Jim Moret "The Last Day of My Life"
Aired on March 22, 2010– 11 am PST
www.latalkradio.com
TITLE: “The Last Day of My Life”
SPECIAL GUEST: Jim Moret, Chief Correspondent of “Inside Edition” and Author of “The Last Day of My Life”
http://www.jimmoret.com
Allen and this week’s guest, Jim Moret, explore what it takes to move beyond depression, tragedy, and self-doubt. Jim, like so many people in today’s stressful society, was a day away from taking his own life when he came to the ultimate decision: not simply whether to live, but how to live.
In addition to discussing the evolution from the brink of suicide into miracles, Jim also poses to Allen and our listeners a question: “If you only had 24 hours left…what would you do?
________________________________________________________
Biography
Jim Moret a journalist for well over two decades, is currently Chief Correspondent for Inside Edition, based in Los Angeles. The veteran journalist was with CNN for nearly a decade, serving as co-anchor of the long-running Showbiz Today, as well as co-anchor of CNN’s main newscast, The World Today, and anchor of CNN’s NewsNight.
Synopsis of “The Last Day of My Life”
If you had 24 hours to live…Should you finally forgive the one who hurt you the most, and would you find the courage to apologize to the person you wronged? Who would you remember as your life’s greatest love? Could you recognize what you are truly grateful for? Jim Moret didn’t fully understand the answers to those questions until he was literally a day away from ending his own life.
This veteran television broadcaster and interviewer turns the camera on himself, taking the reader on an intimate journey. He moves beyond depression, tragedy, and self-doubt and grapples with his greatest decision: not simply whether to live but how to live. If you only had 24 hours left…what would you do?
Publishers Weekly
Amidst accelerating personal, professional, and financial crises, L.A. journalist Moret was seriously contemplating suicide; he pulled through by seizing on the question of his last day-what would he cherish most?-as an opportunity to rediscover the beauty, love and value in his life. Devoting each of 24 chapters to a topic like sacrifice, tenacity, laughter, music, passion and wonder, Moret draws lessons from stories about friends and family, his childhood, personal obstacles, and his career at CNN and elsewhere. Moret’s smooth journalistic prose and 24-hour checklist make this a swift, focused inspirational memoir.
