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Official Review: Glimpses of Autobiography by jt
[Following is the official OnlineBookClub.org review of "Glimpses of Autobiography" by jt.]
3 out of 4 stars
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This series of autobiographical anecdotes written by a "common man with an uncommon family" of JT and his early years in India with his family, his dreamer father, his mischievous brother, and his very strict grandmother. The stories are listed in chronological from his early years in school, his college years, His unique upbringing by an unconventional father, who had an idea for alternative preparations for the prohibition market that existed in India in the late sixties and early seventies as one of his many business ventures. He recounts the achievements and failures of his ideas that shaped his determination to achieve his dreams. He had included several humorous stories, such as the rational of the lunch box for his brother and the author, along with several stories of eccentric relatives, business associates, and friends who left a lasting impression on an impressible young man growing up in India.
The book presents anecdotal stories with the earliest memories of his father's innovative business ventures, such as the story of the creative idea of alternative preparations for the prohibition market that existed in India in the late sixties and early seventies. He recounts the achievements and failures with the promise of a secure financial future for his family. The author does an outstanding job of breaking up the stories by subtitles, which was easy for me to follow the chronological order of the anecdotes of his early life. I felt like that I was getting to know him and his family at a family reunion.
He gives a vivid description of his homeland and his family members, especially his brother and his grandmother's personalities. This book takes a humorous and honest look about his his father's dreams of becoming a successful business man. Two outstanding anecdotes are the "Maker of the Ferment" and "The Rational" was humorous and very insightful. I could see how two young men could carry this large lunch box to school everyday with hilarious results.
The author does an outstanding job of describing the terms that is used in this book, for example, he gave a great description of a tiffin box and what happens when you have two young boys fighting over it. He gave a lot of great details about his education and his love for books. He talks about books as treasured friends, like I do. He gave a good clear picture of Indian culture that made me want to visit India in the future.
The stories were a little hard to follow due to the dense language that was presented. I had to read the stories at least three times to get the full gist of what he was trying to convey to the reader. He got off topic on several stories during his college years that left me wondering what happened afterwords. I would have like to have seen more details on his father's later life.
Overall, this book was good and rate it 3 out of 4 stars. I enjoyed learning about the author's eccentric father and the business adventures that he had in India.
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3 out of 4 stars
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This series of autobiographical anecdotes written by a "common man with an uncommon family" of JT and his early years in India with his family, his dreamer father, his mischievous brother, and his very strict grandmother. The stories are listed in chronological from his early years in school, his college years, His unique upbringing by an unconventional father, who had an idea for alternative preparations for the prohibition market that existed in India in the late sixties and early seventies as one of his many business ventures. He recounts the achievements and failures of his ideas that shaped his determination to achieve his dreams. He had included several humorous stories, such as the rational of the lunch box for his brother and the author, along with several stories of eccentric relatives, business associates, and friends who left a lasting impression on an impressible young man growing up in India.
The book presents anecdotal stories with the earliest memories of his father's innovative business ventures, such as the story of the creative idea of alternative preparations for the prohibition market that existed in India in the late sixties and early seventies. He recounts the achievements and failures with the promise of a secure financial future for his family. The author does an outstanding job of breaking up the stories by subtitles, which was easy for me to follow the chronological order of the anecdotes of his early life. I felt like that I was getting to know him and his family at a family reunion.
He gives a vivid description of his homeland and his family members, especially his brother and his grandmother's personalities. This book takes a humorous and honest look about his his father's dreams of becoming a successful business man. Two outstanding anecdotes are the "Maker of the Ferment" and "The Rational" was humorous and very insightful. I could see how two young men could carry this large lunch box to school everyday with hilarious results.
The author does an outstanding job of describing the terms that is used in this book, for example, he gave a great description of a tiffin box and what happens when you have two young boys fighting over it. He gave a lot of great details about his education and his love for books. He talks about books as treasured friends, like I do. He gave a good clear picture of Indian culture that made me want to visit India in the future.
The stories were a little hard to follow due to the dense language that was presented. I had to read the stories at least three times to get the full gist of what he was trying to convey to the reader. He got off topic on several stories during his college years that left me wondering what happened afterwords. I would have like to have seen more details on his father's later life.
Overall, this book was good and rate it 3 out of 4 stars. I enjoyed learning about the author's eccentric father and the business adventures that he had in India.
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That is a great review! Thanks
