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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. Sportswriter steve rushins memoir of growing up in minnesota in the 1970s is familiar territory, but rushin mines it with irony and affection. Af t e r i f i n i s h e d my autobiographya fun but crazily intense. An awardwinning sportswriter looks back, mostly fondly, at a childhood in the 1970s in a minnesota suburb. 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. Youll find ebooks and audiobooks on virtually every topic, as well as databases. Sting ray afternoons takes it from there in this fiercely funny memoir about family, sports, music, food and fads. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Oct 04, 2017 his memoir, sting ray afternoons, humorously and poignantly describes his youth and family life in bloomington, minn. Clean and scrubbing bubbles, lightsabers and those ohsocoveted schwinn sting ray bikes. One of amazons best books of 2017 a wild and bittersweet memoir of a classic 70s childhood.
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In sting ray afternoons, steve rushin paints an utterly nostalgic, psychedelically vibrant portrait of a decade overflowing with technological evolution, cultural revolution, as well as brotherly, sisterly, and parental love. The book hit store shelves in july, and if you came of age in the 1970s or 1980s, i recommend you track down a copy, too. A bittersweet memoir of the authors 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. To hear becky toynes summer reading list, download our podcast or. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Picking up where he left off in his acclaimed memoir sting ray afternoons, steve rushin brilliantly captures a bygone era, and the thrills of new adulthood in the early 80s.
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Rushin is the middle child of a frequently traveling, hardworking 3m salesman and a stayathome mom who somehow remained sane and mostly in control of four brawling boys and an unflappable daughter. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading stingray afternoons. Throughout the book i was pleasantly reminded of things from my own pastrushin revisits the tv shows, the toys, the games of the era while telling his familys own story. Rushin grew up in bloomington, minnesota, the third in a family of five kids.
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His memoir, stingray afternoons, humorously and poignantly describes his youth and family life in bloomington, minn. Amazon, gold digest, minnesota public radio if you existed in the 1970s and had any awareness of the world around you, steve rushins stingray afternoons is going to hit you like the smell of clairol herbal essence shampoo. The book hit store shelves in july, and if you came of age in the 1970s or 1980s, i. Stingray afternoons steve rushins memoir of the golden age of candy cigarettes, sugar on your grapefruit, and nixon on the tv is an exhaustively thorough, exuberant recollection of growing up in the me decade. Get 50% off this audiobook at the audiobooksnow online audio book store and download or stream it right to your computer, smartphone or tablet. Stingray qello concerts offer the worlds largest collection of fulllength concerts.
And of a fatherone of 3ms greatest and last eighttrack salesmentraveling across the country on the brandnew boeing 747, providing for his family but wanting nothing more than to get home. Jul 17, 2018 sports illustrated writer and native minnesotan, steve rushin, discusses sting ray afternoons, a memoir of the authors 1970s childhood in bloomington, mn. Get 50% off this audiobook at the audiobooksnow online audio book store and download or stream. Liam james doylenpr in the early 1950s, sportswriter steve rushins hometown of bloomington, minn. Stingray afternoons by steve rushin overdrive rakuten. Picking up where he left off in his acclaimed memoir stingray afternoons, steve. The glass castle would have solar cells on the top that would catch the suns rays and. Sting ray afternoons sting ray afternoons audiobook, by steve rushin. Nights in white castle by steve rushin overdrive rakuten. Read stingray afternoons a memoir by steve rushin available from rakuten kobo. Of a road trip in a woodpaneled station wagon, with the kids in the wayback, singing along to the steve miller band. As the anxious middle child in a catholic family with four boys and one girl, overseen by a housewife mother and a father who traveled around the world selling eighttrack tape for 3m, sports illustrated writer rushin the 34ton bat.
Stingray afternoons takes it from there in this fiercely funny memoir about family, sports, music, food and fads. Exhaustive might have been just exhausting, but rushins takes on artificially colored culture are laced equally with humor. Mom and dad made up the next day, and by late afternoon mom was cutting. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over. Sting ray afternoons paints an utterly fond, psychedelically vibrant, laughoutloudfunny portrait of an exuberant decade. Smart as heck, laugh out loud funny and warm, steve. Sting ray afternoons npr coverage of sting ray afternoons.
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