from cataylor

I recently reread this book and found it as wonderful as I remembered. Fulghum is funny and smart and his remarks can be touching and endearing. I agree with so much of his philosophy of life and, like him, would treasure having one day, even one hour, of my childhood back. His memory of riding i...

from jmcdbooks

Rated: A+ 1st in his series of little reflections about life; easy reading; makes you laugh and cry from story to story

from Heather19

I have no idea why I bought this book. It was.... an impulse buy, I guess. It was 10cents at a thrift store and I added it to my pile of books without really thinking. I put off reading it for a long time. It just didn't jump out at me. I flipped through the pages, read a few paragraphs, and alwa...

from FellaWhoCooks

I love humor of all kinds, yet Robert Fulghum is a favorite author for this. He can invoke belly laughs aplenty, without a shred of the meanness or vulgarity so common these days. Outstanding storyteller, too, a fine writer.

from Wassilissa

Das Buch ist pathetisch und sentimental. Und trotzdem hat es etwas, was mich tief berührt . Diese einfachen Geschichten sprechen mich teilweise sehr stark an. Am liebsten mag ich die titelgebende Geschichte und die mit den Meerjungfrauen. Beide haben in mir etwas angerührt. Ich musste bei diesem ...