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A review by gmmersereau
I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After 20 Years Away by Bill Bryson
funny
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
3.0
After living in England for 20 years, Bill Bryson and his family return to the US and, I'm a Stranger Here Myself contains a compilation of essays Bryson wrote for a newspaper shortly after the move, covering topics from rental cars and generational wastefulness, to living in a cold climate and the United States Postal Service. Most of these anectdotes are funny some are reflective, most are out of date. This is through no fault of the Author's, seeing that this title was published in 1999. Sometimes the time lapse made it funnier, sometimes more depressing (the environmental climate crisis has gotten worse, not better) and sometimes made me a little wistful for "simpler" times.
This was great on audio and is easy to dip in and out of since most essays are short and can be listened to in under ten minutes. This is my first Bill Bryson book and I will be trying others, but this wouldn't be my recommendation for someone else that hasn't read anything by him.
This was great on audio and is easy to dip in and out of since most essays are short and can be listened to in under ten minutes. This is my first Bill Bryson book and I will be trying others, but this wouldn't be my recommendation for someone else that hasn't read anything by him.