Bob Goes to Jail - by Rob Sedgwick (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"In 1989 Rob Sedgwick was caught with an incriminating hoard of marijuana by the DEA in his Upper West Side apartment, and charged with possession and distribution. Bob Goes to Jail follows Rob as he prepares for the trial and explores his childhood and early adulthood through a series of intimate, and sometimes dark, vignettes of privilege and debauchery"--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>ROB SEDGWICK'S MEMOIR BOB GOES TO JAIL IS ONE DEGREE FROM KEVIN BACON</b> <p/>Rob Sedgwick was born into one of America's oldest families and Manhattan royalty. His cousin, Edie Sedgwick, was Andy Warhol's muse. His sister is Kyra Sedgwick, the actress; his brother is painter Nikko Sedgwick; his brother-in-law is movie star Kevin Bacon, and his stepfather was renowned art dealer Ben Heller, who pioneered the careers of Jackson Pollack and Mark Rothko. So, to say Rob has struggled to stand out in a family of big personalities is a huge understatement. In his hilarious and touching memoir, <i>Bob Goes to Jail</i>, Rob relates his journey from lost little boy to hapless criminal with such honesty and heart that you can't help but root for him. <p/>In <i>Bob Goes to Jail</i>, Sedgwick--who had the drop-dead good looks of Robert Redford and the judgment of Keith Richards--recounts how the DEA and the NYPD mistook him for a drug lord and arrested him. When his lawyer told him to get a steady job to show he was a contributing member of society, Sedgwick got a role playing a drug lord on <i>One Life to Live</i>. <p/>He writes about how he and his younger siblings brought themselves up in an Upper East Side Townhouse that was "bigger than all the other Upper East Side Townhouses." How he sold drugs out of his grandparents' apartment, knocked up his girlfriend, and did lines of cocaine off his parents' priceless antiques--all the while being convinced that he was this close to nailing a star-making acting role. Though you cringe at each bad decision--and there are so many--it's impossible not to fall in love with him and hope he finds his way. <p/><i>Bob Goes to Jail</i> is the story of a New York socialite with a price on his head from the Mexican mob. It's the story of a Hollywood actor who did New York soap operas because his parole wouldn't let him leave the isle of Manhattan. Full of self-examination and biting comedy, absurd situations and very human feeling, <i>Bob Goes to Jail</i> is more than the memoir of a man: it is the story of the search for love, the yearning for acceptance and the struggle to find oneself.<br><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>On my first read I couldn't put it down, but I wondered if I was drawn to this brutally honest, painfully sad and hilarious memoir because I was so familiar with the world and the characters in it. However, I think that his struggle to find his path, to shadowbox the monkey on his back and come of age (at any age) is a universal story that many of us can relate to silver spoon or not.<br>--<b>Kevin Bacon</b>, star of <i>X-Men: First Class</i> and <i>Mystic River</i>, and the director of <i>Loverboy</i> <p/>You'll revel in the chance to meet the rich cast of characters that are his family and friends. You'll also dig Sedgwick's portrait of New York in all its 1970s and '80s grimy splendor. Bob Goes to Jail is a great read and Sedgwick is the only one who could have told it.<br>--<b>Tom Barbash</b>, <i>New York Times</i> best selling author of <i>The Dakota Winters</i> <p/>A man born into enormous privilege makes the wrong decision every chance he gets. For a memoir to be both hilarious and devastating takes a new kind of mastery. I loved <i>Bob Goes to Jail</i>.<br>--<b>Patricia Volk</b>, author of memoirs <i>Stuffed: Adventures of a Restaurant Family</i> and <i>Shocked: My Mother, Schiaparelli and Me</i> <p/>Rob Sedgwick's story will shock you, and it's all the more amazing because it's true. I can see the screenplay already...<br>--<b>Abigail Pogrebin</b>, author of <i>Stars of David</i> and <i>One and the Same</i> <p/>Rob Sedgwick's memoir is raw, and resoundingly original--the voice of an author with a totally natural voice. I couldn't stop reading, and you won't be able to either.<br>--<b>Rachel Dretzin</b>, senior producer <i>Finding Your Roots</i> on PBS<br><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Rob Sedgwick</b>, a lifelong New Yorker, is an actor, producer, acting coach and fitness trainer. He is the Director of the Sedgwick Acting Studio in New York. He is the proud father of a grown daughter Audrey and a young son Caleb, as well as Charlotte, a pitbull, and two cats, Thor and Fernando. Rob has been sober twenty-five years. <br>
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