Sting-ray afternoons : a memoir

Summary: A bittersweet memoir of the author's 1970s childhood nostalgically shares observations of his family life as it was shaped by influences ranging from the Steve Miller Band and Saturday morning cartoons to Bic pens and Schwinn Sting-Ray bikes.

Record details

ISBN: 9780316392235
ISBN: 0316392235
Physical Description: print
viii, 328 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Edition: First Edition.
Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2017.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-327).
Formatted Contents Note:	Eight-track mind -- One of these things is not like the others -- When you comin' home, Dad? -- Glory, glory, hallelujah, teacher hit me with a ruler -- Wish book -- As we fell into the Sun -- Every day's the Fourth of July -- Through the magic doorgate -- Ventura Highway in the sunshine -- Play that funky music, white boy -- Goodbye yellow brick road -- Epilogue: Oh, oh, telephone line.