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Silver Boomers - a collection of prose and poetry by and about baby boomers

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Every reader will connect with these stories. I laughed out loud, got misty-eyed with memories, and was brought face-to-face with the fact that life still has much more on my agenda. Thanks Silver Boomers!

Starting off with a capturing cover,simple/abstract picture within a picture of more than a thousand words, those words within the pages of Silver Boomers.

The mixture of story/poem/story kept the pages turning, but not turned before enjoying the marquee ticker tape running along the bottom of each page through the entire book.

Memories reminded and were made throughout this masterfully edited anthology. Kudos to all involved.

I purchased this as a gift for my mother but decided to peruse it first. I found it to be a wonderfully reflective look at the past, present, and future...
Of course I was drawn in immediately (Its kind of like giving a box of chocolates but on the way tasting a few to make sure they are ok - however, not arriving with an empty box!) and found myself not in the company of my mother's peers but in the close comfort of a creative group of writers that understand and explore life and the impacts of society.
The wonderful part of reading a collection of different writers is the broad range of emotions and intellectual thoughta that are evoked as each page turns.
Yes - I know my mother will like this too as there is a flavor for everyone!

I read this book, though it reads fast, you want to go back and re-read everything in it. I have officially read through it four times since I got it because you can find a new little tidbit each time that you missed the times before. It is a gem of a read, with flashback like memoirs and shorts, and beautifully timed poems. I get the feeling of a Chicken Soup book, but this is much better because nothing seems to drag on, you can tell each piece was carefully selected, not just thrown in to fill pages. This book is not JUST for baby boomers, but for anyone with a baby boomer in their life, or anyone who enjoys that era. I hope to see more from these authors soon! I will recommending this to alot of my family and friends.

So goes the famous ad lib from Robin Williams.
Silver Boomers is full of pieces about our "sixties salad days".I'm known for writing funny poems and picture books. (Such as Texas Aesop's Fables.)
Silver Boomers gave me a chance to publish something a little different. I used to write more stories like "Electric Lunch at Granny Bow's", and these nice folks allowed me space to do it again. That may be good or bad, according to your point of view, but the wonderful poems of Sheryl Nelms, alone,are enough to make me want a copy.