Un Trombone Rouge

Kyle MacDonald had a paperclip. One red paperclip, a dream, and a r?sum? to

write. And bills to pay. Oh, and a very patient girlfriend who was paying the

rent while he was once again “between jobs.” Kyle wanted to be able to provide

for himself and his girlfriend, Dominique. He wanted to own his own home. He

wanted something bigger than a paperclip. So he put an ad on Craigslist, the

popular classifieds website, with the intention of trading that paperclip for

something better. A girl in Vancouver offered him a fish pen in exchange for

his paperclip. He traded the fish pen for a doorknob and the doorknob for a

camping stove. Before long he had traded the camping stove for a generator for

a neon sign. Not long after that, avid snow-globe collector and television

star Corbin Bernsen and the small Canadian town of Kipling were involved, and

Kyle was on to bigger and better things.

In _One Red Paperclip,_ Kyle takes you on a journey around the globe as he

moves from paperclip holder to homeowner in just fourteen trades. With plenty

of irreverent and insightful anecdotes and practical tips on how you can find

your own paperclip and realize your dreams, he proves it’s possible to succeed

in life and achieve your dreams on your own terms. Quirky and inspirational,

this story of a regular guy and a small, red, now-legendary paperclip will

have you looking at your office supplies-and your life-in a whole new way.