How was it having a new nanny whose last job ended with discovering the lifeless body of Marilyn Monroe? How do you deal in the moment with celebrities misbehaving and making a spectacle of themselves? How do you make sense of insanely improbable life experiences, like seeing a real ghost. People have compared the challenge of reading PERFECT MOMENTS to the irresistibility of potato chips, popcorn, or chocolate—once you have one bite, it is nearly impossible to stop. In PERFECT MOMENTS, Joel Brokaw shares fragments from a colorful life in Hollywood, in self-imposed exile in Sweden and otherworldly encounters in the Himalayas, among many others.