Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories: And Other Disasters

by Jean Shepherd
Category: "Fiction - Short Story Collection"
Pages:352
Year of Publication:1982
Date Added:01/18/2021
Date Read:08/22/2021
Notes:Semi-fictional short stories based on Shepherd's boyhood during the 1930s in Hammond, Indiana

The Grandstand Passion Play of Delbert and the Bumpus Hounds (7—used in The Christmas Story)
County Fair! (7)
Scut Farkas and the Murderous Mariah (6)
Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss (7)
The Star-crossed Romance of Josephine Cosnowski (8)
Daphne Bigelow and the Spine-chilling Saga of the Snail-encrusted Tinfoil Noose (7)
The Return of the Smiling Wimpy Doll (7)
Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories (8)
My Rating: 7

Reviews for Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories: And Other Disasters

Review - Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories: And Other Disasters

Over-written at times—his exaggerated description of things, familiar from The Christmas Story, gets old after a while—but humorous and nostalgic.

Reviewed by Roger on 2021-08-22 20:22:04

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