The Girl Watchers Club: Lessons from the Battlefield of Life
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- Synopsis
- From the book: "I guess we'll have to cancel today's lunch," I tell my father-in-law. "We'd better call the guys." My father-in-law, Moe Turner, looks at me, incredulous. "Why in hell would we do that?" he demands, his west Arkansas accent even sharper than usual. Why in hell would we do that? It is, after all, the morning of September 11, 2001, and as I stand there in my in-laws' sunny living room in Monterey, California, the TV across the room is once again showing the slow-motion collapse of the World Trade Center. "Listen, Moe, I really don't think anyone will feel like coming over." "Sure, they will," he snaps. "We gotta talk about it, don't we?" It's not that I can't see Moe's point. He and the others due here today are part of a luncheon club, informally known as the Girl Watchers, that has been meeting for nearly four decades. Ranging in age from the late seventies to mid-eighties, these men have literally grown old together, and around one another, nothing is off limits. If-make that when-they say things that would leave today's politically correct aghast, no one even seems to notice. The talk ranges free and uncensored, from their thoroughly enjoyable (if frequently misspent) boyhoods to the war-no one has to ask which one-to the annoying particulars of aging and their own impending demise.
- Copyright:
- 2004
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 16 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780066211725
- Publisher:
- N/A
- Date of Addition:
- 05/05/04
- Copyrighted By:
- Harry Stein
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Military, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs
- Submitted By:
- Jim Pardee
- Proofread By:
- Lena
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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