The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir

The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir

Our memories tend to be unreliable :-) so Bill Bryson brings back all those funny things from childhood that I hadn't thought about in years! Nor had my mom, who thoroughly enjoyed it, too.

And some things -- like the McCarthy era measures - I hadn't really read about at all. (Seems the more some things change, the more they stay the same.)

A really good book - and a great present for every boomer on my list!

Seldom have I ever read a book which was (a)dead on for those of us who grew up in the 50's and (b)absolutely laugh out loud funny because of it! Life was indeed, pretty innocent then! I kept having to read excerpts to my family so they would know why I was laughing so hard with tears streaming down my face! Highly recommended for any baby boomer who grew up in that era!

HAVE A FUN TIME WITH BRYSON'S BOOK I COULDN'T KEEP TRACK OF THE NUMBER OF TIMES I LAUGHED OUTLOUD AND ADDED I DID THAT OR I REMEMBER THAT

This is one of the funniest books I've read in years. It is so good I purchased 8 copies to hand out to my friends.

I've previously read Bryson's earlier work, Notes from a Small Island; that book kept me in stitches. Thunderbolt Kid did the same. Bryson has the rare gift of being able to take everyday events and turn them into hilariously-told episodes. He uses hyperbole in a very controlled way and his humor is always good-natured. Now I want to read more of his work.