employing strategies to break the taboo surrounding ageing, death and dying, to bring about positive change in people's lives, their communities and society. www.consciousageing.org.

About the Author

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Josh Rivedal is an international public speaker on mental health and suicide prevention, a regular contributor for The Huffington Post, and an actor, and playwright. He wrote and developed the play, The Gospel According to Josh, which has toured extensively throughout the United States and Canada. His memoir The Gospel According to Josh: A 28-Year Gentile Bar Mitzvah was published by Skookum Hill in September 2013 and was added to The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention's recommended reading list for survivors of suicide. He wrote the libretto, and additional music and lyrics to a Spanish language Christmas musical Rescatando la Navidad, which opened in Miami in November 2013. He writes for the blogs The Arts Entrepreneur and The BLOGospel According to Josh. His short story Chasing Waterfalls will be published in 2014 as part of a compilation entitled Little Book of Big Epiphanies. He has two new book series in development: "The I'MPossible Project" and "Juan Carlos: The Boy King and the End of the World." As an actor, Josh has lent his voice numerous national television commercials, audiobooks, and animated projects including the role of Hippo in Scholastic's Rabbit and Hippo In Three Short Tales, and the narrator of Julianne Moore's Freckleface Strawberry and the Dodgeball Bully. He has performed in regional theaters from New York City to Honolulu to Orlando to Philadelphia. He serves on the advisory board of Elijah's Journey a Jewish response to suicide prevention and has previously served on the board for the New York City chapter of The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.