Peter Wolf Debuts As A New York Times Best Seller For His First Memoir Waiting On The Moon

Wolf Discusses The Book That “Everyone Hoped He Would Write” (Rolling Stone) On The Daily Show Here: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON5NmB2KFYg

Additional ‘Best Seller’ Recognition Comes From The LA Times And Boston Globe 

Peter Wolf is officially a New York Times Best Seller - earning a place on the prestigious Hardcover Nonfiction charts this week, for his debut memoir Waiting on the Moon. Bolstered by early critical praise across the board, this “master storyteller” (Washington Post) delivers a “fascinating new book” (The Guardian) full of “vivid detail, amazing tales” (Variety) and “unforgettable…moving stories” (Salon). “It’s a music memoir like no other,” Rolling Stone concluded in an extensive profile on Wolf, “told with a painter’s eye, a poet’s wit, and a rock & roll sage’s heart.” Sharing his story with over a thousand fans this week - at release events from The Strand’s hallowed Rare Books Room to First Parish Church (with Harvard Book Store) in his beloved hometown of Boston - Wolf has now brought Waiting on the Moon to national television as well, for a lively and hilarious discussion with Jordan Klepper on The Daily Show last night: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON5NmB2KFYg

In addition to debuting at #5 on the New York Times Best Seller list, Wolf has also gained recognition from the Boston Globe (#7) and the Los Angeles Times (#12) for Waiting on the Moon - and, like media outlets across the country, Wolf’s peers have taken note:

“Sometime back Pete gave me a biography of the painter Chaim Soutine said he was the Jimmy Reed of the art world but I already knew that. Soutine is nowhere in this memoir nor is Jimmy Reed but there’s plenty of other folks who are. This book reads like a fast train and you’ll get a glimpse of everyone passing by through the windows. Characters that have crossed Pete’s path who he’s known up close and personal. A diverse crowd, one you wouldn’t think belong in the same book: Marilyn Monroe with a scarf on her head sitting next to him in a movie theater, Muddy Waters, Faye Dunaway, David Lynch the filmmaker, Eleanor Roosevelt, Jagger -- Tennessee Williams, Merle Haggard. They all play an important part in Pete’s life, come alive in more ways than one. As you’ll see Pete’s been on quite a journey. But before it all began, he had hopes to become a great painter, but then out of nowhere early on he went in another direction and never came back. This memoir has been a long time coming and it’s Pete’s great painting.”

- Bob Dylan 

“Arriving home from my 114th tour date, I find that Wolf’s book has kept me wonderful company. As the eastern sun rises through my airplane window, the warmth of its rays reminds me of the love of life and living so beautifully expressed in his writing.” 

- Bruce Springsteen 

“Peter is a terrific writer. It’s great to get his unique take being around some of the most fascinating music and cultural figures of our time. I especially love his recounting his time with Muddy Waters, John Lee and Van Morrison. Captures them as only an insider with soul could. Love his book as much as I love his music…Couldn’t put it down!” 

- Bonnie Raitt 

“This is the book I’ve been hoping Peter Wolf would write since we walked the streets of Paris together, back in the twentieth century. A true account of his life, love, and music told with unique humor and rare humility.”

- Elvis Costello 

Above all, Waiting on the Moon highlights Wolf as a one-of-a-kind raconteur - with his narrative voice perfectly-suited to a life of nearly-unbelievable encounters and experiences. Through a series of dynamic snapshots and vignettes, Waiting on the Moon finds Wolf at the epicenter of 21st century America’s most important cultural moments: 1960s Greenwich Village, Warhol’s Factory and Hollywood’s Second Golden Age to name a few. In these vital and vibrant settings, he chronicles days spent with many of the most influential artists of our time - a list including Dylan, Alfred Hitchcock, John Lennon, Tennessee Williams, Lou Reed, Muddy Waters, Aretha Franklin, Edie Sedgwick, David Lynch, Julia Child and The Rolling Stones. “It’s the best book of the year so far,” concluded David Wild when Wolf appeared on his Naked Lunch podcast. “One of the more surprising masterpieces I’ve read in a long time.”

Wolf will continue to celebrate Waiting on the Moon throughout the year, including an upcoming appearance at the LA Times Festival of Books (April 27) in conversation with Mike Campbell. Additional discussions are planned for Philadelphia’s Free Library on March 27, and RJ Julia Booksellers in Madison, CT on April 8th. Order Waiting on the Moon here: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/peter-wolf/waiting-on-the-moon/9781668646700/?lens=little-brown