"New York Times" bestselling memoirist Donald Miller takes readers on his year-long journey to learn to abandon performance-based relationships and find real intimacy.

After decades of failed relationships and painful drama, Donald Miller decided he'd had enough. Impressing people wasn't helping him connect with anyone. He'd built a life of public isolation, yet he dreamed of meaningful relationships.

So at forty years old he made a scary decision: to be himself no matter what it cost.

"Scary Close" is a book about the risk involved in choosing to impress fewer people and connect with more, about the freedom that comes when we stop acting and start loving. It is a story about knocking down old walls to create a healthy mind, a strong family and a satisfying career.

It all feels like a conversation with the best kind of friend: smart, funny, true, important. "Scary Close" is Donald Miller at his best.