Biography
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
2006·288 pages
Humorous memoir of Bill Bryson's 1950s childhood in Des Moines, blending personal stories with nostalgic observations of postwar America.
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Humorous memoir of Bill Bryson's 1950s childhood in Des Moines, blending personal stories with nostalgic observations of postwar America.
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Bill Bryson on his most personal journey yet: into his own childhood in America's Mid-West.Some say that the first hint that Bill Bryson was not of Planet Earth came when his mother sent him to school in lime-green Capri pants. Others think it all started with his discovery, at the age of six, of a woollen jersey of rare fineness. Across the moth-holed chest was a golden thunderbolt. It may have looked like an old college football sweater, but young Bryson knew better. It was obviously the Sacre...
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Romance & sex
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Brief references to adult magazines and era's attitudes toward sexuality in anecdotes.
Violence & gore
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Child's imaginary superhero alter ego vaporizes tormentors in fantasy sequences.
Profanity
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Substance use
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Mentions of cigarettes, DDT, and nuclear fallout as common 1950s products.
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Magic & witchcraft
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Child's imaginary superhero powers and alter ego as fantasy elements.
Occult / demonology
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Political content
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Commentary on 1950s American culture, atomic age, consumerism, and social change.
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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