All Groan Up: Searching for Self, Faith, and a Freaking Job!

Dr. Seuss’s Oh, the Places You’ll Go! may be the top gift at graduation, but this one should take its place. Writing with bravery and honesty, Paul Angone invites us behind his own search for purpose in a complicated world and shows us that the process is far more important than the destination. If you’re at a crossroads in your own journey, you’ll find his guide a welcome companion. -- Wayne Jacobsen, author of He Loves Me: Learning to Live in the Father’s Affection

Our parents told us when we were children that we could do anything we set our minds to do. Our pastors said that God had a great plan for our lives. But after college, many of us got a sinking feeling that our parents were wrong, and we suspected our pastors were too. All Groan Up is a funny, hopeful, honest autobiography of a generation of people who feel their lives have too much potential and not enough purpose. -- Matt Appling, author of Life after Art

All Groan Up is part memoir, part real-time exploration, and part comforting coffee shop conversation with your best friend, who just happens to be a charming Italian author who has graciously offered his own missteps to help you avoid your own. Paul Angone brilliantly and honestly shares his relatable, heartbreaking, hilarious account of transitioning from frustrated graduate to faith-embracing adult. If you’re in your twenties and questioning ANYTHING, this book is for you. Paul asks the big questions and isn’t afraid to reveal his own worst fears, confessions, and lessons learned along the way. This book will lift you up when you’re down and show you that no matter how many times you fall (face-first on a gravel sidewalk), you can and will get back up. -- Jenny Blake, author of Life after College

This is it---the book every young person should read and every teacher and parent should have on hand. I don’t think you can call yourself a grown-up without first reading this book. -- Jeff Goins, author of The Art of Work

Paul Angone offers a new voice to twentysomethings everywhere, writing honestly about one of life’s biggest transitions. At turns, All Groan Up is hilarious, poignant, and insightful. Angone relentlessly explores who God wants us to be rather than what God wants us to do---words everyone needs to hear, whatever their stage of life. -- John Ortberg, author of The Me I Want to Be

Had me laughing out loud more times than I can count, sometimes literally to the point of tears! Paul Angone writes with a profundity and hilarity that feels like a nascent cross between Donald Miller and Bill Bryson. That’s a high compliment. I think his words will be prophetic to a generation that is drowning in potential. -- Mike Yankoski, author of Under the Overpass

For anyone wrestling with the provocative questions of “Who am I?” and “What am I going to do with who I am?” All Groan Up is a must-read. I encourage you to join Paul in his discovery of one of life’s best-kept secrets, namely, that you can choose your future. -- Raymond Rood, CEO, The Genysys Group

Relatable, funny, and inspiring, All Groan Up is an uplifting story about the redemption of hope when things don’t go as planned. This book is must-read for anyone asking “What’s next?” -- Mike Foster, cofounder and chief chance officer of People of the Second Chance

Paul Angone must live inside my house regularly filled with twentysomethings. He gets this generation like few people I know. This book is hilarious, insightful, brilliantly written, and filled with wisdom. Don’t miss the opportunity to give this book to any young adult you know. They will read it because it’s practical, and when they finish the book, they will call it enjoyable, insightful, challenging, and even life changing. -- Jim Burns, Ph.D., president of HomeWord and author of Confident Parenting and Teenology

All Groan Up in my humble opinion has the potential to be a bestseller. Paul Angone’s blend of wit and wisdom is remarkable. He shares the lessons he has learned along life’s way with such refreshing candor and insight that he should certainly help others on this journey of life. -- David C. Bicker, professor emeritus and founding chair of the Department of Communication Studies at Azusa Pacific

My twenties were like the new puberty---awkward, sweaty, weird, and life-changing, except no one warned me about them. Paul Angone’s voice in All Groan Up is not just a warning; it is a conversation, a pep talk, wisdom mixed in with funny stories, and encouragement that not only can you survive this groan-up life; you can live it well. -- Amena Brown, spoken word poet and author of Breaking Old Rhythms

Clever, insightful, and devilishly handsome, Paul Angone offers a book reminiscent of sharing a pint with an old friend. All Groan Up captures the confusion of early adulthood in a beautiful blend of candor and humor. This is a must-read for anyone wondering, Okay, what now? -- Jamie Wright, theveryworstmissionary.com