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Item specifics
- Condition
- Release Year
- 2018
- ISBN
- 9781642371000
- Book Title
- Funny Things Happened : from Brighton to Boca
- Publisher
- Gatekeeper Press
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publication Year
- 2018
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.7 in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography
- Topic
- Personal Memoirs
- Item Weight
- 15.4 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 324 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Gatekeeper Press
ISBN-10
1642371009
ISBN-13
9781642371000
eBay Product ID (ePID)
21038434155
Product Key Features
Book Title
Funny Things Happened : from Brighton to Boca
Number of Pages
324 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2018
Topic
Personal Memoirs
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
15.4 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
Kirkus Review: A thousand comic anecdotes illuminate an ordinary life in this genial memoir. Debut author Karp, born in Brooklyn and now retired in Boca Raton, Florida, uses the bare bones of his upbringing, two marriages, and careers in the garment industry, real estate, and insurance as a framework for his stories about assorted misadventures. Episodes include youthful hijinks in his family's Brighton Beach apartment building ("many complaints came to my mother about her juvenile delinquent son flooding the basement with soapsuds"); pratfalls in the Army Reserve (caught tanning himself with a reflecting sheet, the author was accused of flashing signals to Russian submarines); parenting tasks ("I took my drunk seven-year-old daughter home and certainly never told her mother"); a workplace Heimlich maneuver ("A two-pound wedge of rare roast beef came flying out of his mouth and bounced along the floor like a hockey puck"); and romantic exploits as a rare and sought-after widower on the torrid Boca seniors dating scene ("We certainly did not agree on political philosophy, and when she asked me about a second date, I told her that I would be vacationing in North Korea.") Famous faces make cameo appearances--pop singer Neil Sedaka, a boyhood friend; candidate Barack Obama, who shook Karp's hand at a campaign rally; movie star Rex Harrison, whom Karp spied being carried out of a Madrid restaurant dead drunk. Most of the vignettes are wryly humorous, but some have darker edges ("When they saw me, they stopped fighting, and when I realized that the man on top had a gun in his back pocket, I jumped back in the car"), while others, like a scene of the author corralling strolling musicians to serenade his wife, are tender and wistful. There's not a lot of rumination in this album of breezy, cheerful, random snapshots, but together they add up to a vivid, warmhearted portrait of postwar Jewish-American life, full of hope and laughter. An endearingly picaresque set of family memories.
Synopsis
THIS BOOK IS A HUMOROUS MEMOIR, COVERING 70 YEARS OF MY LIFE EXPERIENCES. FROM MY EARLY YEARS IN BROOKLYN TO FINALLY ARRIVING IN FLORIDA, MANY FUNNY INCIDENTS ARE REVEALED., THIS BOOK IS A HUMOROUS MEMOIR, COVERING 70 YEARS OF MY LIFE EXPERIENCES. FROM MY EARLY YEARS IN BROOKLYN TO FINALLY ARRIVING IN FLORIDA, MANY FUNNY INCIDENTS ARE REVEALED. WRITING THIS BOOK, MY FIRST ATTEMPT AT AUTHORING, WAS TRULY AN ADVENTURE. MY FAMILY, MY FRIENDS, AND MY BUSINESS CAREERS ALL SHARED IN THE EXPERIENCES THAT EVOLVED INTO THIS MEMOIR.
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- j***2 (60)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchase☆☆☆ Seller. Is not the picture of actual recieved item. Listing photo was pulled from internet and used as placeholder, according to sellers listing. Thats on me for buying the cheapest one without looking at listing fully. Would have been better to not use another persons photo on seller's listing as the specific guide book advertised has reflective bits, the one i recieved did not.. At least it arrived and is decent enough to use and look at. Packed ok. Shipped promptly. Thank you.
- k***i (36)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseFantastic price, faster shipping than expected, item as described. However, packaging was a thin plastic envelope instead of bubble/ cardboard. Book arrived new yet slightly damaged. Not worth asking for a return due to the very low price, yet would suggest to seller/ future buyers to have better packaging for shipping. Thanks.
- e***u (4498)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseWell the stock photo was just that, a stock photo and the item did not include the other material shown, which I had asked about. A chance you take. Otherwise, in good shape, shipped promptly, plastic bag envelope (nothing wrong with that for the price, but subject to beatings by the PO dolts. Yes, i will still buy from them if the price is reasonable.
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Seller feedback (20,408)
- j***2 (60)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchase☆☆☆ Seller. Is not the picture of actual recieved item. Listing photo was pulled from internet and used as placeholder, according to sellers listing. Thats on me for buying the cheapest one without looking at listing fully. Would have been better to not use another persons photo on seller's listing as the specific guide book advertised has reflective bits, the one i recieved did not.. At least it arrived and is decent enough to use and look at. Packed ok. Shipped promptly. Thank you.
- k***i (36)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseFantastic price, faster shipping than expected, item as described. However, packaging was a thin plastic envelope instead of bubble/ cardboard. Book arrived new yet slightly damaged. Not worth asking for a return due to the very low price, yet would suggest to seller/ future buyers to have better packaging for shipping. Thanks.
- e***u (4498)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseWell the stock photo was just that, a stock photo and the item did not include the other material shown, which I had asked about. A chance you take. Otherwise, in good shape, shipped promptly, plastic bag envelope (nothing wrong with that for the price, but subject to beatings by the PO dolts. Yes, i will still buy from them if the price is reasonable.