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Reviewed by Karen Pirnot for Readers' Favorite
"110 Flamingo Street" by Rick Ryekeley is a personal story about life in small town America when times were simpler and one's word meant exactly what one said. The level of commitment to family and friends as well as the "back then" morality makes the story a delight to those who also were raised in a time in which neighbors helped neighbors and doors were kept unlocked. The author moved to 110 Flamingo Street at the age of seven. With his parents, three brothers and a sister, the family went about daily activities with a sense of obligation to one another and to the community at large. There are stories of snowboarding, pulling teeth, the trials and tribulations of grade school and how bad days turn to good. Then, the author treats us to his own experience of raising a child. What he learns about his own father from raising his own son is a delight and sure to ring a bell with both mothers and fathers as they simultaneously attempt to deal with aging parents and growing teens.
This is one of those books that just feel good. You read, remember and laugh at times that now seem like golden years in the stream of everyday life. There is a brief and delightful story about 'The Little Green Grasshopper' that seems to reveal the author's sense of the human condition. If you long for times past or simply want a story to bring you out of the fog of modern technology, this is the book for you.
