Jen's review
Crossing California
by Adam Langer
Jen's review
Crossing California by Adam Langer
Jen's review
rating:
bookshelves:
chicago-that-toddlin-town
recommended for: Chicagoans of a certain age
This book hit me right in my demographic: I was in jr. high and living on the north side of Chicago during the Iran Hostage Crisis of 1979-80. The only thing I didn't have in common with these kids is I was not Jewish; however, their experiences and the times transcend that difference. Besides, I would've given my eyeteeth (and thrown in my older brother too) to be on a kid's radio show back then! Maybe that'd still be true now....
So I really liked this book for the memories of the time & place--I'd forgotten about those sleezy and rundown theaters in the Loop west of State Street! I liked the characters and their intersecting stories overall, but I leave off one star because I felt a little icky from a few of the unseemlier aspects of the book. Although again, maybe that feeling was another mirroring of my own adolescence...
So I really liked this book for the memories of the time & place--I'd forgotten about those sleezy and rundown theaters in the Loop west of State Street! I liked the characters and their intersecting stories overall, but I leave off one star because I felt a little icky from a few of the unseemlier aspects of the book. Although again, maybe that feeling was another mirroring of my own adolescence...
