If someone asked you what you did to get where you are today, what would you tellthem?
Author Bill Carpentier gives us his take as he looks back over his lifewith a critical eye-and great comic timing. He tells tales of growing up in an Italianfamily in Brooklyn in the 1950s (even including a recipe for egg creams), training forthe Navy (during one winter on the Great Lakes), and trying to be "present" for hiskids (while having to handle emergencies long distance). Don't worry, though, hiswife was always there to help him-or at least to tell him what she had already doneon his behalf....