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Summary: Intense vignettes about growing up in 50s&60s Southern Calif
Review: An awesome read. I developed a real relationship with the main character as he goes from youthful dreamer to a loaner on the run. Truthfully, it reminds me of those sharp little bits of my past that I can still vividly remember. Of course all characters and events are entirely fictional...
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Summary: I can't believe I waited 12 years to buy this book!
Review: I heard him read an excerpt of it on the radio and was quite impressed. The guy can tell a story! The book is a collection of remembrances from a tortured and somehow hopeful boy turning into a man. It's raw, sincere, and is guaranteed to hit any person who ever grew up sans silver spoon right in the gut. If you're not reminded of certain periods in your life and the hell they were, then you certainly have lived a charmed life. Man or woman, this reading will clear a few things up. And buy a copy for a friend.
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Summary: I can't believe I waited 12 years to buy this book!
Review: I heard him read an excerpt of it on the radio and was quite impressed. The guy can tell a story! The book is a collection of remembrances from a tortured and somehow hopeful boy turning into a man. It's raw, sincere, and is guaranteed to hit any person who ever grew up sans silver spoon right in the gut. If you're not reminded of certain periods in your life and the hell they were, then you certainly have lived a charmed life. Man or woman, this reading will clear a few things up. And buy a copy for a friend.
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Summary: a book about us
Review: this book is a collection of images, memories, and stories centered around a young man named eddie burnett...but it is truly a book about AMERICA - about our ugliness, hope, war-lust, gender and race tensions, as well as the dream that we are all created with: to be air-borne. a fantastic read. bajema is a master in this verbal mosaic.
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