Today I Am a Boy

As a world-renowned theatrical designer, David Hays has accomplished a huge amount in his life. So why now, at the age of sixty-six, is Hays sitting in a classroom with a group of twelve-year-olds, studying to be a bar mitzvah boy? Didn't the adventures he recounted in his previous book--wherein he & his son sailed a tiny boat around Cape Horn--aptly prove his determination against the odds? Today I Am a Boy follows Hays on a voyage every bit as exciting & life-altering as the one in My Old Man & the Sea. As the author struggles to learn Hebrew alongside his rowdy classmates (he nicknames them "The Hormone Hurricane"), his long dormant love of learning is rekindled. At the stage of life when most of us begin to slow down, Hays feels more alive than ever, rejuvenated by newfound mysteries of his youth & faith. As hilarious as it is heartrending, Today I Am a Boy is a brave, clear-eyed, & joyous examination of life. Praise for My Old Man & the Sea: "Will be read one hundred years from now...It will make you cry & smile & exult." --William F. Buckley, The New York Times Book Review.Hays, David is the author of 'Today I Am a Boy' with ISBN 9780743201261 and ISBN 0743201264.