Sting-Ray Afternoons: A Memoir

Funny, elegiac... a remarkably sunny coming-of-age story about growing up in a Midwest world. --- NPR This is a story of the 1970s. Of a road trip in a wood-paneled station wagon, with the kids in the way-back, singing along to the Steve Miller Band. Of brothers waking up early on Saturday mornings for five consecutive hours of cartoons. Of growing up in a magical era populated by Bic pens, Mr. Clean and Scrubbing Bubbles, lightsabers and those oh-so-coveted Schwinn Sting-Ray bikes. And of a father--one of 3M's greatest and last eight-track salesmen--traveling across the country on the brand-new Boeing 747, providing for his family but wanting nothing more than to get home. In Sting-Ray Afternoons, Steve Rushin paints an utterly nostalgic, psychedelically vibrant portrait of a decade overflowing with technological evolution, cultural revolution, as well as brotherly, sisterly, and parental love.

Author: Steve Rushin

Publisher: Back Bay Books

Publication Date: Jul 17, 2018

Number of Pages: 336 pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback

ISBN-10: 0316392251

ISBN-13: 9780316392259