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In which a forty-eight-year-old father of three returns to kindergarten, summer camp, the prom, and other embarrassments
Little Brown and Company
May 2009
On Sale: May 11, 2009
336 pages
ISBN: 0316020605
EAN: 9780316020602
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
Robin Hemley's childhood made a wedgie of his memory, leaving him sore and embarrassed for over forty years. He was the most pitiful kindergartner, the least spirited summer camper, and dateless for prom. In fact, there's nary an event from his youth that couldn't use improvement. If only he could do them all over a few decades later, with an adult's wisdom, perspective, and giant-like height... In the spirit of cult film classics like Billy Madison and Wet Hot American Summer, in DO-OVER! Hemley reencounters paper mache, revisits his childhood home, and finally attends the prom--bringing readers the thrill of recapturing a misspent youth and discovering what's most important: simple pleasures, second chances, and the forgotten joys of recess.
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