“Philip Gulley’s memoir is sweet and funny - funny enough that you’re tempted to read parts aloud just to amuse yourself further.” - Jay Allison, host and curator, NPR's "This I Believe"
“A laugh-out-loud funny tweaking of a not terribly misspent youth.” - Publisher's Weekly
“Gulley has illuminated a childhood where risk and frivolity are combined into one. An engrossing and propelling story that never once lets the reader forget that it’s our youth that makes us all what we are….” - Doug Crandell, author of Pig Boy's Wicked Bird and The Flawless Skin of Ugly People
“...a positive, feel-good escape in times that aren’t so simple anymore.” - The Miami Herald
“In the fashion of Mark Twain and Garrison Keillor, Gulley has crafted a book that is great fun, but fun with a message beneath the surface.” - Indianapolis Star
“In prose that goes down like a chocolate sundae on a hot August afternoon...Gulley’s is a very welcome voice in a world with seemingly insurmountable troubles...We need writers like Phil Gulley to remind us of what’s really important and what’s not, and his memoir is a poignant and chuckle-rich reminder that we needn’t sweat the small stuff.” - Jim Hood, Friends Journal Book Review
“A wonderful account of the treasures, trials and plain old wackiness of growing up in small town Indiana. Gulley tells his stories with a bright intelligence, a wry wink and warm-hearted good humor, which are at the same time tender, thought provoking and downright hilarious.” - Carrie Newcomer, singer and songwriter
“Philip Gulley gives us the good laugh, the good cry and a good read of a world still in reach through faith and family.” - Thomas Lynch, author of The Undertaking
“Flat-out hilarious.” - Booklist
