![]() ![]() He writes about his years at the Sun-Times, his colorful newspaper friends, and his life-changing collaboration with Gene Siskel. ![]() ![]() In this candid, personal history, Ebert chronicles it all: his loves, losses, and obsessions his struggle and recovery from alcoholism his marriage his politics and his spiritual beliefs. It is a journey that began as a reporter for his local daily and took him to Chicago, where he was unexpectedly given the job of film critic for the Sun-Times, launching a lifetime's worth of adventures. Roger Ebert's journalism carried him on a path far from his nearly idyllic childhood in Urbana, Illinois. Now for the first time, he tells the full, dramatic story of his life and career. But with the loss of his voice, Ebert has only become a more prolific and influential writer. In 2006 complications from thyroid cancer treatment resulted in the loss of his ability to eat, drink, or speak. He has appeared on television for four decades, including twenty-three years as cohost of Siskel & Ebert at the Movies. He has been reviewing films for the Chicago Sun-Times since 1967 and was the first film critic ever to win a Pulitzer Prize. Roger Ebert is the best-known film critic of our time. ![]()
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