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 smack of a ruler and Priests who drank just a little too much confessional wine.

This is a laugh-out-loud snap shot of a small town containing a host of likable characters. Felix learns a convoluted perception of the birds and the bees via jokes that he doesn't understand, while goody two-shoes Rosalie Twerski brown noses the nuns, bosses the classmates and needles her way into the role of Virgin Mary in the school play.

Cold War paranoia abounds when a new, feisty, no-nonsense Russian student navigates her way into the fifth grade environment of St. Aloysius Gonzaga Parochial School.

There were instances when I thought the author made his point and then, like a bad comedian, didn't know when to end the joke. Still, I liked the book and recommend it to those who, like me, were born in the 1950's and experienced America's progression into the 1960's.