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I'm a Stranger Here Myself : Notes on Returning to America after 20 Years Away by Bill Bryson (2000, Trade Paperback)

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A classic from the New York Times bestselling author of A Walk in the Woods and The Body. After living in Britain for two decades, Bill Bryson recently moved back to the United States with his English wife and four children (he had read somewhere that nearly 3 million Americans believed they had been abducted by aliens -- as he later put it, "it was clear my people needed me"). They were greeted by a new and improved America that boasts microwave pancakes, twenty-four-hour dental-floss hotlines, and the staunch conviction that ice is not a luxury item. Delivering the brilliant comic musings that are a Bryson hallmark, I'm a Stranger Here Myself recounts his sometimes disconcerting reunion with the land of his birth. The result is a book filled with hysterical scenes of one man's attempt to reacquaint himself with his own country, but it is also an extended if at times bemused love letter to the homeland he has returned to after twenty years away.

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Publisher
Crown Publishing Group, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
076790382x
ISBN-13
9780767903820
eBay Product ID (ePID)
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Book Title
I'm a Stranger Here Myself : Notes on Returning to America after 20 Years Away
Author
Bill Bryson
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Personal Memoirs, Form / Anecdotes & Quotations, Essays & Travelogues, Customs & Traditions, United States / General, Form / Essays
Publication Year
2000
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Travel, Social Science, Humor
Number of Pages
304 Pages

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Item Length
8in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
5.1in
Item Weight
7.6 Oz

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E169.12
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"Painfully funny and genuinely insightful...Bryson has never been wittier or more endearing." -- San Francisco Chronicle "Wonderfully droll...Bryson is unparalleled in his ability to cut a culture off at the knees in a way that is so humorous and so affectionate that those being ridiculed are laughing too hard to take offense." -- The Wall Street Journal "Bill Bryson makes writing look too easy." -- USA Today "A cross between de Tocqueville and Dave Barry, Bryson writes about today's America in a way that's both trenchantly observant and pound-on-the-floor, snort-root-beer-out-of-your-nose funny." -- San Francisco Examiner "Bill Bryson could write an essay about dryer lint or fever reducers and still make us laugh out loud." -- Chicago Sun-Times, "Painfully funny and genuinely insightful...Bryson has never been wittier or more endearing." --San Francisco Chronicle "Wonderfully droll...Bryson is unparalleled in his ability to cut a culture off at the knees in a way that is so humorous and so affectionate that those being ridiculed are laughing too hard to take offense." --The Wall Street Journal "Bill Bryson makes writing look too easy." --USA Today "A cross between de Tocqueville and Dave Barry, Bryson writes about today's America in a way that's both trenchantly observant and pound-on-the-floor, snort-root-beer-out-of-your-nose funny." --San Francisco Examiner "Bill Bryson could write an essay about dryer lint or fever reducers and still make us laugh out loud." --Chicago Sun-Times
Copyright Date
1999
Lccn
99-018074
Intended Audience
Trade
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Yes

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5 out of 5 stars
by cow46boyOct 31, 2017
Better than a TV Sitcom Laugh Track
One of the funniest books I've read in a long time! Great introspective on the "American Way" from someone who grew up in the U.S., lived and worked in England for 20 years, and then returned to live in a New England town with his English wife and their children. The chapters (which are relatively short) in this book are the weekly articles he wrote for the newspaper back in England for which he worked as a journalist.while there. They were supposed to be a "view of what it was like to be an born-and-raised American returning home after being gone for 20 years." While some chapters are more sobering than others, they are all humorous and will tickle your funny bone in ways you never knew it could be. Definitely a must-read book. (And, no, this is not a paid advertisement--just a fan's honest--albeit biased--viewpoint.)Read full review
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5 out of 5 stars
by greenhobbescatSep 10, 2018
Moving back to America after 20 years abroad.
Bill Bryson at his best.
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4 out of 5 stars
by little*123Apr 01, 2019
great!
My husband wanted this book. He loves Bill Bryson.
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5 out of 5 stars
by ryan_dealsDec 07, 2006
Fun to read, great short stories.
This book is devided into short chapters for easy reading. Every story is great. Once you read one, you will find it hard to put this book down. I don't re-read to many books, but this is one I keep around to refresh my memory of some great stories. In general, Bill Bryson writes about his life back in america after living several years in Europe. Bryson has writen many stories for top newspapers and some of his best stories are highlighted in this book. Check it out.
5 out of 5 stars
by etbmanOct 15, 2006
hillarious and revealing
This was a really fun book to read. It is segmented into short chapters which, of course, range in funniness from somewhat flat and more rant-ish, to laugh out loud in bed at 3 in the morning even though you just got dumped by the greatest girl you ever met. It is actually a collection of short essays, each a chapter, that were originally the weekly posts of a column Bill Bryson wrote for an English publication. He comments on American life as seen by himself, an American who lived in Brittain for his adult life. Something of a picture into what the rest of the world thinks of us, or at least habbits we have that are peculiar.

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I'm a Stranger Here Myself : Notes on Returning to America after 20 Years Away by Bill Bryson (2000, Trade Paperback)

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hillarious and revealing

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