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Northern Passages is Jerry Harju's third collection of
tales about the trials and mistrials of growing up north in the 1940's,
and is just as outrageously funny as his first two books. In "The
Kindergarten Chronicles" Harju's scholastic career gets off to a
miserable start when he's
kept after school on his first day of kindergarten, although his
education is greatly expanded when he confronts a urinal for the very
first time. Other topics range from the terrors of performing in
a piano recital to pulling off a scam during a Lutheran church
confirmation. Adding an extra
touch, one of the stories describes life in Hot Springs, Arkansas,
where
Jerry was the only Yankee in the grade school.
"I grew up in the city, but thanks to Jerry Harju's colorful, vivid, entertaining essays, I can now grow up in the country, too." Gene Perret, Three-time Emmy Award Winning Writer and Writing Supervisor for Bob Hope"Nostalgia the way you want to remember it. The trials and tribulations of childhood wrapped in humor and growing wisdom." Sue Burris, Editor, University of Michigan Alumnus Magazine"Northern Passages, the third of this madcap trio of funny collections of life up north, has more than its share of rib ticklers." The Alpena News |
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