Viewing a book on Amazon, I happened to see on the page a comment about the best 100 books for youth to read. The range in age they gave was fourteen to forty. That made me think of my self-published memoirs which I originally thought were intended for most anyone to read. Not according to friends and acquaintances who because of my age thought it should be for persons over eighty. But this child’s age in the memoir is two to thirteen.
I agree that the elderly would like reading about the Great Depression and WWII eras but so might a young person of today. I also agree that a person familiar with the area that I came from and the places I discuss would enjoy that aspect but it’s the stories which count the most and I believe the young can relate to a youngster of pretty much any era. Of course in my case I loved to have lived in the past. Still a youthful person shouldn’t mind. They surely like Huckleberry Finn and in a very real sense I am Huck in a more modern day and in a big city.
One important thought. Reading my books would have the youth of today seeing what they have missed. Boys had a more carefree life in the way they played. Sports were not organized so they could do it their way. Girls likewise. They could play house to their hearts content. They didn’t have to feel odd playing with doll carriages, jumping rope, picking up jacks and I can still hear “And my name is Alice and my husband’s name is Al. We live in Austin and we sell apples.”
Boys reading my book would not only like being with me they will feel as if their right beside me. Girls would sense the fun and the reviewers who are women love the sweet honesty as well as feeling they are right with me.
I believe that if my book has a chance to be read mine could replace one of the 100 best books. But that’s only my humble opinion.
I Had Jelly on My Nose and A Hole in My Breeches http://amzn.to/1PH4Nxs
Sister Superior’s Thumb, the Pope’s Ring and the End of Childhood http://bit.ly/sistersuperior
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