Bill Bryson

notes on returning to America after 20 years away

I'm a stranger here myself

In the introduction, the author said he truly didn't have time to write the articles that make up the book. Boy, does it show. I've read several of his other books, and this can't even compare. Most of the columns didn't age well, either.

Danielle Raymond 

Laura Mauler

At first each entry was fun and funny to me, and as it went along (that is to say, the longer he was back in the USA) they were less funny and more complaining. This book was my breakfast read, which meant I only read one or two entries a day and ended up having to renew the book twice. Then I stopped reading it in the mornings because it was no longer starting my day with a smile, and when it came time to renew it again I just didn't bother.

Laura

When I went on my study abroad to London I was assigned to read Bill Bryson's "Notes from a Small Island" and it mentioned that he wrote a book when he came back with his columns about readjusting to American life. I figured when I came back to America it would be a great thing to read. I liked the book, although I think part of why I liked it was because I was coming back from London and could relate to a lot of what he wrote. Its split into great small chapters to read over time

I'm a stranger here myself notes on returning to America after 20 years away

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