100 WILD Mushrooms: Memoirs of the '60s

by Eva Pasco

Toni Home Perm, Flexible Flyer Snow Sled, Hula Hoop, Mercurochrome, Fishnet Stockings, Beatles, Mohair, Go-Go Boots, Aluminum Christmas Tree…and, the beat goes on.

While the mushroom cloud of the Cold War hovered over us, my sister and I carried on as kids do regardless of world events. Since the daily minutiae of life provides the magic for memories to MUSHROOM WILDLY—feed your head my nostalgic recollections of growing up during the ‘60s counterculture.

Serious, sentimental, or silly revelations set aside: you know better than to duck and cover under a school desk for protection against nuclear fallout.

Genres: Nonfiction, Memoir

230 pages, Paperback

Published October 9, 2017

About the author

September 5

My latest weekly BLOG posted on 09/03 - Eva’s Byte #540– The Printed Word

WIP: Drafting Ch. 22, progressing from 258 words.

READING:

'Campfire Tales and Other Stories,' a GBBPub compilation, resuming from p. 21 @ 13 per cent: "Stay by the Fire" by Erika M. Szabo

Resuming from p. 13 @ 8 per cent: "Henry Walks the Night" by David W. Thompson

LATEST PUBLICATION:

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(Charlestown, Rhode Island) - A portal for stepping into the 1970s in close proximity to those who survive the ravages of a guilt-wracked conscience and struggle to find meaning in the suffering they’ve caused.

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AWARDS:

MR. WIZARDO:

2021 Top Shelf Award Runner Up (Fiction)

2020 Best Book Award Finalist: American Book Fest

100 WILD MUSHROOMS: MEMOIRS OF THE '60s:

2018 New Apple Summer eBook Awards for Excellence in Independent Publishing: Solo Medalist Winner

2018 TopShelf Award Finalist in the Category of Memoirs (Other)

The collection sprouted from submissions to "The 60s Official Site" where Eva is a featured contributor.

A former elementary school teacher and Sixties Chick, you can access Eva’s memoirs, essays, previous blogs, and find out what she’s up to on a daily basis by checking out her bio at Authors Den.

http://www.authorsden.com/evapasco

Reviews

[Vicki · Rating 5 out of 5]

Prose, puns, and personality

This memoir covers the most unique decade in history with personal anecdotes and fun facts. Reading of a childhood consisting of transistor radios and the ice cream truck brings my own childhood to mind.

I believe my favorite was True Love Ways. That was such a sweet moment into Ms. Pasco's heart. I found such fascinating information about Eva and her schooling. Seeing her in a new and fun way.

The most fun came through in her puns and free musical associations. Those two aspects of the chapters made me appreciate her humor that I picked up on in The Enlightening Quiche.

Remember the sixties? You will love this. No memory of the sixties? You need to read this. So fun.

[Joseph Ferguson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Smart, clever, snide, and nostalgic, Pasco writes with élan on a vast array of topics dear to the hearts of Baby Boomers. Raleigh coupons, candy cigarettes, Bazooka Joe, Nancy Drew, mohair, Carnaby street, the celery green walls of primary school academia; it's all here, just as it was when we boomers were in bloom.

In addition to the title’s multiple entendre, these memoirs are filled with snarky allusion and Wildean epigrams; sometimes in the same sentence. "Before you get the notion I’m going to drawl about roping cattle or saddling up at the Flat Broke Ranch, I’m not steering you there by a longhorn shot.” (22)

Pasco’s snapshots of yesteryear, a collection of pieces she originally penned for The Sixties Official Site, are more than mere nostalgia; they are tiny well-researched histories which include background on the social, political, and cultural mores of the time, spiced with odd details such as the fact that Green Stamps printed three times more stamps than the U.S. Post Office throughout the 60s.

Nicely crisp metaphors abound. "Eyes stung, hair and clothes reeked, curdles of smoke and carbon incensed the air like a priest performing benediction at high mass." (106) And; any and all afunctional alliterates will delight in sinewy sentences such as: "Crushed by the cresting catastrophic contaminated canned cranberry cancer caper, I crumpled and cried..." (132)

A vastly entertaining and informative treat, not just for people of a certain age, but for everyone living or breathing who enjoys quality writing and razor-sharp wit.

[Trisha Kelly · Rating 5 out of 5]

An outstanding recollection of life and memories

I'm truly astounded by every aspect of this writing. It is a mixture of very detailed real-life happenings in all their glory. Throw in a memory that leaves me gobsmacked with attention to detail. Then add the knowledge almost written as if by a news reporter, regarding fashion, music, life events and you have an idea of what to expect. I'm impressed that at last I have spotted someone with a musical knowledge that up until now only my husband could impress me with. I'm 8 years younger than the author and I'm from the UK, but a lot here I can relate too. I wish I could remember a fraction that Eva Pasco recalls with such ease. I feel I know a lot more about you now, and I share some of the same memories. Thank you for such a great book.

[Anna Casamento Arrigo · Rating 5 out of 5]

A Nostalgic Walk Down Memory Lane

Ms. Pasco certainly captures the very essence of living life in the 60’s! I traveled back in time where most, myself included, wanted to look like Twiggy (do I g her haircut and cat eye liner), join in in the frenzied Beatle invasion, listen to the protest songs of Joplin, done lovebeads, and flashing peace signs. The lightness and detail of each and every nuance of the 60’s is brought back to life. From the first walk on the moon to the more somber moments of JFK, MLK, and Robert Kennedy’s deaths, as well as, the sobering reflections of the Cold War and threat of Nuclear War, Pasco manages a brilliant blend of page turning flashbacks and wondrous moments of an era of free love, poetry, protest songs, the arts and everything in betwenn!! A wonderfully engaging and beautifully written piece that, not only, pays,to a great extent homage to this era,but also, blends a lightness and profound re-awakening neatly tied and cohesive. Highly recommend!!

[Pamela Allegretto · Rating 5 out of 5]

Each word is a masterful brushstroke in this rich, expressive dialogue that engages all the senses. Whether you are a Baby Boomer or a 60’s generation wannabe, or purely a fan of the well-written word, I guarantee this witty, and sometimes melancholy journey back to the 60’s deserves a five-star rating. Each well-chosen word does its job to keep the momentum flowing. Eva Pasco has a rare talent for spinning a memorable yarn and leaving the reader clamoring for more. Highly recommended!

[Patricia Fletcher · Rating 5 out of 5]

A time machine made of love!
Stories told only as a loving daughter and sister can do.
As you open the book and begin to read you are taken on a trip down memory lane like none other you’ve ever experienced before.
Family feuds in the backseat with her sister. Long rainy days of board games in the garage. Sunday afternoon drives with the family. A Christmas Eve to remember in conversation with Santa will we get home in time?
I laughed, I cheered! I held my breath, I feared. Every thing the author felt as she grew up in the 60s so did I feel as I read.
Tow the line to the backyard filled with flapping laundry in the summer breeze!
Slide downhill on snow sled in the winter freeze.
Go on picnics in the sun. Share wonderful family fun.
Race to the telephone to dial and dial and dial some more as you seek to win the prize.
Can you remember the car hop where you ate your first burger and fries? This author has it all for you.
There’s no gossip or drama here. Just a wonderful lifetime of family love and cheer.
The author describes her life so richly that I lived it with her.
A St. Bernard ready to jump and play. No no! Not today.
What am I talking about? You ask.
I shall not tell you. You must find out for yourself. Take this book down off the shelf. Open it and begin to read, and soon your day will pass as minded with great speed.
I cannot wait to read more of this authors work.
Thank you Eva for a joyous time.

[Kenna McKinnon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Totally blown away by this funny, punny, sunny trip down memory lane - the author's childhood sounds idyllic although her hardworking and very caring father died at age 38, leaving her mother, 9-year-old sister, and 12-year-old Eva to build on a strong and loving family foundation and bravely go forth like heroes with angels to guide them. Lighthearted and with its own beat like the music of the Beach Boys, the author brings to life an iconic decade while touching on its more somber aspects like the Kent State student killings, the Vietnam War, the assassination of JFK, the Cold War and the threat of nuclear annihilation.

Written as an innocent and joyful memoir of a childhood from sixty years ago, the stories are a hoot to read. The writing style is fast-paced and playful. Some of the references apply only to the American small-town scene at that time but enough is part of my own Canadian memories that I related to the 100 Wild Mushrooms (a vague tease of a title never fully explained) tales and reminiscences.

Surely the author's parents saw to it that they provided, as a Quaker character once said in a movie, a "happy childhood" for their children!

Lots of fun to read and educational, too, for the generations that came after the Baby Boomers of today.

[Julia Blake · Rating 5 out of 5]

What an unusual and totally unique book. Not a novel, as I expected, instead, a collection of one hundred random thoughts and memories from the author's childhood growing up in 1960's small-town America.

As a UK resident who wasn't born until the end of the 1960s, I found this a fascinating and illuminating read. A lot of the memories hinted at a hitherto unknown world, inviting me to share the author's recollections of weekend automobile rides, high school, US TV and strange and exotic-sounding foods.

Some of the memories did strike a chord with me though, reminding me of the rules and regulations that were common in normal family life, back in the days when children were more controlled by their parents and had less and yet at the same time, more freedom.

Written in a quirky, cheery, offhand manner, reading this book was rather like taking tea with a much loved, but scatty great aunt, who randomly wanders off-topic to regale you with tales from her girlhood, expecting you to simply keep up and know precisely of whom she is talking.

Great fun and highly recommended!

[Michael Stern · Rating 5 out of 5]

"100 Wild Mushrooms, Memoirs of the Sixties" by Eva Pasco, is a memory come to life for this Baby Boomer. A series of short essays about the author's adolescent transition from childhood into young adulthood, surrounded by so many of the little things that brought a smile. Because I am a bit older than the author, and a male, some of the essays spoke of things I remember but could not claim as "I did that" like sleeping with curlers covered with a "helmet," each chapter brought a new image of my youth. Music, clothes, the inevitable first car, stay-at-home moms who ruled the roost, that unwavering call to come in for dinner, hanging clothes to dry OUTSIDE, and checking for bird poop, trips to the beach, I could go on. Each of us will have different experiences that are brought to mind, but 100 Wild Mushrooms will regenerate some of those inactive memory cells. A must-read for Boomers, and for anyone interested a personal depiction of the shared lives of a generation. A nice little gift for history buffs. I loved it, and I think you will too.

[Martha Perez · Rating 5 out of 5]

100 Wild Mushrooms is the blast from the past of the 1960s Eva Pasco captivated us with her stories told her incredible childhood she took us to a journey for those who lived thru the 60s it’s a reminder of a more innocent time. Seeing past coming alive in the form of music, baseball cards I could remember all the history from the 60s. I was intrigued by every word the television shows to the clothing candy the good foods movies hairstyles the children having fun outdoors so much more this book was absolutely brilliantly written I recommend this marvelous book.

[Toni Kief]

100 Wild Mushrooms was an unexpected delight. I grew up in the 60s, and share so many of the memories with the author. Many of the short stories, left me wanting more. It was a joy to surround myself by some of the innocent parts of the 60s. I read until after midnight, and picked it up again in the morning. This is a book I will keep and revisit often.

[P.S. Winn · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is such a great book, especially for some of us who remember the sixties. It was a different time. There were a lot of bad things that happened in the sixties, but through it all, there are fantastic memories. The author has captured the time and her memories made me smile and remember similar memories in my own life. Thanks for taking readers back with a reminiscence look at life.

[Marcee Corn · Rating 5 out of 5]

A big 5 Stars for this trip down Memory Lane!

Being a child of the sixties, Eva Pasco writes a mostly light-hearted memoir that takes her readers on a whimsical ride through those simpler years! She eloquently reminisces about her childhood, growing up in a loving family that enjoyed Sunday afternoon rides to Dairy Queen, and family outings. I connected with the Easter outfits she wore as I too wore matching dresses, white gloves and patent leather shoes.

“100 Wild Mushrooms Memoirs of the 60s” is not all rosy though, Ms. Pasco writes several chapters with a more serious tone; one chapter in particular is about that November day, when our President, John F. Kennedy was shot and killed. Those black and white images that we all saw on our little TVs with rabbit ears still are vivid in my mind. Although younger, I do remember that day very clearly too. I was a young girl, having my bangs trimmed in a beauty parlor and will never forget my mother and everyone around sobbing as they heard the news.

I marveled at Ms. Pasco’s clever description of her “Easters” growing up.
“… My family’s celebration of Easter was hard-boiled in tradition. However, Peter Cottontail hippity hoppin’ down the bunny trail, or a scavenger hunt never “pastel-whipped’ my childhood. Ultimately, Easter was to dye for.”

I found myself smiling as I read, enjoying her trip down memory lane as it instigated pleasant memories of my own upbringing on the East coast of the US and driving down Route 1 in our family station wagon (with no seatbelts, mind you). I especially enjoyed the chapter, #My Summer Place because I too, spent my summers in cut-offs, t-shirts and my itsy bitsy teeny weeny yellow polka dot bikini on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean. It wasn’t until college that I also smeared Baby Oil all over my already tanned body!! Horrors!

Thank you Eva Pasco for my lovely trip through your memories as well as a journey through my own. If you lived during any part of the sixties, you will definitely enjoy this read and it will trigger sweet thoughts of your upbringing in a simpler time. I know I certainly did. I highly recommend this lovely read by a very talented author. I will certainly pick up her other books.

[Roberta Franklin · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Sixties – an iconic era both for those who were lucky enough to live it, and for those of us who were born just a bit too late. Eva Pasco lived and loved the Sixties, and in “100 Wild Mushrooms” she has put together a lovely collection of 100 memories from the time – little stories that will fill those who remember themselves with nostalgia, and immensely enlighten and entertain the others!

Life was different in the days of Twiggy, the Cold War and the Civil Rights movement – and especially for a teenager like Eva, it was a mixture of fashion mania, beat music, fun and games, and fear of a nuclear war. And even though we’ve all seen those good old TV shows like “The Flintstones” and “The Ed Sullivan Show” in repeats and watched documentaries on the assassinations of John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, on the first Moon landing and on Woodstock, we post-60s folks can only guess what it was REALLY like to grow up in these days.

All that fun kids had in the 60s – smoking candy cigarettes, eating sweets all day, watching ‘subversive’ cartoons like “The Bugs Bunny Show”; neither was there much concern about health dangers – Mercurochrome, spray paint, modelling glue, unchilled lunch boxes. Such carefree days!

Eating at the burger bar, driving out on a Sunday with the family, watching Western series on TV – a wonderful childhood! Eva Pasco tells us about lots of little incidents from school, from her family life and with her friends back in Lincoln, Rhode Island, and with a wonderful sense of humour and a healthy bit of nostalgia (but no sentimentality) she makes the 60s come alive again. She reminds us of the toys of the time, the biggest hit songs, the TV programmes, but she also conveys something that people who didn’t live the days don’t know about: the SPIRIT of the time – what life was like.

Thanks to the division into lots of little chapters, “100 Wild Mushrooms” never gets boring for a moment; we’re taken directly from one adventure to the next. A wonderful read especially for those of us who were born ‘too late’, a great chance to catch a glimpse of life during that magical decade!

[Alan Vandervoort · Rating 5 out of 5]

“Dancing with quahogs” – just one of the reasons to read 100 Wild Mushrooms. The collection of memoirs revisits one of the most influential decades in American history from the viewpoint of a teenage girl in middle-America. Vivid stories come alive with details covering family life in Rhode Island in the midst of a cultural revelation, overseas war, civil rights movement, the space race, and the point in history when television began to influence daily life.

You don’t have to be a child of the 60’s to enjoy this book. Whether you’re 60 or 20, you can ride in the backseat of the family car, fighting with your sister with the absence of seat belts. Short chapters make reading easy with insight, humor, and on-point commentary worthy of a talented wordsmith. Pages include memories of wringer washers, Ed Sullivan, Captain Kangaroo, Saturday morning cartoons, roller skating in the basement, encouraging a suntan instead of discouraging with sun block, the Beach Boys and the Beatles, along with questionable diet choices with Halloween and Easter candy binges. It also chronicles how world events affected people as those events came in our living rooms on the TV screen.

How can I relate to these stories? How about growing up in the 60’s with three older sisters. Those home permanents really did stink.

100 Wild Mushrooms is more than an enjoyable read. It belongs among the best of thousands of history and anthropology books about the era. To truly understand the 1960’s, it is important to know what happened on Main Street as well as Dealey Plaza, Woodstock, the Lorraine Motel, Khe Sanh, and the Sea of Tranquility.

[J.B. Richards · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fun frolic through the sixties is to be had in Eva Pasco’s “100 Wild Mushrooms: Memoirs of the 60’s”, and whether you are a Baby Boomer, who can actually recall the decade that changed the modern world, or you’re a Gen X’er, who’s actually curious about why Grandpa and Grandma are so laid back and cool, Man, you’ll love this amazing collection of memoirs about growing up in a world that ignored the true dangers of the atomic bomb and remained hell bent on keeping Howdy Doody and the American Dream alive.

Pasco’s writing is vivid and beautifully tailored to reminiscing about the events that shaped our modern world. Her exacting approach makes one feel as though they were standing there next to her as she relives her childhood and teenage years in Lincoln, Rhode Island. From silver tinsel Christmas trees and go-go boots, to Toni perms and weekly sessions at the hair salon, to the assassination of President Kennedy and the moon landing—These technicolor shreds of memory carefully stashed away in the attic of Pasco’s mind, have turned her life into a remarkably thorough history lesson. “100 Wild Mushrooms: Memoirs of the 60’s” by Eva Pasco is—quite simply put—Groovy, Man! I highly recommend this amazing memoir as an accompaniment to an educational course on the modern history of America, or, for anyone interested in these winsome yet profound times, an absolutely incredible read.

[Mark Carnelley · Rating 5 out of 5]

An unforgettable trip down memory lane

What an trip down memory lane! Memories that haven’t seen the light for many decades. Being born in 1959, and notwithstanding the fact that our family moved to Australia, from England, in 1963, many memories are amazingly similar.
It was our Holden Station Wagon that was loaded to the hilt with camping gear for our annual holidays, and not quite as much fir many weekend or day trips. It was my mums Apple Crumble, as opposed to the Blueberry Pie. Music the same, being a bookworm the same. Candy cigarettes and the outside was our playground. The technology of today was our Science Fiction. If only I had kept some sort of diary to keep track of many, many memories. Sometimes there are triggers that allow a few memories to finally surface, but this wonderful memoir should be a read by all of us Baby Boomers. We can tell our children and our grandchildren all that we can remember, but sooner or later these memories will be as the dust blowing in the wind.
Five magnificent and memorable ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ stars for the welcomed opening of that memory locker.

[R.M. Gauthier · Rating 5 out of 5]

What can I say? Blast from the past and much more! The detail in these memoirs is incredible. The author has taken me back to times that have been long forgotten about, until reading this book.

To go back to my childhood and remember all the little things that have drifted out of my memories over the decades is nothing short of FUN. The author's mixture of humor and heart felt moments make these memoir's an enjoyable read. I love being whisked away to an easier time and my innocence of childhood, which several decades of life struggles have made murky at best. The family drive, the ice cream truck, tagging along with my older sister (even when she didn't want me there) are just the tip of the iceberg of inclusions in this book of memoir's and we can all relate to every page.

I loved this book and want to thank the author for taking me on a trip I didn't even know I wanted to go on! Well done!

[J.S. Frankel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Groovy, baby, oh yeah, I feel an Austin Powers moment coming on!

Or not.

But you might, as you read this collection of wondrous anecdotes by the talented Ms. Pasco, who details growing up in Lincoln, Rhode Island. Ms. Pasco paints a vivid picture of growing up in the 1960's, an era where the threat of becoming a nuclear French Fry was ever present, where hair styles had to be THE in-thing to have, where Twiggy and being skinny was something to be admired and emulated--maybe--and a whole lot more.

In a straightforward and yet electric style, Ms. Pasco reminisces fondly--and not so fondly, in some cases--about the events that shaped our modern society. While reading this collection of anecdotes, I felt as though I was standing next to her at that point in time. Her opinions on styles, politics, personal memories--all are shared. The final anecdote about her father, short though it is, is excellent, and is the highlight of this memoir, in my opinion.

Totally worth it. Get it. Read it. Love it. I most certainly did!

[J.R. Sweeney · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good read here, very light and as always well written. Take a trip back to the 1960's , a very unique decade. If you lived it you are really going to enjoy it. If you are a bit younger and did not live it I recommend you get this and learn how things were done back then. no internet no netflix no social media. just friends hanging out and going to school everyone sitting at the supper table and talking yes talking! children talked and looked and made eye contact with there parents in the 1960's. The author touched on all the good stuff and some sad things too like the vietnam war and president kennedy's assasination robert and mlk ...the moon walk and what really got to me was all the fun stuff kids could do and it didn't cost anything! just people enjoying each other and happy to be in each others company. Kind of a history book of a time we will not see again and it was only 50-60 years ago.

[Steven Arnett · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this delightful book of the author’s memories from her growing up years. Partly I enjoyed it because, amazingly, she and I were both born in the same year, 1951! However, I think any reader who wants to learn about what everyday life was like for kids growing up in the 1950s and 1960s will enjoy it. Originally published as a weekly column/series of vignettes on The Sixties Official Site, Pasco for the first time brought all the stories together in one book. Although Pasco was well aware of all the tumultuous events that occurred and shaped the 1960s as she was growing up (and that indeed have helped define America since then), these stories focus on her personal and family life during those years. I highly recommend this book!

[Corrine Ardoin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Eva Pasco takes readers on a trip down memory lane as she shares her memories of growing up in the 1960s. Anyone who grew up then can easily relate to watching the old tv shows, spending holidays and so much of life before the computer and video game age took over. Riding bicycles, playing outdoors, playing board games, riding the bus to school, various teachers and best friends were part of a world that now exists only in the memories of the Baby Boomer generation.

Thoroughly enjoyed this sometimes-humorous visit down memory lane. Some of what she shares was forgotten, but was brought back to life in her blog-style entries. A window into a time when so much was taken for granted. Her vignettes remind us all to cherish and treasure the little things that may one day be gone for good.

[David Thompson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Eva Pasco’s novel 100 Wild Mushrooms is a lighthearted jaunt into the magical years of the 1960’s. Although the fears and political upheavals of the time are not shied away from, it’s the simple honest and joyful recollections that stuck with this reader. Ms. Pasco is the queen of double entendre and a pun or two is waiting within a couple pages of any of the harsher memories. This contributes to the lighthearted feel of the work. If you are a fan of the sixties, know someone who “survived” them, or just want to read more about this pivotal time, this is the book for you. I definitely recommend!

[Melva Henderson]

Eva Pasco has taken us back to the 1960s when life was simpler, and life’s pleasures were simpler as well. Although it was a time when we worried about nuclear war, life was more enjoyable as families were close, sharing their time and aspirations for the future. She reminds us of the small things we found pleasure in, in that era; such as treats that are no longer available or that have been changed to a point that they are unrecognizable. She reminds us of times in history we as baby boomers lived through that are taught in the history books today. Her story is nostalgia well worth reading, and for baby boomers, worth remembering.

[Aliya DalRae · Rating 5 out of 5]

Eva Pasco’s “100 Wild Mushrooms” is a sweet trip down memory lane. I was but a babe in the sixties, only living my first four years in that tumultuous, zany decade, and yet each of these poignant, often humorous recollections takes me back to my childhood, to a time when life was much simpler. From the TV shows to the past times our parents employed to keep us occupied, the music and the candy (lips), if you were around way back then, this is a collection you won’t want to miss. Many thanks to the author for sharing with us this eloquent blast from the past.

[Fiona Cooke Hogan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful, Witty, a Joy to Read!!
Another gem from the wonderful Eva Pasco filled with the wit and anecdotal detail we have come to relish. A perfect portrayal of family life from the memory of the author who spent her teenage years in this decade. Filled with the minutae of everyday life plus a sprinking of how the extraordinary filtered in and its effects on a babyboomer and her sister, as America moved from the swinging '60's to the 1970's. A treat of a book. Highly recommended.

[Carol Ann · Rating 5 out of 5]

100 Wild Mushrooms: Memoirs of the ‘60s by Eva Pasco was a true blast from the past for this old hippie/flower child. It was a well written detail oriented cruise through a truly special time for the baby boomers
But it also gives the younger generations a better, more accurate look at the 60s than is usually portrayed by the media and motion pictures. Thank you, Eva Pasco, for refreshing my memory.

[Cindy Smith · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an amazing collection of tidbits from the 60s. Eva's recollections have taken me on a trip back through my childhood. I was not as old as she was back then but each place she stopped still meant something to me. I remember the TV shows, the stupid stuff from school, playing outside, family trips. Such a smorgasbord of memories brought into the light and relived and enjoyed again.

[Sarah Northwood · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’m not usually much of a memoir kind of person but this book caught my eye for both the cover and the idea that there were 100 bite-size witty memories to read. I’m so glad I picked it up, whilst I wasn’t around in the sixties, I found this book full of wonderful humour, insightful writing, poignant memories and a waft of information. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it!

[Jack Kregas · Rating 5 out of 5]

For anyone who lived in the 60s these tales bring back memories and situations that were real. The Sunday drive and defrosting the refrigerator are classics. Others will enjoy the well written history of a time when life was far more family connected and everyday occurrences meaningful. I read the book in an afternoon reading many bits more than once. Highly recommended! JK