Open Up unfolds during the same day as the #1 bestselling Living Halfway, with all of the heart, vulnerability, and humanity of its literary fraternal twin, but none of the cynicism.
I’m a writer.
Of books and songs.
"Alex Woodard is one of the greatest writers I've ever discovered."
Dear Scarlett, I know you had a hard day yesterday.Sitting in a courtroom, facing the man who claimed you never lost your little boy. The man who preached that the
The small boy watches his dad on the makeshift stage, tucked in a sprawling backyard that backs to the coastal mountains of San Diego. A toy guitar is slung by
Awhile back, I wrote a song for my friend Scarlett, who lost her son Jesse in the massacre at Sandy Hook. The story is told from the perspective of the
I went on a journey of finding beautiful. I turned over stones and looked behind trees and searched dark caverns. I dove deep layers of ocean and crawled low desert
What if…
Grammy®-winning singers and songwriters took your letters and turned them into songs?
Four letters.
Twelve songs.
One story.
Love is
(not a feeling).
Love letters
from Vietnam
“Heartbreaking as it is hilarious, heartfelt as it is tough, and as much an indictment of the modern self-help ethos as it is a celebration of what the genre is actually aiming for. The journey Alex takes us on is deeply personal, completely original, and 100% worth the price at the door.”
