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The War of the Itchy Balls: And Other Tales from Brooklyn
The world is a mess. I thought it needed a book that was fun and easy to read. This book is it. It takes you through the tears and terrors of childhood, the mess-ups of middle school, and a raft of stupidities that can only come from that swamp called adolescence. I will have succeeded if the book releases your own memories from days gone by. Bill Gralnick has been writing ever since his mother said, "Little Pishers" should be seen not heard." As a teen, he wrote over five hundred love letters to his girlfriend. As an adult he has written almost nine hundred op-ed pieces for newspapers around the country--four have appeared in USA Today. This is his third book. There are three more in the hopper.
422 pages, paperback
Published September 15, 2019
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June 23, 2020
Author! Author!
I have learned one very important lesson from reading Bill Gralnick’s book:
Do not drink hot coffee while doing so; you will be laughing so hard that it will spill all over you!
Kudos to the author on writing such a warm and loving memoir of a long-gone and geographically small part of America in such a painfully beautiful manner. The actual street names and landmarks may be unfamiliar to many a reader not from the country known as Brooklyn, nevertheless, in a real sense, they will be as recognizable as will the countless characters and personalities who helped shape the author’s life story.
This is is not the first of Bill Gralnick’s books and I look forward to reading many more...but without a coffee mug in hand!
Definitely a 5 Star read!!
I have learned one very important lesson from reading Bill Gralnick’s book:
Do not drink hot coffee while doing so; you will be laughing so hard that it will spill all over you!
Kudos to the author on writing such a warm and loving memoir of a long-gone and geographically small part of America in such a painfully beautiful manner. The actual street names and landmarks may be unfamiliar to many a reader not from the country known as Brooklyn, nevertheless, in a real sense, they will be as recognizable as will the countless characters and personalities who helped shape the author’s life story.
This is is not the first of Bill Gralnick’s books and I look forward to reading many more...but without a coffee mug in hand!
Definitely a 5 Star read!!
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