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And the last thing I wanted was to end up like the characters in Revolutionary Road that remarkable book where people talk about making these changes their whole lives and then never ever do.
Debbie Millman · The Tim Ferriss Show · Jun 2024 Listen at 2:00:39 The best things said about it
You know, I just reread Revolutionary Road. You have the the sort of struggle with the obligations and the unfairness and the dysfunctions of parenting in modern society...
Ryan Holiday The Book Review · Jun 2026 Why people recommend it
Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates is a powerful and tragic novel that examines the deep disillusionment of a young couple living in the Connecticut suburbs during the 1950s as they struggle against the conformity and suffocating emptiness of mid-century American life. The poignant story has resonated with commentators and critics exploring personal stagnation and family dynamics. On an episode of The Tim Ferriss Show titled #750: Neil Gaiman and Debbie Millman published on June 27, 2024, Debbie Millman recommended and praised the remarkable book while explaining her personal hesitance to alter her own career path, sharing that her ultimate fear was ending up just like the characters who talked about making massive life changes for years and never actually following through. Subsequently, Ryan Holiday discussed the title on The Book Review during the June 12, 2026 episode titled The Best Books of the 21st Century: Ryan Holiday on ‘The Road’. Holiday mentioned that he had recently reread the novel, noting how it brilliantly captures the struggles, unfairness, obligations, and systemic dysfunctions inherent in modern parenting within contemporary society.
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Debbie Millman and the last thing I wanted was to end up like the characters in Revolutionary Road that remarkable book wh… 1
“and the last thing I wanted was to end up like the characters in Revolutionary Road that remarkable book where people talk about making these changes their whole lives and then never ever do”
Ryan Holiday You know, I just reread Revolutionary Road. You have the the sort of struggle with the obligations and the… 1
“You know, I just reread Revolutionary Road. You have the the sort of struggle with the obligations and the unfairness and the dysfunctions of parenting in modern society...”