“Searching for John Hughes” Book Talk & Signing | SF

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The Booksmith presents Jason Diamond and his hilarious and poignant new memoir, Searching for John Hughes: Or Everything I Thought I Needed to Know about Life I Learned from Watching ’80s Movies, the story of how a Jewish kid from a broken home in a Chicago suburb—sometimes homeless, always restless—found comfort and connection in the likewise broken lives in the suburban Chicago of John Hughes’ oeuvre.

A writer at heart, Diamond decided early on that it would fall to him to write a biography of his favorite filmmaker. It didn’t matter to him that he had no qualifications, training, background, platform, or direction. Thus went the years-long, delusional, earnest, and assiduous quest to reach his goal. In the meantime, he brewed coffee, guarded cupcake cafes, and built up a respectable writing career. All the while, he watched John Hughes movies religiously.

This is a memoir of growing up. One part big dream, one part big failure, one part John Hughes movies, one part Chicago, and one part New York. It’s a story of what comes after the “Go for it” part of the command to young creatives to pursue their dreams—no matter how absurd they might seem at first.

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