Tom Watson
AUTHOR AND ENTREPRENEUR
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Your Turn is an incredibly intimate, achingly funny memoir about what it means to be alive, and to love and to be loved.
The book reads like a magic trick. How else could a laugh-out-loud ode to renovating tired apartment buildings in Portland, Maine, really be a love story about how to radically change your life? Watson’s deadpan humor carries the memoir, along with his ninja understanding of what makes people tick.
In a narrative that winds its way through the author’s past work life and current rehabilitation from a life-changing medical event—and with stunning original illustrations by Tom’s daughter, Rose—Your Turn is an honest invitation to get real with ourselves. It reminds us not to take anything for granted in this lifetime, and that cities and people don’t come back to life on their own. We need a radio crew of friends and trusted ones looking out for us—people like Tom Watson crawling around in our basement trying to fix our busted water pipes.
In the end, Your Turn is about love. Big love for family and for life-saving friends and for a town. Grab the nearest seat. You won’t be able to put this book down.
“An unsentimental memoir, both harrowing and hilarious”
“Your Turn is the Tik Tok of memoir”
About the Author
Tom Watson is an author and entrepreneur. In 1993, he founded what is now known as Reveler Development in Portland, Maine—a full-service real estate investment, development, construction, and management company. Tom received a Mainebiz “Business Leader of the Year Award” in 2023. Tom grew up in Acton, Massachusetts, and received an undergraduate degree from Stanford University and an MBA from Boston University. He lives in Portland, Maine.
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About the Illustrator
Illustrator Rose Watson was born and raised in the West End of Portland. She studied at UCLA and Technische Universität in Germany, and is currently working in Pure Mathematics at the University of Southern Maine. Rose is a lifelong violinist who studies at the Portland Conservatory of Music.
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