"The atomic bomb went off and I arrived with my left eye crossed, my nose pushed to one side, and my head squeezed skinny."
So begins a humorous, lively memoir which is guaranteed to cure boredom. One of the first of the Baby Boomers (his dad and mom got a head start during the Blitz), writer and photographer Eric K. Hatch has created a book full of bucket list stories, real adventures in exotic places, colorful characters, and anecdotes from his widely traveled life.
You'll brush up against film and stage stars, famous writers, a French Nobel Prize winner, plus a host of other people. Some of these people are famous and some unknown, yet all made a difference in the author's voyage of self-discovery.
Have you ever lived in Haiti and the Virgin Islands as a child? Played a cannon in the 1812 Overture? Ever accidentally skied off a precipice in the Alps? Survived a quad bypass while on a business trip? Gate-crashed J. Paul Getty, Jr. in London?
This book is written as if the author were there in the room with you, sharing his stories, all true, many funny, some thrilling, none boring — but you wouldn't believe it anyhow.
