The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
by Bill Bryson · first published 2006
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Bill Bryson on his most personal journey yet: into his own childhood in America's Mid-West.Some say that the first hint that Bill Bryson was not of Planet Earth came when his mother sent him to school in lime-green Capri pants. Others think it all started with his discovery, at the age of six, of a woollen jersey of rare fineness. Across the moth-holed chest was a golden thunderbolt. It may have looked like an old college football sweater, but young Bryson knew better. It was obviously the Sacred Jersey of Zap, and proved that he had been placed with this innocuous family in the middle of Amer
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Have you ever read Bill Bryson's The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir (http://www.amazon.com/Life-Times-Thunderbolt-Kid-Memoir/dp/0...)? He talks a good amount of growing up in Des Moines, Iowa where all the kids used to just go out Saturday morning to a nearby…
on “On Day Care, Google Makes a Rare Fumble” ↗…the streets, the ones that still do may be more at risk because e.g. drivers don't expect them. For a marvellous account of children being raised without any parental guidance, read Bill Bryson's "The Life And Times Of The Thunderbolt Kid." Highly recommended.
on “Parenting in the age of Paranoia: A Small Manifesto” ↗For anyone interested, Bill Bryson's "The Life and Times of The Thunderbolt Kid" describes a setup like this too. It's a very funny book as well if anyone is after a good read.
on “The Longest Conveyor Belt” ↗…enjoy listening to pretty much anything the folks at Full Cast Audio have done; http://www.fullcastaudio.com/ Other than their work i've recently listened to Bill Bryson reading his autobiography, "The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid", as well as Malcolm Gladwell reading his book, "Outliers". I usually listen to the previews in the iTunes music store to get a feel for the narrator.
on “Ask HN: Which audio book did you find is best narrated?” ↗