Oops.

by Glenn McLaughlin

Overview

The humorous side of a memoir written by a “normal non-famous guy” for his first grandchild just in case he unexpectedly got hit by a bus an was not around to tell the stories himself. These humorous, yet thoughtful, essays shed light on the rich life average folks experience if they but look around and pay attention. The stories told here touch on family, friends and those we trip over everyday. They will make you laugh. They will make you search your own memories for those similar moments and remind you that fame, wealth and material success have nothing to do with being blessed and rich with life and love.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780977972814
Publisher:	Absurdly Normal Books / The Natalie Group Ltd.
Publication date:	12/28/2010
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	293 KB

About the Author

Glenn McLaughlin has worked in the chemical and plastics industry for twenty-five years. He has survived stints in a family business as well as two bio-tech start ups and currently passes time by substitute teaching, tutoring and taking care of his grand-daughter two days a week. He is a former national class runner who only takes one step at a time now and berates teenagers under his breath as they bound by him in stairwells at school. He studied chemistry in college as well as strict avoidance of any class that required writing beyond the technical though that behavior is now known to be the result of an over zealous high school guidance counselor. His desire and fervent need to write emerged late in life and has proven to be key in maintaining his last remnants of sanity as has all of a sudden realized he is old.

Editorial Reviews

These two books, deftly presented as mirror versions of one another, let us think about how we get a handle on who we really are. Finding himself, for the moment, outside the relentless pull to sell oneself and move ahead, McLaughlin slows down and opens his eyes. He watches himself think. The essays in Oops are the well-loved stories of a raconteur, coming up to us when we’ve stepped away from a party. Out on a patio, staring up at the stars, we’re interrupted by a gentle stranger

Thomas Gardner