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A Memoir
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Imprint:
New York - Broadway Books
Pages:
10
Edition:
1st ed
Language:
English
Awards & Distinctions:
WCLS Books in a Box
Notes:
Kit contains 10 copies of the title
Kit checks out for 6 weeks and cannot be renewed
Replacement for kit is $170.00
Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-270)
Kit checks out for 6 weeks and cannot be renewed
Replacement for kit is $170.00
Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-270)
Statement of responsibility:
Bill Bryson
Characteristics:
10 books, 1 reading guide - in a plastic tote
Author (Original Script):
Bryson, Bill
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For anyone interested in a good memoir that captures life in the 50 and 60s, this is the book to read. Having grown up in the 70's, I could relate to a lot of the nostalgia and belly laughed at the similarities. Bill Bryson is a witty and talented author.
A very good book - everyone born in the 50s should be able to relate to it - especially if you were born in the US of A. There were many laughs. Bill Bryson has a nice engaging style.
Dreadful, vulgar, smugly middlebrow. When I grew up in the 50's we did not joke about pissing in the jam jars or snigger at the neighbor man who jerked off watching Julie Newman on TV. I used to like, admire even, Bill Bryson. Not any more.
An enjoyable walk down memory lane for me, The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson tells of his early years in Des Moines, Iowa in the 1950’s. Such a strange time, so many things to worry about - Communists, Atomic War, giant mutated bugs - and yet, as a whole such a happy time. The war was over, and North America got down to the business of making money, raising a family and driving cars. In his usual humorous way, he walks us through his memories of childhood, giving us a few facts and figures along the way. His descriptions jogged my memory and overall, I enjoyed this book very much. A little repetitive at times, and I don’t know if people who didn’t live through the fifties would be able to relate to how simple and naïve we actually were. This is my second Bill Bryson book, and I am eager to continue exploring this author’s writings. He is a master at entertaining and enlightening his readers. For me The Life and Time of the Thunderbolt Kid was a wonderful trip back to the fifties and a way of life that has disappeared.
I wasn't born nowhere near where near the 1950's but this book was laugh out loud funny,i couldn't help but enjoy reading it? I will ever forget the "toity" jars....If you're looking for a good laugh,read this memoir!
Bill Bryson's stories about growing up in the 1950s are thoroughly delightful. He has a knack for taking the ordinary and making it extraordinarily funny or special. It was refreshing to read about someone's normal, happy childhood.
This was a very fun read! Laughed out loud often.
Hilarious! I love Bill Bryson. He has a unique way of looking at life and writing about it.
Read this for book club while other read different Bill Bryson novels, very interesting and many good laughs