Evan Handler is an actor beloved by millions as Harry Goldenblatt, husband to Charlotte York (played by Kristin Davis) from HBO’s landmark television series SEX AND THE CITY. Currently co-starring with David Duchovny on Showtime’s hit comedy CALIFORNICATION, Handler is also the critically acclaimed author of the memoir Time on Fire: My Comedy of Terrors, which chronicled his triumph over a supposedly “incurable†form of leukemia in his twenties. Called “suspenseful and harrowing, moving and admirable†by The New York Times Book Review, it was described as “a wildly humorous, keenly observed journey†and “a ceaselessly compassionate vision of the human spirit†by the San Francisco Review of Books.
Handler has also played leading roles in films and television shows such as Lost, Ransom, The West Wing, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Shark, and It’s Like, You Know….He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and daughter.
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HANDLER'S NEW BOOK, IT'S ONLY TEMPORARY: THE GOOD NEWS AND THE BAD NEWS OF BEING ALIVE WILL BE PUBLISHED MAY 1, FROM RIVERHEAD BOOKS.
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What if you were supposed to die, but you didn’t? And what if, years later, your precious second chance didn’t turn out anything like you thought it would? That’s the journey actor and author Evan Handler experienced, and the one he explores in IT’S ONLY TEMPORARY: THE GOOD NEWS AND THE BAD NEWS OF BEING ALIVE (Riverhead Books, May ’08). In a collection of funny, off-beat, and poignant autobiographical essays, Handler moves beyond the supposedly “incurable†illness he triumphed over in his mid-twenties – only to bumble through his thirties and forties in search of ever-elusive love and happiness. From bold attempts to rekindle his acting career, through his hapless efforts to run faster around New York’s Central Park reservoir, from bizarre Internet dates, through his twenty-seven break ups (involving only ten women), Handler careens through his against-all-odds existence. Always searching for meaning in his unlikely survival, Handler shares stories of sadistic junior high school gym teachers, bullying wanna-be Hollywood moguls, returned engagement rings, and Europeans’ fascination with American bathroom habits. Picking up ten years after his first book, Time on Fire, Handler again uses what the New York Times calls his “laceratingly funny and revealing†storytelling skills to weave twenty-one new tales into a defiantly unconventional memoir. Consistently witty and insightful, Handler’s stories shift effortlessly from the comedic to the profound, musing with equal intensity on the existence of God and his experiences with TV stardom. Then, just when it seems he’s failed to make the most of his astonishing second chance, Handler finds his way to miracles even greater than the ones that saved his life. His memoir describes his journey from darkness to light, from yearning to gratitude, and in so doing succeeds as both a stirring love story and a classic coming of age tale. “It’s Only Temporary†celebrates the transformation of boy to man – even if it took Handler more than forty years to get there.
