After writing a successful memoir, Donald Miller’s life stalled. During what should have been the elevation of his success, he found himself unwilling to escape bed, avoiding responsibility, also questioning the meaning of life. But when two film producers suggested turning his memoir into a movie, he discovered himself launched right into a new story filled with risk, possibility, beauty, and signifying.

A Million Kilometers in a Thousand Years chronicles Miller’s rare opportunity to edit his existence into a great in regards to a Million Kilometers in a Thousand Years: What We Learned While Editing My Life story, to reinvent himself so nobody shrugs their shoulders when the credits roll. Through heart-wrenching credibility and amusing self-inspection, Donald Miller takes readers through the life that emerges when it turns from boring fact into meaningful narrative.

Miller moves from sleeping all day long to traveling his bike across America, from surviving in romantic daydreams to fearful encounters with like, from wasting his money to founding a nonprofit with a passionate cause. Guided by a bunch of outlandish but very real characters, Miller shows us how to get a second chance at life to begin with. A Million Mls in a Thousand Years is a rare celebration of the beauty of life.