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The Eighties: A Bitchen Time To Be a Teenager!
The decade of the 1980s has been called the Decade of Decadence. Decadence is defined as "the act or process of falling into an inferior condition or state; deterioration; decay" or my favorite, "unrestrained or excessive self-indulgence." For a decade that brought us Cabbage Patch Kids, Garbage Pail Kids, leg-warmers and New Wave, was it really a state of deterioration?! For one kid growing up in the Central Valley of California, it was a time of self-discovery . . . a transformation from a kid, to a teenager, to a young adult . . . his growing up years. At times utterly hilarious, at times poignant and powerful, Tom relives his teenage years in this true-to-the-last-word memoir. Where were you when John Lennon died? When the Space Shuttle blew up? When Lawrence Taylor ended Joe Theisman's career on live TV? When the Loma Prieta earthquake rocked Game 3 of the 1989 World Series? Tom will tell you where he was and what it meant to him. You'll also hear about first kisses, first loves, a joke about your Uranus, avoiding fistfights, the joys of minimum-wage jobs, college roommates, and WHOLE LOT MORE. If you're one of the 70 million Americans who can claim at least one teen year in the decade, you can relate to the era . . . if your kids can't understand your fondness for your Breakfast Club and Princess Bride DVDs, this book may teach them a thing or two about YOUR growing up years.
256 pages, Paperback
First published May 1, 2012
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About the author
Tom Harvey
2 books27 followersTom Harvey is a product of the Eighties, having spent his "growing up" years within the decade. He lives with his wife, Susan, and their Shiba Inu in Bellevue, Washington. "The Eighties: A Bitchen Time To Be a Teenager!" is his first published work. (And, yeah, he knows that bitchen/bitchin' can be spelled two different ways...)
His second offering, "Don't Fight With the Garden Hose & Other Lessons I've Learned Along the Way" is now available at Amazon.com
[Please note, there are other books written by Tom/Thomas Harvey...who would've known there would be more than one author with the same name?!]
His second offering, "Don't Fight With the Garden Hose & Other Lessons I've Learned Along the Way" is now available at Amazon.com
[Please note, there are other books written by Tom/Thomas Harvey...who would've known there would be more than one author with the same name?!]
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April 13, 2013
This is written in a really easygoing style with lots of great referenes to pop culture as well as personal anecdotes. Full review to come.
December 28, 2012
This is quite simply, one of the funniest books I have read in a LONG time! Tom Harvey is an exceptional writer. He was able to capture the past and his memories in such a way as to make me feel as though I was right there all along. At one harrowing moment, I had to actually remind myself that the author was not going to die as he wrote what happened!!!
This book is funny and a great read for anyone…but especially those people who experienced the 1980s. Anyone will be able to relate and remember back to awkward teenage moments, because let’s face it, we’ve all been there. But not everyone can say that we’ve been there and lived through it with leg warmers, big hair, and 80’s bands!
Peppered with 80’s trivia (such as Ozzy biting heads off bats and Coca-Cola changing its formula), “The Eighties: A Bitchen Time To be A Teenager!” is an absolute delight and I can’t wait to read it again!
This book is funny and a great read for anyone…but especially those people who experienced the 1980s. Anyone will be able to relate and remember back to awkward teenage moments, because let’s face it, we’ve all been there. But not everyone can say that we’ve been there and lived through it with leg warmers, big hair, and 80’s bands!
Peppered with 80’s trivia (such as Ozzy biting heads off bats and Coca-Cola changing its formula), “The Eighties: A Bitchen Time To be A Teenager!” is an absolute delight and I can’t wait to read it again!
October 27, 2013
Fun to read ! This is a wonderful 'first' book, can't wait to read more from Tom Harvey. Tom has a friendly way of capturing our attention, much like the writing of Ted Kerasote.
As titled, this book is about growing up in the 80's, the music, the events, the energy of the time. Set in Central California we root for Tom through the travails and successes of his young adventures parenthasized by the music of the era. There are millions who will laugh and cry as they remember growing up in the bitchen 80's (some of them are my own kids)..
As titled, this book is about growing up in the 80's, the music, the events, the energy of the time. Set in Central California we root for Tom through the travails and successes of his young adventures parenthasized by the music of the era. There are millions who will laugh and cry as they remember growing up in the bitchen 80's (some of them are my own kids)..
May 29, 2012
So that's what it was like from the "preppy" kids' point of view. I was a teenager in the 80s, only a few years younger than the author but I wasn't in the same caste as he was. I was in what he was calling the "New Wave" type, except with a graduating class of less than 70 and in the Midwest, the New Wave group consisted of two of us - we were picked on mercilessly.
Anyway,I thought this book was extremely entertaining and I found myself literally laughing out loud at parts of it and saying, "Oh yeah, I remember that."
Anyway,I thought this book was extremely entertaining and I found myself literally laughing out loud at parts of it and saying, "Oh yeah, I remember that."
November 1, 2012
The writer and I are the same age so I knew this was going to be a fun read. I was not disappointed. I relived so many good memories as this writer took me on a journey of my younger days. He has incorporated his own story with events and music of the 80's. I am actually a bit jealous as I do not have the discipline to pen my high school years, if only for myself. In addition, this book is well written and I completed reading it in about a day or two. I just could not put it down. Thanks Mr. Harvey, for some great stories and memories.
May 8, 2013
Just finished this memoir by Tom Harvey and highly recommend it to anyone! I was a teen in the 80's and graduated 1986. This book nailed the teen experience in what we all refer to as "the good old days". Tom's wit and hysterically accurate descriptions of school life had me laughing out loud. Anyone who grew up during the 80's will appreciate the memories that our entire generation shared. The music and movie references are legendary!
Thanks for making me laugh, cry and remember the 80's and my bitchen teen experience! Awesome!!!!
Thanks for making me laugh, cry and remember the 80's and my bitchen teen experience! Awesome!!!!
December 7, 2012
What a truly enjoyable read this is. I can't stop smiling with all of my own memories flooding in. Thank you for helping me remember a wonderful place in time. I wouldn't have wanted to be a teenager at any other time than the 80's.
January 17, 2013
Great book!
July 22, 2013
As a free book through amazon, I was greatly pleased with it. It makes me wish I had been a teen in the eighties, aside from the clothing depicted in some of the pictures.
February 24, 2021
The eighties is my favourite decade as well, though I was a little older than the author as I was 15-25 during that decade. So this sounded like my kind of book.
It began well and I was aware it was set in America but it couldn't be too different from my experience, surely ? Wrong. It was very different and too many of his references, be they film or TV or music went right over my head as I'd not heard of them. I called time when he was going to head into rhapsodies over an ice-hockey game between Russia and the United States as I just knew he was going to go into a load of detail that would be lost to me altogether.
Peculiar too how bitch and hell are both considered "cuss words" over there but not here.
We then got to a passage when Tom was about to turn ten in February 1978 and something dreadful clearly happened. He advised that the impending birthday party was cancelled after a late-night phone-call and then in the next passage he jumped to the latter months in 1978 with no explanation whatsoever. I flicked back 'n' forth and checked my Kindle and compared it to my phone and the location references but no, it was just left there. I pretty much lost interest in this then, as this irritated me no end, that he just left us hanging like this !! Perhaps it is a formatting error but I have kept up-to-date on any book updates that need downloading.....
I looked up Where The Red Fern Grows as I'd not heard of that before, another pop culture reference that didn't make it to our school curriculums, and I would've been sobbing, too.....
Sadly, it didn't make a great deal of sense unless you're in America, which is a pity.
It began well and I was aware it was set in America but it couldn't be too different from my experience, surely ? Wrong. It was very different and too many of his references, be they film or TV or music went right over my head as I'd not heard of them. I called time when he was going to head into rhapsodies over an ice-hockey game between Russia and the United States as I just knew he was going to go into a load of detail that would be lost to me altogether.
Peculiar too how bitch and hell are both considered "cuss words" over there but not here.
We then got to a passage when Tom was about to turn ten in February 1978 and something dreadful clearly happened. He advised that the impending birthday party was cancelled after a late-night phone-call and then in the next passage he jumped to the latter months in 1978 with no explanation whatsoever. I flicked back 'n' forth and checked my Kindle and compared it to my phone and the location references but no, it was just left there. I pretty much lost interest in this then, as this irritated me no end, that he just left us hanging like this !! Perhaps it is a formatting error but I have kept up-to-date on any book updates that need downloading.....
I looked up Where The Red Fern Grows as I'd not heard of that before, another pop culture reference that didn't make it to our school curriculums, and I would've been sobbing, too.....
Sadly, it didn't make a great deal of sense unless you're in America, which is a pity.
January 31, 2024
This was a guilty pleasure! The book does not contain a lot of self-reflection or analysis, and the author has arranged the memoir in a rather simplistic chronological order that sometimes reads almost like a catalog but ... The author and I are nearly the same age, so it was fun to go tripping down memory lane. And as a memoir, the book has a refreshing take. Although Harvey grew up in straightened circumstances, he doesn't dwell on that fact. Nor does his story have that cliché ending, a la JD Vance, of making it out of his environment to attend Harvard or Yale. A fun read!
December 4, 2013
This book caught my eye because of the word "bitchen." :-)
The word sounds strange to anyone today who didn't use it in the 80's because it sounds like it's from the phrase "quit yer bitchin'" or something like that, but for us back then, it meant that something was awesome. (I don't know where it came from, but I can pretty clearly hear Tommy Chong saying it in my mind, so maybe Cheech & Chong started it. I just know we all said it and it was quite normal then.)
I read the preview on Amazon and was pulled in by the narrative enough to buy the book. And that's the thing about this book - it's not always great - there are times when the author tells you something that had no point, or a few occasions where he talks about something, but then leaves the ending of the situation untold, but no matter what, the narrative just keeps pulling you along like you're tied to the back of a train.
It also does the job that I think a book should do, which is take you out of reality for a while, or out of the present time and into the book's time. When I was done reading it, I had to do a mental temporal adjustment back to 2013. Another testament to the power of the book is that the author is someone I wouldn't have known in school, wouldn't have hung out with, and most likely wouldn't have wanted to know. He talks about the cliques we had then (making me wonder what types exist now) and not only was he a Jock and a Prep (which I believe he failed to define for readers who may not have had those in their schools; literally, it meant one who is prepping for college, but as things go, it also became a social/fashion thing as well. A pure prep came from a family with money, most likely had car (and a decent one at that) and were generally considered by the Stoners/Rockers as "goody two-shoes.)
I was with Stoner/Rocker clique kind of by default for being a cigarette smoker and having longer than average hair (and I thought it was odd that the author was conscious of choosing to be a Prep when he was in school whereas I always thought people just were what they were) and despite the fact that our cliques were worlds apart, I still really enjoyed the book and couldn't stop reading it.
If you were in a teenager in the 80's you'll most likely enjoy this book - partly from the addictive narrative and partly for the trip to your own past via Tom Harvey's.
The follow-up book sounds a bit like a cheesy title of a Dave Barry column but I'm putting it on my Want To Read list anyway because Harvey is funny and knows how to carry the reader along, so I know I'll enjoy it.
The word sounds strange to anyone today who didn't use it in the 80's because it sounds like it's from the phrase "quit yer bitchin'" or something like that, but for us back then, it meant that something was awesome. (I don't know where it came from, but I can pretty clearly hear Tommy Chong saying it in my mind, so maybe Cheech & Chong started it. I just know we all said it and it was quite normal then.)
I read the preview on Amazon and was pulled in by the narrative enough to buy the book. And that's the thing about this book - it's not always great - there are times when the author tells you something that had no point, or a few occasions where he talks about something, but then leaves the ending of the situation untold, but no matter what, the narrative just keeps pulling you along like you're tied to the back of a train.
It also does the job that I think a book should do, which is take you out of reality for a while, or out of the present time and into the book's time. When I was done reading it, I had to do a mental temporal adjustment back to 2013. Another testament to the power of the book is that the author is someone I wouldn't have known in school, wouldn't have hung out with, and most likely wouldn't have wanted to know. He talks about the cliques we had then (making me wonder what types exist now) and not only was he a Jock and a Prep (which I believe he failed to define for readers who may not have had those in their schools; literally, it meant one who is prepping for college, but as things go, it also became a social/fashion thing as well. A pure prep came from a family with money, most likely had car (and a decent one at that) and were generally considered by the Stoners/Rockers as "goody two-shoes.)
I was with Stoner/Rocker clique kind of by default for being a cigarette smoker and having longer than average hair (and I thought it was odd that the author was conscious of choosing to be a Prep when he was in school whereas I always thought people just were what they were) and despite the fact that our cliques were worlds apart, I still really enjoyed the book and couldn't stop reading it.
If you were in a teenager in the 80's you'll most likely enjoy this book - partly from the addictive narrative and partly for the trip to your own past via Tom Harvey's.
The follow-up book sounds a bit like a cheesy title of a Dave Barry column but I'm putting it on my Want To Read list anyway because Harvey is funny and knows how to carry the reader along, so I know I'll enjoy it.
January 31, 2013
The advent of and boom in "indie" publishing has made me realize something--that EVERYONE has a story to tell and, when the stories are written well, readers can learn something AND be entertained while reading those of even the most seemingly "ordinary" people. The fact is that there really are no "ordinary" people, or ordinary lives.
Unfortunately, not everyone who has a story to tell has the talent to tell it in writing (I'm not putting anyone down; it's simply that different people have different talents). Tom Harvey DOES have the talent, and his memoir is entertaining and thought-provoking and funny and occasionally sad. He also has an absolutely amazing memory for details from what is now a fairly long time ago.
What impressed me the most about the book, however, is that it portrays the author's life as a teen in the '80's with such joy and enthusiasm (there are a lot of really tragic memoirs out there, too--a happy one that's fun to read is a rare thing!). If everyone had such a lust for life as Tom had then (and, I would guess, now), and were able to express it as wonderfully and infectiously as Tom does in his book, the world would no doubt be a more joyful place. I read The Eighties during kind of a rough week, and it did me the huge favor of cheering me up enormously. (And yet, small, melancholy details like the down-and-out man the author observed in a restaurant, dribbling his food, provide balance and moments of good reflection. The author seemed to swallow that part of his life--the good and not-so-good parts of it--whole, and he sends it back to his readers as a gift.)
I can't agree with ALL of Tom's tastes in music :), but I loved his book!
Unfortunately, not everyone who has a story to tell has the talent to tell it in writing (I'm not putting anyone down; it's simply that different people have different talents). Tom Harvey DOES have the talent, and his memoir is entertaining and thought-provoking and funny and occasionally sad. He also has an absolutely amazing memory for details from what is now a fairly long time ago.
What impressed me the most about the book, however, is that it portrays the author's life as a teen in the '80's with such joy and enthusiasm (there are a lot of really tragic memoirs out there, too--a happy one that's fun to read is a rare thing!). If everyone had such a lust for life as Tom had then (and, I would guess, now), and were able to express it as wonderfully and infectiously as Tom does in his book, the world would no doubt be a more joyful place. I read The Eighties during kind of a rough week, and it did me the huge favor of cheering me up enormously. (And yet, small, melancholy details like the down-and-out man the author observed in a restaurant, dribbling his food, provide balance and moments of good reflection. The author seemed to swallow that part of his life--the good and not-so-good parts of it--whole, and he sends it back to his readers as a gift.)
I can't agree with ALL of Tom's tastes in music :), but I loved his book!
January 7, 2013
This book has the distinction of being the first book I was able to get through entirely on "Kindle for PC" because I couldn't stop reading it! There were so many things I could relate to - from unique things I had in common with the author such as watching Monday Night Football when John Lennon was killed to staying home from school on the day Reagan was shot to generational commonalities such as the music and movies.
The best part, though, wasn't just that I could relate to the stories, but it was the stories themselves. Some were funny, some were sad, and the author wasn't afraid to tell stories where he wasn't in the best light (with his apologies to those he slighted). It was all part of the growing pains we all have in transitioning from kid-to-adult.
This book is especially great for anyone who was a teenager at any time during the 1980s, but the stories themselves are for anyone who has been through (or is going through) the transition of their teenage years.
I loved this book! (But, full disclosure, the author sent me a code to download it for free. It doesn't matter, I loved the book anyway.)
The best part, though, wasn't just that I could relate to the stories, but it was the stories themselves. Some were funny, some were sad, and the author wasn't afraid to tell stories where he wasn't in the best light (with his apologies to those he slighted). It was all part of the growing pains we all have in transitioning from kid-to-adult.
This book is especially great for anyone who was a teenager at any time during the 1980s, but the stories themselves are for anyone who has been through (or is going through) the transition of their teenage years.
I loved this book! (But, full disclosure, the author sent me a code to download it for free. It doesn't matter, I loved the book anyway.)
May 20, 2012
I loved the book! I also grew up in the eighties, so it took me on a stroll down memory lane remembering things about that time in life that I hadn't thought about for many years. The eighties really was a bitchen time and if you grew up in that era you know what I am talking about. I have also had the pleasure of knowing the author Tom Harvey and so I was very familiar with the places, and some of the people that he wrote about, but even if I wasn't I would definately recommend reading this book. It will surely make you laugh and maybe even cry. I know I did. It's a true story of the memories of a boy growing up, pulling shenanigans, having fun, educating himself and trying to make it thru life as he grows into a man. He was enjoying life to the fullest in a time of big changes. The eighties were a very memorable time for big change in music, movies and clothing styles among other things and in this book Tom helps you experience it all while keeping you entertained.
Pam
Pam
October 29, 2013
I was born 6 months before Tom Harvey, so we were experiencing the same things at the same time...just on different coasts.
Reading this funny, sweet, and poignant memoir took me on a vivid and nostalgic trip down Memory Lane. I related to everything he wrote about....the music, the movies, the birth of MTV, Football Friday Night, first loves, first kisses, first time drinking booze (and the subsequent pukefest), Casey Kasem's weekly Top 40 radio program, going to the VHS movie rental store on Friday & Saturday nights, leaving your childhood friends upon high school graduation...even the wave of grief that washes over you when you learn of the death of a classmate whom you haven't seen in 20 years.
I love this book. Plain and simple.
If you were a teenager in the 80s, I think you will too.
Reading this funny, sweet, and poignant memoir took me on a vivid and nostalgic trip down Memory Lane. I related to everything he wrote about....the music, the movies, the birth of MTV, Football Friday Night, first loves, first kisses, first time drinking booze (and the subsequent pukefest), Casey Kasem's weekly Top 40 radio program, going to the VHS movie rental store on Friday & Saturday nights, leaving your childhood friends upon high school graduation...even the wave of grief that washes over you when you learn of the death of a classmate whom you haven't seen in 20 years.
I love this book. Plain and simple.
If you were a teenager in the 80s, I think you will too.
June 11, 2012
I'm not usually into memoirs, but this book had my interest cause of the nostalgic fill of the 80's that only I or the ones that was growing up in this decade will understand. This book brought back so many memories that it makes today's world unbelievable how so much has changed from then to now. Tom's story is unique, but also sharing his memories of that decade also brought back so many for me that I wish I could go back in time and relive the good moments and emotions. There really is no such thing called "An ordinary life". Even the preps had problems. It is a great book and I think everyone should read this even today's generation, then they can see they really do have it made in today's world! You'll have to read it for yourself.
November 12, 2012
This book was a great read and sometimes difficult to read because it made me remember too many friends that are not here any longer.
But I also laughed. THANK YOU!!
Having been born in the same year and graduating in 1986, it was hard to resist reading this book. Tom brought back so many wonderful memories of things lost in the drama of life. I really enjoyed him sharing his school antics as well as his hardships. I was glad to see I was not the only one to be reminded of the wonderful class of '86, even if I graduated in Clover, SC. We shared all the same movies, songs, styles and tragedies just as if we were in the same city, even if we were in two different time zones. Thank you for sharing Tom.
But I also laughed. THANK YOU!!
Having been born in the same year and graduating in 1986, it was hard to resist reading this book. Tom brought back so many wonderful memories of things lost in the drama of life. I really enjoyed him sharing his school antics as well as his hardships. I was glad to see I was not the only one to be reminded of the wonderful class of '86, even if I graduated in Clover, SC. We shared all the same movies, songs, styles and tragedies just as if we were in the same city, even if we were in two different time zones. Thank you for sharing Tom.
November 19, 2012
I won't lie, as a person born in 1985, I wouldn't think that I would pick this book up in a bookstore. Thankfully, I was able to win a signed copy of this fun and easily read memoir from goodreads. I read this book in one day, a feat I rarely achieve because I'm great at falling asleep while reading, and I attribute it to Harvey's storytelling.
First loves, crappy first cars, awesome music from our high school years...we all have them. While this book was set in the 80s, I was able to relate a lot of the stuff to my late 90s/early 2000s teenage life...good times.
I loved this book, plain and simple. It wasn't deep and it wasn't thought provoking, it was just a good story - nothing wrong with that.
First loves, crappy first cars, awesome music from our high school years...we all have them. While this book was set in the 80s, I was able to relate a lot of the stuff to my late 90s/early 2000s teenage life...good times.
I loved this book, plain and simple. It wasn't deep and it wasn't thought provoking, it was just a good story - nothing wrong with that.
October 19, 2012
Thanks to Goodreads First Reads and Tom Harvey for an ARC of The Eighties: A Bitchen Time To Be a Teenager!.
I loved the book! I too grew up in the 80's (only a couple of years younger than the author) so I could definitely relate to most everything the author experienced. The book chronicles the author's life growing up in Central California. He bares it all (in more ways than one) as he covers family struggles, politics, music, dating, sports, and more in this humorous and often touching memoir.
It was great taking a trip down memory lane with the author!
I loved the book! I too grew up in the 80's (only a couple of years younger than the author) so I could definitely relate to most everything the author experienced. The book chronicles the author's life growing up in Central California. He bares it all (in more ways than one) as he covers family struggles, politics, music, dating, sports, and more in this humorous and often touching memoir.
It was great taking a trip down memory lane with the author!
October 30, 2012
A fun trip down memory lane. It was interesting reading about someone growing up about the same time I did in a different part of the country. The book is pure nostalgia, but it doesn't really present itself as anything but. I enjoyed reading about his middle school and high school life, and the regrets about things he did and didn't do.
The only really issue I had with the book was the later years, while he was in college, were blown over quickly where as the earlier years were chock full of details. I'd think there would be at least a few stories from the college years that would be both nostalgic and entertaining.
If you grew up in the 80s, you'll enjoy the memories this book invokes.
The only really issue I had with the book was the later years, while he was in college, were blown over quickly where as the earlier years were chock full of details. I'd think there would be at least a few stories from the college years that would be both nostalgic and entertaining.
If you grew up in the 80s, you'll enjoy the memories this book invokes.
December 6, 2012
while I was not a teenager in the 80s, much of my childhood was spent in them. I remember the music the fashion and the culture that will never see the light of day again. It was a simpler time and The Eighties: A Bitchen Time To Be A Teenager by Tom Harvey brought me back there again. The beauty of this book is you don't need to have lived the eighties to relate to the tales of angst that project from the pages. Filled with school memories, hormones, trouble and much much more this book is a memoir to be reckoned with. Truly a pleasure.
December 10, 2012
I'm very glad I had the chance to read this book. I love how it seems the author is speaking directly to me. It feels like we should be hanging out in some run down coffee shop or out in the parking lot with a bunch of people. And I also hate to sound like a broken record (seeing other reviews)but, I also loved the trip down memory lane!!! We seriously grew up in a different world than kids today. Not that I had too much in comon but the 80s feel was there and it made me feel at home. Thanks for the book! I hope I win it so I can have this one in paper form!
October 17, 2012
Although, I loved the references to the 80s, much of this book is just an autobiography of a guy who lived his teen years during the 80s. He actually graduated same time as me. But like the average person, whether our teen years were during the "Decade of Decadence" or not, our lives during that time really were not that interesting. It was an okay read and I would probably give it 2.5 stars, if I could. I'm glad though that I got this as a freebie.
August 23, 2012
I am definitely a product of the 80s, so I LOVED this book. I laughed and cried, and smiled inside at some of his memories that I also share. It is amazing that he has been able to share his own memoirs and yet make us remember our own lives during the same time period? Poignant and meaningful, funny and sad. I look forward to more books from Tom.
October 27, 2012
Being an 80s teenager too, I loved this book. It was a trip down memory lane. I remember every movie and song that's referenced. I had a bottle of Paris too. I knew exactly what fragrance Harvey was talking about, long before he said the name. I catch the smell every once in a while and it always brings back teenage memories.
May 29, 2012
I downloaded the Kindle edition. I loved it. I am 2 years younger than the author so our experiences really meshed well. While I am certainly glad the 80s are over there were some good times in them.
December 30, 2012
Well, this pretty much sums up the life of a child in the 80s. I thoroughly enjoyed the trip down memory lane. Wish def leppard could have been mentioned but other than that I had an awesome time. Thanks.
August 21, 2012
Free kindle book. I enjoy memoirs and this was an interesting one. Of course I love the eighties so that was the initial appeal. I found the memories entertaining and took me right back to my own high school days.
January 31, 2013
What a GREAT trip down memory lane!! It's really talent when an author's writing style and descriptions can bring back images as clear as day, and make you remember things as though they happened just yesterday. Loved the book!
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