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Sherry littlefield thought her brother died in a senseless drag racing accident, but the truth is even more horrifying. His memoir, stingray afternoons, humorously and poignantly describes his youth and family life in bloomington, minn. Praise for stingray afternoons one of the best books of the year. But a rushin memoir is about the time he grew up the 1970s and all the things people growing up in the 1970s grow up with. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading stingray afternoons.
Available on kindle ebook and can be read on any device with the free kindle app. Stingray afternoons npr coverage of stingray afternoons. Stingray afternoons by steve rushin sportswriter steve rushins memoir of growing up in minnesota in the 1970s is familiar territory, but rushin mines it with irony and affection. Read stingray afternoons a memoir by steve rushin available from rakuten kobo. Best known for his backpage sliceoflife vignettes in sports illustrated, rushin author of the caddie was a reindeer, an essay collection, and the novel the pint man describes growing up in. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. Stingray afternoons ebook by steve rushin rakuten kobo. Get 50% off this audiobook at the audiobooksnow online audio book store and download or stream. His latest book, sting ray afternoons, is a memoir of growing up in bloomington.
Sports illustrated writer and native minnesotan, steve rushin, discusses stingray afternoons, a memoir of the authors 1970s childhood in bloomington, mn. If i had read it a couple of years ago, i would have been so thrilled by it. It begins in bloomington, minnesota, with a yearold kid staging his own author photo that he hopes will someday grace the cover of a book jacket. A memoir is a nostalgic type of memoir about the 1970s and 1980s, as opposed to an issue or trauma type memoir. A bittersweet, funny memoir of childhood told through a tour of 1970s america via its. A wild and bittersweet memoir of a classic 70s childhoodits a story of the 1970s.