Time Travel Just Sucks: A Kid in the '70s
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| Rating | : | 4.76 (611 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1598585304 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 244 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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Good Reading Chris Allen I'm about halfway through the book. I really like it, it is a person telling a story of his life in a Texas city I grew up near and it kept me reading. I was/am moved. Saddened, smiling and laughing and out loud at that. A real talent. I kept thinking of movies like Sandlot and Stand By M. Billy Lamm said Excellent Book. I had a blast reading this book. James T. Heffernan did a wonderful job of re-telling his life's experiences in a colorful, yet simplistic way. It brought back so many of my own childhood memories that it was difficult to put the book down. One of my own childhood experiences was one of t. Curiosity said Would make a great Adam Sandler movie. James Heffernan's book is that one in a lifetime, so honest it will pierce your heart, so funny it carries the reader laughing through the human tragedy we all live and so original that I believe it will be a long time before something this unique crosses a reader's path again.Heffernan i
In and out of trouble with the law, walking the line between delinquent and mischief, it appears that this young man may be losing the battle. Brought to the surface in these memoirs is the pain that drives us, the means that we use to distract ourselves from that pain, and the understanding and forgiveness that is only obtained with a very precious resource, time. Amazing things happen while at the bottom, however, and a seven-teen year old boy takes a leap a faith that has remained true for over thirty years. The message contained within is an old cliché, "Ain?t nothin? over ?til it?s over." What seems to be failing today could be a work in progress for tomorrow, while what is already soaring may be destined for a crash. Come take a flight back into time with author James Heffernan, you might see the difference between True North and variance. Lurking in the balance, however, is a creativity and an uncanny sense of humor that enables a little boy to live in a world that he couldn?t bear to look at. Time Travel Just Sucks: A Kid in the ?70s is a journey back into time that will show the effect of a dysfunctional family situation on a young, open-hearted child