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Books by Craig Daliessio. Trivia About Remembering Ameri No trivia or quizzes yet. I purchased this book for my Kindle as a "summer read," but enjoyed it so much I almost finished it in one weekend! Although I am a bit older than Craig, his story converges very well with mine.
My "Innocent Age" took place in Tennessee, and the characters had different names.
Nonetheless the story is pretty much the same. If you grew up in the days of banana seats on your bike, baseball cards in chewing gum packs, and movies that inspired you to try to be a hero, then you will find yourself at home with Craig Daliessio and his Pennsylvania friends. These folks brought back memories for me of my youth and carefree summer days.
Thanks, Craig, I'll need to go finish reading your other books now! Little League, trips to the beach, building forts and fires, and playing with our friends, all in a more innocent time. The more I read, the harder it is to put down. If you grew up when astronauts were flying to the moon, these shared memories will ring true and remind you of the years that made you who you are today.
Looking Back at the Last Innocent Age. I started reading it and didnt stop until I was finished. Craig has really done it. This book brings me back to my youth. Primrose Road was much like Monroe Avenue. Different neighborhood and Different people but the experiences were similar. This is your book if you long for those memories from your childhood.
Great trip down memory lane. I very highly recommend this book, so worth the read.
Remembering America Looking Back at the Last Innocent Age by Craig Daliessio
What an exciting event I cant wait to read the authors other books! What a great book! I grew up in the same kind of neighborhood. We are close to our neighbors now, but not in the same way.
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I wish for a kinder, simpler time like Craig describes. You will relive your childhood memories and have a smile on your face as you do so. Take time to enjoy the trip back in time.
Well, it wasn't the most interesting memoir but I did finish it. I didn't live there but I was trying to put myself there. I could sort of relate but only to a point. Same era, different neck of the country and not straight. But for the most part an entertaining read. Just skim when the story doesn't meet your needs. I guess that's why we read memoirs. To learn and see others take on life.
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Remembering America Looking Back at the Last Innocent Age
His forthright title is completely clear. The America Daliessio remembers is the period of his youth, roughly the couple of decades preceding the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan.
As it happens that was my growing up time as well, and I find no fault with his account although I take on faith his recollections of baseball and other happenings that were not in the crosshairs of my concerns. The book is unyieldingly chronological. There is a profusion of proper names, almost all of which will be totally unknown to the general reader. The introduction of themes rather than bare facts is reserved for the final pages of the book, where the author bemoans the lack of neighborhood, friendship, and sharing in contemporary society.
Of course, particularly in urban settings, people tend to be more isolated and less prone to cup-of-sugar sharing than in the past. Daliessio, perhaps correctly, views this as totally negative. Descriptions of the trade-off, e.