I Was a Child

I Was a Child: A Memoir | Bruce Eric Kaplan

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I wasn‘t sure I liked this graphic memoir enough at the beginning but it grew on me and there were quite a few laugh out loud moments.

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I Was a Child: A Memoir | Bruce Eric Kaplan

I felt sure based on similar experiences that the author was a few years older than me. Googled him and I was right. He makes me laugh out loud at certain universal experiences of childhood at that time. This one, for instance, unless the phone was hanging on the wall, is absolutely true. My grandparents died in 2009/2010 and still had a table for nothing but the phone.

ljuliel I remember having a phone with the cloth covered cord. A lot of the houses I grew up in had a built in little phone shelf sorta thing that had the phone jack plug in behind it. 5y

PatriciaU Oh, yes. The telephone table was akin to a shrine in my grandmother‘s house! 5y

tournevis In the 1910s and 1920s, there were actual little tables, often square-ish, with a nook or drawer, just to hold the telephone. The smaller ones for candlestick telephones, wider for headsets. If you look at my last post, you can see one such table I use as a console 5y

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I Was a Child: A Memoir | Bruce Eric Kaplan

Waiting on my oil change & tire rotation. What an exciting start to my two week vacation!
Not sure how I feel about this book yet but this is so true.

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I Was a Child: A Memoir | Bruce Eric Kaplan

so-so

Eh. I thought I was getting a graphic novel rather than a simplistic memoir with crappy pictures. He had a normal, undramatic, average-funny childhood. Overall just okay. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Pic: His rendering of those old Palmolive ads. Loved those!

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I Was a Child: A Memoir | Bruce Eric Kaplan

Halfway! #24in48 @24in48

I have mixed feelings about this graphic memoir. Teaser for my review. 😉😬

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I Was a Child: A Memoir | Bruce Eric Kaplan

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I read this book in under an hour, but really liked it. It's a childhood memoir told in short bits, drawings, and sentences that aren't necessarily connected. And it worked. It reminded me of my own childhood where bits of memory flit and flow. Recommend.

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