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The
Harrowing Adventures of a Baby Boomer Childhood
Are
the Current Events of Your Childhood Now
Showing on the History Channel?
Do you look at today's kids
and suspect that they're aliens?
Have you ever assaulted an electronic device?
Do you forget whether some of your favorite
movie
stars are dead or alive?
Are you saying "When I was a kid"
more and more lately?
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Then meet Dennis Fried, former philosophy professor
and stand-up comic (just your normal, everyday career
path), and author of the popular Memoirs of a Papillon:
The Canine Guide to Living with Humans without Going
Mad.
Return with him to the days when kids actually went
outside to play! When SUVs were not only unknown but
unneeded, since no self-respecting kid wanted to be
seen being dropped off by his parents.
When gym teachers issued directly from the "walk
it off" school of pain management. Back to the
days of Saturday afternoon double features, A-bomb drills,
and the always-dangerous Big Kids.
This wry, incisive memoir about growing up in a small
town (Catskill, New York) in the 1950s will fill you
with laughter, nostalgia, and reflections on the changing
nature of childhood and on aging (besides "ugh").
If you were ever a kid, this is your story.
Order
this book before you get any older!
Orders are handled by Book Clearing House.
To order by phone: 1-800-431-1579
For secure ordering on-line: www.bookch.com
Cost: $13.95, plus shipping |
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| Praise
for
A Tongue in the Sink |
| "Denny
Fried has the wit of Dave Barry, the eye of Erma
Bombeck, and his own quirky and very funny view
of life. He takes what we have all experienced and
turns it upside down and shakes it so we see it
through a comic lens. Attention should be paid to
this man, especially if you want to do a lot of
smiling."
Stuart
M. Kaminsky, Edgar-award-winning author and screenwriter.
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"Denny
Fried’s wit and observations about the human
condition are so dead-on that he must have had help
again from little Genevieve, his author-dog."
Tim Dorsey, author of Florida Roadkill and Cadillac
Beach.
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"This
is a delightful, witty, and wacky romp from start
to finish. I highly recommend this very special
book."
William Froug, author of Screenwriting Tricks of
the Trade and Zen and the Art of Screenwriting.
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"A
neat, nostalgic book, bringing with it memories,
smiles, and laughter. Fried has a quick sense of
humor in full force as he shares with us the trials
and tribulations of growing up in the ‘good
old days.’"
Anita Finley, gerontologist and editor of
Boomer Times and Senior Life.
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Book Specs:
Published by Eiffel Press
5.5" x 8.5", 205 pages, paperback
1 b&w drawing
ISBN: 0-9679335-1-X
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The
author, Dennis Fried, attempting to
appear distinguished.
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Eiffel Press, at: eiffelpress@comcast.net
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