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144 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1988
How can a song do that? Be like a net that catches a whole entire day, even a day whose guts you hate? You hear it and all of a sudden everything comes hanging back in front of you, all tangled up in that music.I had read this already, probably 20 years ago, and was let down because it wasn't as fantastic as my (perhaps) favorite book of all time: Cruddy, also by Lynda Barry. I only read it again because I found a copy randomly. I'm so glad I gave it another chance. It really is as good as Cruddy, but so very different. While they are both stories told from the point of view of a young girl, in this one the girl is not on an LSD trip or murder spree! (Cruddy is a very dark book.)
In real life we had no idea what we were talking about and we knew exactly what we were talking about: life, liberty and justice for all. Equality, peace and the right to play kickball together no matter what our people thought of each other.