Ready to laugh - sit back & enjoy

books:


	• Never Say Excuse Me Louder Than You Burp Bob Deaton Twelve O'Clock Press, 2005 - 182 pages average customer review:based on 11 reviews view larger image
	for more information click here

highly recommended

A new book category of its own

Sure we have seen movies, news reels and read about the 50s but never really had a feel for what it was like in the (extra)ordinary lives of people growing up in America of that era.
A book that combines both ecstatic and sharp humors with an honest and sincere accounts of "those good old teenager years." A true Americana. When life gets crazy, this book is a great stress relieving antidote that puts a smile on your face better than a sitcom. Prepare to laugh out loud. This book sets a new book category of its own.

Witty and Warm

This book takes you back to childhood memories that we mostly remember, sometimes embellish, and always feel a gentle warmth about. The wit of the author comes through, and we can relate to every experience. I read it a chapter a night, and slept peacefully every time.

for more information click here

Ready to laugh - sit back & enjoy

What a great book. I only was going to read one chapter on the plane but, I just wanted to read more and more. I ended up sharing some of the stories with a passenger and she also grew up in the 50's. I know he will inspire young readers to write there own stories. Hope someday he will tell these stories on the stage! Its amazing how I was feeling reading this book - I was in my own childhood when things were simple and more open space everywhere. He truly is a great storyteller.

Must Read for Baby Boomers

This book is just too funny!!! I graduated in California the same year Bob did and I could totally relate to everything in the book. I laughed so hard reading it on an airplane from New York to California that people turned around and asked what I was drinking so they could have as much fun as I was having. I've purchased it for other friends and they have laughed just as hard as I did. It's a must read for those who want some true lighthearted humor about the trials of growing up. What a magic time to be a kid.

for more information click here

The Perfect Gift Idea

Everyone is always looking for that perfect gift for someone. You know the Baby boomer reaching 40, 50, 5x, or 60 something, who wants some remembrance of what it was like before they emerged to become who they are today. Deaton's book, like a fine root beer float, hits the spot. (burp) This book is also a great gift to give to teenagers so they can laugh about how funny their parents were. This will have the unexpected effect of creating a bond, because their current trials and tribulations are not so different from the nerdy experiences of Mr. Deaton that most of us don't admit. I have five kids and they all want to read about "back then." I saw many similar emotional events in my life in this book, but Deaton portrays these events with lots of teary-eyed belly laughs. The first date episode is a classic and worth the price alone. I could see kids all over the country taking snippets of this book and working them into funny school play skits, making me think that the movie contract is just around the corner. Seriously, this book is a hilarious hoot.

for more information click here

reviews: page 1, 2, 3

Never Say Excuse Me Louder Than You Burp is an affectionate and edgy look back at the experience of growing up clueless in the Middle America of the 1950's. This collection of short pieces is rich with characters from the author's youth -- alpha males in the gym class shower, a politically incorrect Santa Claus, a dentist who eschews anesthesia but embraces conspiracy theories, a summer camp chaplain who recruits Manchurian candidates for Jesus. It is a gonzo take on a time and place in which vomiting in a grade school cafeteria is a political act and prom dresses were impenetrable fortresses of taffeta and rebar.

for more information click here

hot