Wasn't Tomorrow Wonderful? A Memoir

Wasn't Tomorrow Wonderful? A Memoir

Official Publication Date: March 5, 2014

“Heartwarming and hilarious!” — Andy Cohen, host of Bravo's Watch What Happens Live

In the summer of ’77, while other boys in the Midwest were busy playing Little League and flocking to see Star Wars, young Kenny Walsh was obsessed with Chris Evert and Woody Allen movies — and daydreamed about moving to New York City. But when his family headed west from the suburbs of Detroit to Phoenix, it was the first in a series of events that set his Big Apple ambitions on the wrong course.

In this funny and moving memoir, Walsh recounts an idiosyncratic childhood that included an attempt to track down a crazed serial killer, a First Amendment battle with his fourth-grade principal, running the local KKK (that’s Kenny’s Kid Kare) babysitting service — and the mysterious disappearance of his father.

Post-college jobs took him to Hollywood and Washington, D.C. — where trouble followed (porn stars, celebrity doppelgängers, anxiety disorders) — yet he still didn’t feel at home. Walsh finally arrived in Manhattan the week of his thirty-first birthday … but was tomorrow as wonderful as he dreamed it would be?

Also:

• Walsh comes to realize he is living with legendary ’80s porn star Mike Henson (chapter 12)


• Walsh is confronted by Thomas Roberts about risqué photos Walsh posted of the hunky news anchor (chapter 19)


• Walsh learns an unexpected lesson while attending a book event for Ricky Martin (chapter 21)
  

  Advance Praise for Wasn't Tomorrow Wonderful?

  
  

  “I knew Kenneth from his blog, but his backstory is heartwarming and hilarious!” —Andy Cohen, host of Bravo's Watch What Happens Live and author of Most Talkative

  
  

  “Kenneth is the least mousey person I've ever met and now I know exactly why after reading this witty and insightful book. He's exuberantly talented.” —Kevin Sessums, author of Mississippi Sissy

  
  

  “Doesn't matter if you are gay, straight, or from another planet, you must read Kenneth Walsh's spectacular new book. Like Kenneth, the book is witty, serious, and passionate. It is a remarkable story of his personal journey told with humor and brilliant writing.” —David Mixner, civil rights activist and author of Stranger Among Friends

  
  

  “By turns hilarious, poignant, and suspenseful — the Thomas Roberts story had me on the edge of my seat! — Kenneth makes his Alice in Wonderland-esque spin through Manhattan a journey we're more than happy to take with him.” —Dennis Hensley, author of Misadventures in the (213) and Screening Party