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Wishin' and Hopin': A Christmas Story

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It's 1964 and ten-year-old Felix is sure of a few things: the birds and the bees are puzzling, television is magical, and this is one Christmas he'll never forget.

LBJ and Lady Bird are in the White House, Meet the Beatles is on everyone's turntable, and Felix Funicello (distant cousin of the iconic Annette!) is doing his best to navigate fifth grade-easier said than done w...more

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Dec 02, 2009 Susan rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I wasn't sure what to expect of this book when I started, but certainly not the story I got. The title describes this as a Christmas story but there was hardly anything 'Christmasy' about it till the last third of the book. I didn't really think it was funny, just one part towards the end. I was given alot of 1960s references - songs, personalities, slang, etc. - almost too much. And the dialogue with the Russian student was just too complicated and time-consuming to read through at times.

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Apr 13, 2013 Pamela Faust rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Felix Funicello is a fifth grade boy, attending Catholic grad school, in 1965. He’s vying for the top spot, in his class, with suckbutt Rosalie Twerski (Turdski) who is forever bringing in extra credit posters and projects that have never been assigned. His best friend, Lonny, is a troublemaker who is doing his best to misinform Felix about the birds and the bees since Felix’s dad is not doing a great job at it (the only advice he gives is not to touch his mouth to a drinking fountain). There is...more Felix Funicello is a fifth grade boy, attending Catholic grad school, in 1965. He’s vying for the top spot, in his class, with suckbutt Rosalie Twerski (Turdski) who is forever bringing in extra credit posters and projects that have never been assigned. His best friend, Lonny, is a troublemaker who is doing his best to misinform Felix about the birds and the bees since Felix’s dad is not doing a great job at it (the only advice he gives is not to touch his mouth to a drinking fountain). There is a fascinating new Russian girl in his class who provides amusement for Felix by competing with Rosalie as the top girl. Since he drove his first teacher to a bipolar episode (before that was even considered a thing), the substitute teacher is a beret wearing French Canadian woman who makes French learning a fundamental part of her teaching agenda, to the frustration of the nuns running the school.
Felix lives with his father, mother and two older sisters. His father runs a lunch counter at a bus station, his mother is busy dreaming up recipes that will get her on national television (which will result in hilarious and bad things) and his sisters seem to take on the most of the responsibility for running the household. For high school girls, they actually seem like cranky old ladies. His claim to fame is that he has a very famous cousin, Annette Funicello, and her visage is proudly displayed in posters, at the lunch counter. One of the posters provides fodder for an amusing tale of his trip to the confessional caused by his attempt at French kissing one of the posters, based on some of Lonny’s information.
The story is set in the months leading up to Christmas where Felix’s teacher is preparing her students to present a tableau vivante (great play) for the Christmas pageant. The weeks of preparation, leading up to the show, bring about some amusing and interesting obstacles, culminating in the inevitable and hysterical chaos of the actual presentation.
I was in the mood for a light hearted and innocent tale, and this story worked out just fine. The biggest surprise (to me) was that it could be provided by Wally Lamb. While I consider myself a fan, his stories tend to depress me because the stories his narrators have to tell are usually very dark and disturbing. The voice that he gives them and their humors keep me hanging on, though. Felix hasn’t lived long enough to have any sad stories so the book was successful in being what I needed and leaving me feeling good.
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Dec 21, 2010 Book Concierge rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Wishin’ and Hopin’ by Wally Lamb
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This story takes place from October to December, 1964 in New London, Connecticut. Felix Funicello is a distant cousin of famous Mouseketeer Annette Funicello. Her posters are prominently displayed in his family’s lunch counter at the bus station. Felix is in 5th grade at St Aloysius Gonzaga parochial school, where he vies for #1 student status with Rosalie Twerski, and is best friends with Lonny Flood, who, having been “kept back” twice is the oldest student...more

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Jul 18, 2010 Sandie rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

It must be an age thing but the older I get the more nostalgic I become and the more books like Wally Lamb's Wishin' and Hopin': A Christmas Story appeal to me.

This little saga takes the reader back to the 60's when kids were really kids (and not little zombies tied by the "electronic umbilical cord" to either, their cell phone, computer, or i-pod). They went to school, were fearful of their teachers (instead of visa-versa), had no "rights" (except to learn the assigned classroom material) and...more

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Nov 29, 2009 Kathy (Bermudaonion) rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Felix Funicello’s family owns the lunch counter at the local bus station and their claim to fame is that Annette Funicello is their cousin. Felix is in the fifth grade at St. Aloysius Gonzago Parochial School. At the beginning of the school year Sister Dymphna, his teacher, has a breakdown of sorts and is replaced by a lay teacher, the glamorous Madame Marguerite. The classroom is full of characters typical of an elementary school and the school year progresses much like a normal year – mostly s...more

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Nov 22, 2009 Diane rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Well we all know how much I love Wally Lamb. I really, really wanted to love this book. If it is meant to be a Christmas book, it should have some major holiday feel good at the end and it did not. It reminded me of a male Judy Blume book since it is told from the perspective of a 5th grade boy. It was easy to read and the characters were lovable even with their quirkiness and flaws. (but it is my favorite author and it took me almost 2 weeks to read 225 pages..).

He has lots of characters and cl...more

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Dec 01, 2010 Alison rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This was like a combination of "A Christmas Story" (you know--the one with the leg lamp) and a book I read in about the third grade called "The Worst Christmas Pageant Ever." It's meant to make you feel nostalgic for a different era, and see how much more quirky and loveable people used to be--like nuns, and people who worked at lunch counters or participated in bake-offs. This didn't work for me, but in it's defense, I can say most holiday pieces don't. I did enjoy the ending--it was sweet, une...more

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Dec 13, 2011 Nannie Bittinger rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This is a most wonderful book...he nailed the Catholic School experience in the 60's but then it could be any school as my husband asked, half way through the audio book: "Who are these people? I don't recognize the names but I feel like I went to school with them!" Everything is wrapped up neatly and completely but no sappiness, just life, funny and touching and real! Read by the author too, and very well done.

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Jan 01, 2010 Coco rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: coming-of-age, fiction, holiday

First, I must admit, I'm not a Lamb fan. But I was told this book was not his normal fare, so I thought I might like it. I slogged through it, hoping the series of slapped together 1960s vignettes (can you say Pillsbury Bake off and Mickey Mouse Club?) and bits of fifth grade boy humor would pick up, but no such luck. Unlike A Christmas Story, to which I've seen this compared, Lamb's book never captures the feel of the decade. Felix, our young Catholic school hero, reminds me of those kids on th...more

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May 04, 2013 Cindy rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

A departure from Lamb’s previous deep and serious novels “She’s Come Undone”, ”I Know This Much Is True” and “The Hour I First Believed”. This novel focuses on the life of parochial school fifth grader, Felix Funicello during the 1964 holiday season in the fictional town of Three Rivers, Connecticut. The book focuses on Felix’s life in school with his classmates and with his family that runs a bus-station diner where posters of Fexlix’s third cousin, actress Annette Funicello,are hung on the wal...more

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Apr 19, 2013 Dianne rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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The year is 1964 and Felix Funicello is a ten year old fifth grader living in small town Connecticut. He attends Catholic school where there are lots of rules and kids to break them. His parents operate a lunch counter at the local bus station which brings some interesting characters into his life, and at home he has two older sisters who tolerate him, but just barely.

Felix is like other boys; he has his ups and downs and makes good choices and the other kind. He knows and uses a few bad words,...more

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Apr 11, 2013 Patty rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This is touted as a Christmas Story, but I felt like you could read it anytime. The only thing Christmasy about it is that they are preparing for a good ol' fashioned Christmas pageant. Wally Lamb is one of my favorite authors. I think he just writes in a narrative that is incredibly readable and he draws you a good picture of some very interesting characters. This book is about kids in a Catholic school in Connecticut in the early 60's which is a little bit before my time. I got most of the ref...more

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Feb 26, 2013 Nikki rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: books-set-in-connecticut, fiction, historical-fiction, christmas

Wally Lamb is not an author whose works I would ordinarily seek out. Having struggled through part of his big hit, She's Come Undone (my book club may have beaten Oprah to the punch on that one, more's the pity), I haven't been interested in pursuing what I saw as his blend of misery and 50s/60s pop culture references. But, looking for some Christmas reading on the cheap for my Kindle, I picked this up and was pleasantly surprised. No dysfunctional family here, although the people in it certainl...more

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Dec 26, 2012 Tyson Call rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

While generally pleasurable to read, Lamb's book failed to take hold of me in such a way that I desired to come back to it as soon as possible. I finished it, however, which cannot be said for all books I have begun reading.

It tells of the narrator's youth (1964) in a Catholic school, generally taking place around Christmas, and much of the plot revolves around a new student, her effect on the class, and the production of a nativity tableaux. Some may compare it to Jean Shepherd's famous Christ...more

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Dec 26, 2012 Kathy McC. Mc.C rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I love Wally Lamb and his dark, depressing side of the human condition. But, this quick read was delightfully different from his other novels. It was fun and humorous,and written about life in the US in 1964. He captured the essence of the time period and the essence of childhood. Reading this story was the perfect way to spend a very snowy day.

"I am today what most people would consider a responsible citizen. I have an advanced degree in Film Studies, a tenured professorship, and an eco-friendl...more

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Apr 04, 2012 Jane rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Dec 06, 2011 Bookworm rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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In Wally Lamb's Wishin' and Hopin': A Christmas Story, fifth grader Felix Funicello takes us back in time to 1964. Felix is the distant cousin of America's Sweetheart back then, Annette Funicello, of the original Mickey Mouse Club. Felix's family owns a small diner, and Annette's posters grace the walls, there is even an ice cream dish named after her.
Felix attends parochial school and most of the story revolves around his school life and his fellow classmates and teachers as well as his...more

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Jan 01, 2011 Literary Feline rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I have been a fan of Wally Lamb since I read his novel, She's Come Undone and I Know This Much Is True. He has a way of getting into the heads of his characters and bringing them to life. He tackles serious topics, steeped in emotion and morality. I knew going in that Wishin' and Hopin' was a different sort of novel for the author, but I still eagerly anticipated reading it.

Although I have never seen the movie A Christmas Story straight through (I watched the movie out of order--second half firs...more I have been a fan of Wally Lamb since I read his novel, She's Come Undone and I Know This Much Is True. He has a way of getting into the heads of his characters and bringing them to life. He tackles serious topics, steeped in emotion and morality. I knew going in that Wishin' and Hopin' was a different sort of novel for the author, but I still eagerly anticipated reading it.

Although I have never seen the movie A Christmas Story straight through (I watched the movie out of order--second half first and then caught the first half another time), the book reminded me a lot of that movie. Set in 1964, Wishin' and Hopin' is the story of Felix Funicello. His father runs a diner at the bus station and Felix is the 3rd cousin of the famous Annette Funicello. He is in the fifth grade and attends a Catholic school. Felix is the second smartest in class but is by no means a goody two shoes like the number one student, Rosalie. He gets into his share of trouble, sometimes unintentionally.

It's a big season for Felix and his family. His mother will be competing in a cooking contest on national television, he will be making an appearance on The Ranger Andy Ranger Show, and the school term promises to be an interesting one with the long-term substitute taking over his class after his regular teacher has a nervous breakdown (helped along by Felix himself).

Told from Felix's point of view, it was hard not to imagine being right back in the fifth grade again, a time between innocence and learning about the world. The characters are easy to love, especially young Felix. The author captures well the time period in which his story takes place, from the political and racial climate to the memorable pop culture--even for those of us born after that time.

I started singing Annette Funicello's Tall Paul right alongside Felix as I read in the lunchroom at work one afternoon. And then I couldn't help but do the same when Felix described his Halloween costume, dressed up as an Alka Selzter. I've been driving my husband batty with that jingle for years. Wishin' and Hopin' is a delightful story. Author Wally Lamb shows off his lighter side in this novel. It is funny and at times sentimental, but never overly so. It's a great book to kick off the holiday season.
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Dec 26, 2010 Linda Lipko rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Welcome to the early 1960's and the life of Felix Funicello, third cousin to the Mickey Mouseketeer Annette. This is a delightful walk down memory lane when antennas perched on roofs brought black and white tv reception into houses of hard working parents who raised their children with firm rules and a swat on the backside when needed.

Harken back to The Beatles, JFK, LBJ, lunch counters that served cheeseburgers and cherry cokes, schools that contained Catholic nuns who were free with the smart...more

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Jan 11, 2011 Douglas rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction

My beloved sister-in-law, recognizing my penchant for sentimentality, kindly gave me this book for Christmas last month. I read it in essentially one sitting during a snow storm, even though I am normally burdened as a slow reader. That I read it in one sitting is an accurate indicator of how enjoyable and engaging this book is.

For us Baby Boomers who grew up in the 1960s, this book profoundly resonates. Mr. Lamb tells the story through the principal character, Felix Funicello, a precocious fift...more

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Dec 18, 2011 Rachel rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: christmas, fiction

People who think Wally Lamb is a serious writer of literary fiction will probably not like this book. People who think he's a little bit of a hack will probably think this book is pretty good. I thought it was pretty good.

Ten-year-old Felix Funicello, the second cousin once removed of Annette Funicello, is a fifth grader at St. Aloysius Gonzaga Parochial School and bears an unfortunate resemblance to the comic strip character Dondi. His best friend is Lonny, who having been left back twice, is...more

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Nov 22, 2010 Martha Davis rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Summery: It's 1964 and ten-year-old Felix is sure of a few things: the birds and the bees are puzzling, television is magical, and this is one Christmas he'll never forget.
LBJ and Lady Bird are in the White House, Meet the Beatles is on everyone's turntable, and Felix Funicello (distant cousin of the iconic Annette!) is doing his best to navigate fifth grade—easier said than done when scary movies still give you nightmares and you bear a striking resemblance to a certain adorable cartoon boy.
Bac...more Summery: It's 1964 and ten-year-old Felix is sure of a few things: the birds and the bees are puzzling, television is magical, and this is one Christmas he'll never forget.
LBJ and Lady Bird are in the White House, Meet the Beatles is on everyone's turntable, and Felix Funicello (distant cousin of the iconic Annette!) is doing his best to navigate fifth grade—easier said than done when scary movies still give you nightmares and you bear a striking resemblance to a certain adorable cartoon boy.
Back in his beloved fictional town of Three Rivers, Connecticut, with a new cast of endearing characters, Wally Lamb takes his readers straight into the halls of St. Aloysius Gonzaga Parochial School—where Mother Filomina's word is law and goody-two-shoes Rosalie Twerski is sure to be minding everyone's business. But grammar and arithmetic move to the back burner this holiday season with the sudden arrivals of substitute teacher Madame Frechette, straight from QuÉbec, and feisty Russian student Zhenya Kabakova. While Felix learns the meaning of French kissing, cultural misunderstanding, and tableaux vivants, Wishin' and Hopin' barrels toward one outrageous Christmas.
From the Funicello family's bus-station lunch counter to the elementary school playground (with an uproarious stop at the Pillsbury Bake-Off), Wishin' and Hopin' is a vivid slice of 1960s life, a wise and witty holiday tale that celebrates where we've been—and how far we've come. – Library Things

I first read Wally Lamb when She’s Come Undone was an Oprah’s Book Club pick. This is when I was still reading Oprah’s picks. I don’t read her picks anymore but that’s a story for a different day. I really liked She’s Come Undone I thought he did a good job a capturing a woman’s voice. I liked I Know This Much is True as well but I never got around to reading The Hour I First Believed, I’m not sure why. So, I was excited when I won Wishin’ and Hopin’ from Book Club Girl this month.

I really enjoyed Wishin’ and Hopin’. It’s totally different from the other Wally Lamb books I’ve read. It’s a short, sweet, lightly funny Christmas tale. But it’s more of a story of parochial school in the late 1960s. Felix is a charming young man with a loving family and good, if a little wild, friends. Having never been to parochial school I don’t know how accurate the story is but I am going to guess it’s not too far off the mark.

While not laugh out loud funny I found it amusing and very sweet. I really liked Felix and the relationship with his family. They were real-his sisters took good care of him, loved him and still teased him the way any self-respecting older sisters would. After reading many books where the families are dysfunctional this was a refreshing little story where the family loved and supported each other.

This in not an overly Christmas Chirstmas story which was nice since I was reading it before Thanksgiving. Starting with the driving out of poor Sister Dymphna-a laugh out loud funny scene for me-we follow Felix and his friends through the Halloween, Felix’s mother’s brush with fame at the Pillsbury Bake-Off, Felix’s own thrilling TV appearance on the Ranger Andy show, and culminating in the Christmas Program and the 5th grade’s “tableauz vivants”. Charming is the word I think best describes this book. I was thoroughly charmed by Felix and his adventures. I really enjoyed the Epilogue following where the characters are today. It definitely added to the charm of the book
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Jul 30, 2012 Michael rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, humor, coming-of-age, religion, connecticut

Nostalgic and sweet visitation of an early 60�s childhood from the perspective of 10-year Felix Funicello over one Fall at a parochial school in a small Connecticut town. Your heart goes out to this underdog Nerd of a kid as he negotiates the moral certitude of the nuns and priests with the Beatles, and the birds and bees lesson he just doesn�t quite have the story straight. His father leaves the sex education up to chance and his only sources are what he can gather from the lunch counter crowd...more

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Dec 15, 2012 Ronna rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This is truly a fun and nostalgic look back at 1964 with a parochial school and it's preparations for Christmas through the eyes of a fifth grader, Felix Funicello. The descriptions of the school pageant makes this book a complete winner in and of itself!!

Felix is the narrator in this cleverly written look at life through the eyes of a spunky, but not completely understanding boy who shares 'all' about his life at home and at school. He's also a distant cousin of Disney's early icon, Anette Funi...more

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Dec 08, 2011 Josee rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

It's an enjoyable story, but not memorable. Told through the eyes of fifth grader Felix Funicello in the 1960s, readers get a glimpse into American life at the time. We meet many of Felix's classmates, and I got a kick out of how real each kid seemed. We don't get too much on Felix's home life, but it seems to be the same as most middle-Americans at the time. I'm not sure why this is a Christmas story, unless the ending is like a "Christmas miracle" in young Felix's eyes. The title of the book c...more

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Dec 12, 2011 Martin rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I should preface this by stating:
1) I like Wally Lamb books a lot
2) I really like funny stories about kids that are set in pre-1980s America

I almost gave this one 4 stars because of the big smile on my face when I finished it. Wishin' and Hopin' is not a traditional "Christmas Story" per se. The title makes reference to Dusty Springfield, not some Christmas present that Felix Funicello, the narrator of this story who also happens to be a third cousin to Annette Funicello, is pining for. The sto...more

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Dec 11, 2009 Grey853 rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction

I found the book annoying and disappointing. It's marketed as a holiday story, but there's nothing much about Christmas until the end.

Part of the problem was the writing style, which was flat with weak attempts at immature humor. The other part is that I just couldn't relate to the main character's memories of his life growing up in a Catholic school system. It just came across as bizarre rather than humorous.

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Dec 20, 2010 JoAnn/QuAppelle marked it as abandoned · review of another edition

I got this book and took it back to the library two days later, abandoned. I thought there was finally a Lamb book that I would like...it was short and took place at a time in our history that was near and dear to my heart. Well, it was not to be. The book is a series of "slices of life" vignettes with no discernible plot. Almost like a catalog of 60s references.

I did, however, like the green font that was used...unusual.

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Aug 30, 2010 Marisa Fields rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This book was a grave disappointment to me. I have enjoyed every Wally Lamb novel and have a certain expectation of depth, mystery and wonderful character development. This book failed in all three categories. I have nothing against a short, quick read, but I still want to be entranced by the story. I not only do not give this book a thumbs up, I give it a giant raspberry as a waste of precious reading time.

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Dec 11, 2010 Nicola rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: library

Reason for Reading: Every December I drop whatever reading I'm supposed to be doing and read a Christmas book. The paperback of this came out just recently and the advertising made me choose to read it.

I quite enjoyed this nostalgic look back at a year in the 1960's life of a 10 year-old Catholic school boy. The narrator takes us back to that fifth grade year and reminisces about his family and especially his friends and days at the parochial school. Obviously, I'm always attracted to a book wit...more Reason for Reading: Every December I drop whatever reading I'm supposed to be doing and read a Christmas book. The paperback of this came out just recently and the advertising made me choose to read it.

I quite enjoyed this nostalgic look back at a year in the 1960's life of a 10 year-old Catholic school boy. The narrator takes us back to that fifth grade year and reminisces about his family and especially his friends and days at the parochial school. Obviously, I'm always attracted to a book with a Catholic theme (I'm Catholic) and I enjoyed the portrayal which allows Catholics to laugh at themselves and also to see the differences in communication between the religious and the lay from then to now. Felix Funicello, the narrator, is a third cousin to the famous Annette and he regales us with the shenanigans that he and his friend got up to at school and out of school, the various personalities in the classroom especially the stuck-up smartest girl in the class, the new Russian girl who arrives after classes have started (is she a Communist spy?) and the stories of his family including his mother's TV appearance on the Pillsbury Dough Bake-Off Competition. I found the stories nostalgic, amusing and fun, though not funny. I didn't laugh out loud.

I was quite shocked by the vulgarity of the language that starts very soon into the book. It is not ever present but is quite frequent and not what I had expected to find. Once the shock of 10 year olds being so vulgar was over, it actually didn't bother me that much. But if swearing, dirty jokes and crude references to s*xual acts offends thee, this is not the book for you. The other thing I did not like at all was the Epilogue! It kind of ruined the whole good feelings I had about the book after I read it. It's one of those summaries that tells you where each character is now, or what happened to them. It was quite depressing to read the future lives of these characters, especially the children. I didn't see the point of it. But on a positive note the book ended with Annette Funicello's current situation and how you can make donations to MS Society.

Overall, an enjoyable book. I'm glad I read it but not quite what I thought it would be. I certainly enjoyed the writing style and never having read Lamb before am interested in reading another of his works.(less)

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