The Song of Suburbia

By David Bouchier

Award-winning humorist David Bouchier brings wit, wisdom, and a touch of philosophy to the everyday dramas of suburban life. Book jacket. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 096524752X
• ISBN13: 9780965247528
• Release Date: February 2002
• Publisher: Mid Atlantic Productions
• Length: 301 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.7"

Customer Reviews

The Song of Suburbia

An award-winning author, radio essayist for National Public Radio, scholar (in the true sense of the word), retired professor, and humorist, David Bouchier has written yet another delightful book that offers the astute reader a rare gift. With his inimitable brand of dry wit and keen insight, Bouchier skillfully satirizes all things suburban. He takes a seemingly trivial topic and turns it into a hilarious "read." What's more, he makes us look at each topic or situation in a way we never have before.In The Song of Suburbia, the author deftly handles topics as diverse as the cacophony of lawn machines in spring, the cornucopia of vegetables in summer, and the home-alone panic without a car. Like all outstanding humorists, Bouchier does not hesitate to satirize self, and in so doing, puts himself in the same seat as the reader. Song of Suburbia is a happy melody that resonates, a suburban world that entices, an anthology that delights. Its songs will echo long after the book is closed.

What I like about the book

Other than the author's obvious traits: wry observations, wit and wisdom, and injection of humors here and there, I enjoy reading the book because of the fact that the author often speaks for many of us (for example, what he says about the mission statement - Mission Impossible) and his words made me think (for example, when he talks about how those glossy "Country" magazines seem to take it for granted that ordinary Americans dwell in antique-filled, historic houses on hundred acre estates, in the depths of the country - Suburban Life.) This book not only brings me smiles but also helps me shape my own thoughts.

Song of Suburbia Sparkles

Bouchier's short essays on suburban life hit just the right note. The topics are ones with which we are all familiar - sights encountered while we walk, American holidays, garage sales, sports, vacations and lawn care - to name a few. What keeps us reading is the author's fresh obsverations on cultural events and routines that suburbanites take for granted. Bouchier's writing resonates with dry humor. These well-tuned pieces are entertaining and insightful.