Many thanks to my friends at @macmillan.audio for the #gifted copy of this book.

 

HAVE MERCY!  Move over Uncle Jesse.  Stamos has stollen my heart.  

 

Careening down Rodeo Drive.  A few too many to be behind the wheel.  Tourists shouting, “pull over!”  But just who is that man in the driver’s seat—Blackie Parrish?  Uncle Jesse?  Dr. Tony Gates?  Maybe it’s a mere caricature.  

 

Stamos opens his memoir recalling one of the worst moments of his life— in dire need of mercy, though mostly from himself.  At 51 years old, his one-time catchphrase became a cry for help.  

 

Part confession.  Part entertainment.  Stamos shares a broad variety of stories, from ones that bare his soul to ones that had me starstruck or bowled over with laughter.  He’s candid, self-deprecating, and transparent.  

 

There is so much more to Stamos that I realized!  Beach Boy enthusiast and band member.  Top selling Emcee for Cabaret.  Disney fanatic.  Beyond that ageless, pretty boy face and meticulously coiffed hair, there’s real depth, endearing quirks, and enviable talent.

 

But it was the stories he told about connections (his mom, Don Rickles, Bob Saget, his wife…) that really made this book stand out.  

 

What a genuine memoir!  I laughed, and I cried.  And I became a John Stamos fan for life.  

 

🎧 I partnered my *signed* copy (😍) with the audiobook.  Narrated by Stamos, he brings his written word to life.  The emotion in his voice brought genuineness to the details, and his celebrety impressions throughout the book were hilarious and spot on.  Listening to Stamos tell his own story felt like sitting with an old friend over coffee.

 

“If you get a chance to sit for a spell with someone you love don’t get up to quickly, stay a while, linger, indulge, savor. Order the cake.”