Joe Esterhaus is addicted to booze and cigarettes. He also has throat cancer and if he wants to live, he needs to give them both up. Joe has enjoyed a career as a screenwriter in Hollywood, writing movies like Basic Instinct and Showgirls. He has lived the Hollywood life, too, filled with booze, women and drugs. All of his life, he has scorned religion. Until now - he realizes that only God can save him. Joe has a new wife and four young boys and he wants to live. He turns to God and returns to the Catholic Church he grew up in. To his surprise, his life is not over but only beginning.
This was a great memoir about a skeptic who regains his faith. I loved the fact that Joe was brutally honest. He admits to all of his past failings. He cannot accept the administrators who perpetuated the child abuse in the Catholic church and the high price that all now pay for the years of mistakes. Joe shares his walk as a "baby Christian" as he tries to walk the walk of Jesus by using his talents to do good for God. He shows that being a Christian doesn't always make us perfect. He still swears and he is too cynical for his own good. Still, Joe and his family find joy and the reader can't help cheering for Joe as he lets God lead his life.
Rating - 5 stars
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