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Summary: When parents care their offspring turn in to needle eaters??
Review: I liked this book and I'll tell you why. Although fans of Penn and Teller may pause before buying since its not a 'trick' book nor does it serve as a peek behind the curtains/drapes of Teller. What it does provide however is an emotive trip down memory lane and gives a personal perspective of the time in which the Tellers' lived.
The best I can description I can give is it's a book version of when kids used to bring grandparents to school to talk about the war. It's touched with humour and Tellers obvious affection for his parents.
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Summary: A real good feel good book
Review: This is a good 'feel good' book. It's not without good humor, storytelling and charm, done in a entertaining and non-campy way. While the plight of Teller's parents is not unique among Americans who's formative years were spent around the time of the Great Depression, Teller's way of telling the story is. He interweaves his father's original cartoons and letters with his own insights to provide a sum maybe equal to something greater than the parts alone-a nice collaboration.
All the Tellers seem very genuine. Reading this book makes me want to know them more. You get a real sense of Teller's parents and their personalities, I almost feel like I've spent a weekend in their home. They sure seem like good people.
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Summary: An unexpectedly worthy addition to the Teller oeuvre
Review: This is the sort of book that would never get professionally published if it wasn't by a famous person, and that even Teller's fans might hesitate to pick up, as it just seems so WEAK--a book about his parents, c'mon. But those familiar with Teller's excellent literary endeavors from his books with Penn Jillette and the Penn & Teller "Sin City" website will find this just as amusing and deep. And yes, it IS nice to read a contemporary book about a relationship between parent and child that does not involve abuse, murder, incest, disease, death, abandonment, divorce, or political conflagration, just some really neat people who love each other a lot.
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