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    False Starts: Mistakes & Missteps Growing Up in the 70’s
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    False Starts: Mistakes & Missteps Growing Up in the 70’s
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    False Starts: Mistakes & Missteps Growing Up in the 70’s

    Written by Ken La Salle

    Narrated by Ken La Salle

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    About this audiobook

    I recently opened up my chest of childhood memories, faced a decade I had long since forgotten, and wrote these words:

    “It was the hippest of times. It was the funkiest of times. It was the 1970s.”

    And I grew up right there in the middle of it. I won talent shows. I went to camp. I fought the school bully for the honor of the girl I loved. I lost my father…

    But having just turned 50, I decided the time had come to take an honest look at those years without the tinted lens of nostalgia, which allowed me to remember so much more. I never told the girl I defended that I loved her. I barely survived camp. No amount of talent show victories brought my father back and, to be honest, my memories weren’t as accurate as I thought they were.

    The 70’s were a swirling minefield filled with a family destroyed by poverty and divorce, horrible TV shows, bad disco on AM radio, wretched food… and the only saving grace a child like me had was Pong. My teachers tried to put me on drugs. My sister taught me the art of shoplifting. My best friend was Burp Boy. Life was a series of constant set-backs, a barrage of defeats, embarrassments, and false starts.

    And I wouldn’t change a thing.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBig Happy Family Audio
    Release dateSep 19, 2016
    ISBN9781509422029
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    False Starts: Mistakes & Missteps Growing Up in the 70’s
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    Ken La Salle

    Author and Playwright, Ken La Salle grew up in Santa Ana, California and has remained in the surrounding area his entire life. He was raised with strong, blue collar roots, which have given him a progressive and environmentalist view. As a result, you'll find many of his stories touching those areas both geographically and philosophically. His plays have been seen in theaters across the country and you can find a growing number of books available online. Find out more about Ken on his website at www.kenlasalle.com.

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