Click here to read Dave's excerpt from Paul Auster's best-selling anthology, I Thought My Father Was God. ABOUT THE BOOK One of America's foremost writers collects the best stories submitted to NPR's All Things Considered--and illuminates the powerful role storytelling plays in all our lives. When Paul Auster and NPR's Weekend All Things Considered introduced the National Story Project, the response was overwhelming. Not only was the monthly segment a critical success, but the number of submissions was astounding. Everyone, it seemed, had a story to tell. Here are 180 of these personal, true-life accounts in a single, powerful volume. They come from people of all ages, backgrounds, and walks of life. Hilarious blunders, wrenching coincidences, brushes with death, miraculous encounters, improbable ironies, premonitions, sorrows, pains, dreams -- this singular collection encompasses an astonishing range of settings, time periods, and subjects. A testament to the important role storytelling plays in our lives, I Thought My Father Was God offers a rare glimpse into the American soul.