people either seem to hate or love ole garrison. i certainly don't hate him so i must fall more on the love side, although it seems a little strong. not many can argue his ability to tell a story. he's good. i think the burn for many is the connectibility they have with his tales. depending on where and who you are, you may not be able to identify with his yarns and if that's the case, i reckon he could be little bumpy to read.

in summer, garrison deals with one of the age-old issues our society just can't seem to best ... sexual maturation. the agony our young people go through in our culture seems absolutely inane. everyone knows about it, everyone lived it, yet many can't seem to recall their awkward, questioning periods for anything. our elders are fearful of what this means and often times what was ok for them, ain't ok for their youngins'. hopefully works such as this will take us back to when we struggled with this period of our lives so that we may better associate with our children as they venture on this tumultuous and sucky ride.