
I'm a Stranger Here Myself
Notes on Returning to America After 20 Years Away
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Narrado por:
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William Roberts
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Bill Bryson
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, 24-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 20 years away.
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Great light read
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What did you like best about I'm a Stranger Here Myself? What did you like least?
I like Bill Bryson, but most of this material is too out of date. I gave up listening about half way through.It would be helpful if Audible included the original date of publication in their descriptions.
Seems like it was written in the late 1990's.
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fun and often true. a tlittle exadurated.
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Witty and ironic
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Would you listen to I'm a Stranger Here Myself again? Why?
Yes, it is very funny, and he puts in words many of my same thoughts on topics like TV advertising and other strange things of American life.What did you like best about this story?
His reading, his punch lines, his working in some history and facts that you likely didn't know, but now have at your fingertips because of his original way of describing them.Which scene was your favorite?
The column on the missing Lear Jet, but a dozen or more touched me in special ways.Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
No, it is easy to break apart as it is actually columns that appeared in a British paper, so each chapter stands along. Although they are all so interesting to me, I would have enjoyed listening to them all in one sitting. Others might not.Any additional comments?
Bryson is a 5-Star author and also is a great reader of his own material. A really rare thing. I have listened to almost all his audio books. When he doesn't read them, the stand in reader sounds almost like him, which is a huge plus. These are books you can listen to over and over -- light enough on content, but there's enough that it leaves impressions on the listener and adds to the listeners feeling that they have "been along as a guest" on Bill's travels He had no peer that I know of in that category.Bill Bryson Exposes America's Good and Bad
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Sweet but dated
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Brilliantly hilarious
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In addition the narrator had the perfect timing, which I can imagine was difficult for this type of book.
Hilarious! Laugh out Loud
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Now a bit dated…
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don't read if you need a safe space
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