This coming of age memoir includes so many of my favorite songs, it was hard not to see myself in every chapter even though I was never a teen age boy. There are so many experiences that are typical to teens, almost anyone who has any memory of that time in their life can find something to relate to here. If you are a product of the era, and you know this music, you can get lost in this book. You will find yourself making lists and checking your old albums and tapes (yes, cassettes, can you believe that is how we used to share music?...making a mix tape took TIME and EFFORT and was a labor of love). Whatever you do, don't get on You Tube and look up Haysi Fantayzee and watch "Shiny Shiny" because it will depress the hell out of you if you remember liking that song. Trust me, focus on the book and the songs you have heard in the last 20 years. - Christa
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