Here are some quotes from our readers:
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“Everything is Happening at Once is a sensory experience, an exhilarating journey about a young man living the fullest life he can live every moment as an addiction. It’s a story that shocks, surprises, and delights with its originality. I have devoured every delicious word of this engrossing memoir and its unforgettable characters: Grandpa with his poignant questions and micro-doses of wisdom, the cocky Jan Cox and his merry band of experimenting young men and women including the multi-talented Jon Marcus, who is willing to try anything to expand the boundaries of human thought and experience. These characters are fully alive and cry out to us: Do something new. Try on a fresh identity. Study a subject you hate. Let go of society’s expectations. Do something different and see what happens.
“Nothing changes everything!”
There’s so much more than this, but here are a few memorable quotes: “What if you could be as alive all the time as you are a little bit of the time?” “If you really want to become more than you are, then you must become what you are not.”
Go for it. Read this story. Let it simmer and seep into you until you squirm out of your comfort zone, and then see what you can discover about yourself and others. Do it for the fun of it. You may just learn the most important lessons of your life.”
Rosemary Rawlins, author of Learning by Accident
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“What a memoir! Marcus pulls you in with his entertaining and insightful writing. His journey is one to which so many will relate: the search for universal truths, the desire to belong to a cause greater than oneself, the need to be loved. He shares his experience so openly and with such humor, I was sad when it ended. And Grandpa Phil is my hero!”
Marene Emanuel
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“I loved this book—it held my interest and kept me wondering how the next adventure would turn out. It was warm and sensitive, unpretentious and enlightening. A great story of a man coming of age, wanting challenges that would nourish his soul. Reading it, mine was nourished as well.”
Nancy Terrill
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“Sit down to this meaty work for a cosmic dinner. Follow lyrical ribbons that fold on themselves, weaving across decades. Wake up in a story that doesn’t end far from where it started. You will find yourself a lifetime from where you began.”
Stephanie Bobb
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“I very quickly I found myself engaged on a terrific journey. Marcus captivates with the story itself, the saga of a young man in the ‘70s on a spiritual search with a group of “merry questers” led by Jan Cox. It’s Marcus’ writing that awes and engages: his pungent, original metaphors; his stunning ability to suck me into the moment; his dialogue with Grandpa Phil; his questions, such as: “What in the hell is all this really about?” with regard to the group; the “Tasks” that Jan Cox assigns. All of this leads to: Everything is happening at once. This is a “must read” memoir. If you were in your 20s in the ‘70s, it’s a required read! And if you were born too late and missed it all, then it’s a required read!!”
Robert Lytle
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“The story is so well focused and I feel like I’m right with Marcus in his perspective and path of discovery.”
Jean Pruitt
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One can’t help but be caught-up and carried along, page after page, by Jonathan Marcus’ new and engrossing memoir. Graduating from college in the waning years of the Vietnam War, he knew he didn’t want to get swept up in a fight he didn’t believe was his. Instead, in his quest to learn a new way to think about the world and his relationship with it, he was swept up into an almost cult-like group on the same quest. It became a years-long experience he could never have anticipated or imagined for himself. This story of Marcus’ times of push and pull and give and take with his fellow seekers and the group’s leader will both fascinate and intrigue you.
Mark Terrill
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It’s engaging! From the very first sentence I wanted to follow the little bus to see where it would lead.
Cynthia Shelley
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“Wow. What a trip through the time space continuum! I love the easy flow of Marcus’ writing, the essence of his years with Jan, the natural dialogue, the aliveness of his memories. I am touched by it as well, both by a sort of wistfulness that I didn’t have such an experience, and awed that he did. The tone is flawless, consistent throughout, as if Marcus poured it all on the page in one go. His grandfather’s presence is natural yet profound, as is his note to him at the wall, which contains the absolute best prayer ever hidden in a wall ever in the history of hidden notes.”
Burnley Hayes
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