{"product_id":"born-to-be-mild-paperback","title":"Born to be Mild - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames Hees\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBorn to be Mild\u003c\/strong\u003e is a misremembered memoir by former CBC journalist James Hees, who looks back with dark humour on a youth spent standing uncomfortably close to danger.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrowing up poor in a small town, Hees was a peculiar child whose imagination often blurred the line between fantasy and reality, leaving him in temporary fantasy episodes he called the movies in his mind. While others chased risk with boldness and bravado, he hesitated. That hesitation, he now believes, shaped the course of his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis world was anything but mild.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe drifted through a cast of unforgettable characters and a series of near-misses, where boredom turned dangerous and small decisions carried real consequences. From reckless stunts to close calls with disaster, he survived moments that should have ended differently. Told with sharp wit, self-deprecating humour, and unflinching honesty, these stories reveal that life is often stranger-and funnier-than fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRadio became his refuge. Behind the microphone, Hees reinvented himself, moving from small-town stations to national broadcasting, even as addiction, grief, and the darker stories he covered as a journalist began to close in. Reporting during Edmonton's \"dark years,\" he witnessed lives unravelling at the margins and confronted the uneasy truth that survival is not always earned.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith dark humour and unsentimental clarity, \u003cstrong\u003eBorn to be Mild\u003c\/strong\u003e reflects on cognitive issues, moral luck, and the strange mathematics of who lives, who falls, and who is left to tell the story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFunny, poignant, and deeply human, Born to be Mild\u003c\/strong\u003e is a memoir about the stories we survive, the people who shape us, and the unexpected ways humour can carry us through life's darkest moments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 226\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.52 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 31, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46891291902149,"sku":"9781067472306","price":23.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/aw3XA-tWMM9781067472306.webp?v=1789037876","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/born-to-be-mild-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}