Life is a Mixtape: A novel by Jon Bonham Fox
What if the songs you loved were more than just background noise—what if they were the map?
In Life Is a Mixtape, the deeply emotional follow-up to Life Is a Record, Jon returns with a new rhythm to his story: one of loss, longing, love, and the redemptive power of music. From road trips through the Mojave Desert to late-night concerts that resurrect something long buried, Jon’s journey unfolds like a perfectly curated playlist—each chapter a track, each track a memory, a mistake, a miracle.
When the music fades and the silence comes, Jon is forced to confront everything he’s tried to outrun: the death of his estranged father, the unraveling of an almost-love, and the haunting echo of a life half-lived. But through the chaos, one melody keeps playing—Samantha. The woman who might just be the encore he didn’t know he needed.
With heart, humor, and a soundtrack that spans decades, Life Is a Mixtape is a love letter to the songs that saved us, the people who found us, and the moments that changed everything. This novel reminds us that sometimes, the only way forward… is to press play.
This book is about the moments between the songs—the quiet ones, the broken ones, the ones you almost forget until someone plays the right track. It’s about love, loss, memory, and the way music sometimes understands you before anyone else does. Life Is a Mixtape is a story I lived, and a story I’m still learning how to tell.
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Here is a link to a preview of the curated soundtrack—a sonic companion to the story, filled with the tracks that shaped Jon’s journey.
https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/life-is-a-mixtape-soundtrack-preview/pl.u-MDAW06jTWE0yWG