Bloodlines

“Revealing and brave, this is a well-written memoir from an actor who’s been to hell and back.” —Kirkus Reviews

Bloodlines is the story of one man’s harrowing journey from near death back to life. A popular Hollywood actor, vaunted body builder and former athlete, Joe Manganiello is stricken with a mysterious illness that turns his world upside down. As you follow his epic journey, you will discover one man’s tenacity, resourcefulness, and creative imagination. You will be astonished at how he can hold himself together as he keeps his career as an actor going. As he probes his past —both personal and ancestral—he discovers the harsh realities of family and historical trauma. His maternal great grandmother’s extraordinary Armenian Genocide survivor experience becomes a source of pain, truth-reckoning, and spiritual awakening through which he learns how to survive his own trials and tribulations, heal himself, and create a new, life full of love and spiritual meaning. An astonishing story of courage and spiritual resilience. —Peter Balakian, Pulitzer Prize winning author of Ozone Journal

Joe Manganiello is an actor, author, producer, director, screenwriter, Emmy Award–winning voice actor, and reality competition host. He holds a BFA in acting from The Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama.

Best known for his work as an actor of stage, screen, and film, in projects such as: True Blood, the Magic Mike films, One Piece, Justice League, Spider-Man, Nonnas, Pee Wee’s Big Holiday, How I Met Your Mother, Rampage, Sabotage, What to Expect When You’re Expecting, and The Kill Room, and as the host and executive producer of Deal or No Deal Island.

He previously financed, produced, and directed the award-winning documentary La Bare, and produced and starred in the films Bottom of the 9th, Shoplifters of the World, and Archenemy.

Manganiello also works as a chief creative officer for Dungeons & Dragons and along with being tasked to write and develop the world of Dragonlance for the screen, he was also recruited to direct and produce D&D’s upcoming, official history documentary series.

He is the author of the books Bloodlines and Evolution, and he serves on the board of directors at both UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh and The Children of Armenia Fund and is an advisory board member for both Liquid Death and Colossal Biosciences.

After a quarter century living in Los Angeles, he moved back home to Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania.

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