"What I remember is 'blah, blah, blah, blah, blah' because my brain stopped working at Gavin's first line: 'John, they want you to be Captain Jack!' Camera cuts quickly to our leading man jumping off the ground, punching the air with his fists and letting out a rebel yell."
Chapter 1, page 13

"From the moment I was born on 11 March 1967, I cried constantly, screaming in a pitch my family claims has permanently damaged their ability to hear certain sounds. On the plus side, my parents never hear their doorbell when a salesman rings, and now, frankly, they miss most of what they say to each other."
Chapter 2, page 21

"The episode [getting lost and being found] has remained one of my most vivid early childhood memories not because of its possible figurative connotations, but because it was my first manifestation of the Barrowman risk-taking gene. Over the years, that...