Michael Schall Johnson isn't world famous, a superstar athlete, or an infamous reality TV star. He's basically just a
regular-type guy who happened to grow up a part of the first generation to be described by the term "teenager". Here he looks back on his, more or less, ordinary life.

Even though I'm of a later generation I enjoyed the look back at what it was likegrowing up in the late 1940's, and 1950's. Some stuff seems to be kind of universal to the experience of growing up in America prior to the digital age. And the book also serves as an example of just how wide a range the term "ordinary" can cover. Dealing with an absentee biological father, and an abussive step-father young Mickey Schall had to deal with some hard truths and difficult times yet this story never really devolves into a "woe is me" situation - at least not for too long.

Written in an easy to read conversational style this book was quite entertaining I think it would have been stronger overall if the author had ended it after his teenage years rather than trying to give a running narrative of how his adult life turned out. But that's just one reader's opinion.

I would recommend this book to folks who enjoy a little nostalgia, a peek back at times not so long past.

***Thanks to NetGalley, the author, and the publisher for allowing me the opportunity to read and review this title.