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Publisher LaRue Agresti catches the essence of a technology in this vivacious memoir. As related in Boomer Tales, LaRue was created in Chicago in 1949. Her whimsical narration represents growing up in a wacky Italian family, complete with intriguing background material on her parents and their own families, and talks candidly of her mother's battle with mental disorder. After chronicling her early on years in Chicago, Boomer Tales goes on to provide a window in to the Windy City's turbulent public and political environment during the 1960s. LaRue offers a brilliant time capsule of the pot-infused 1970s hippie culture by means of original letters dispatched from the Florida Tips to her sister back home in "Bummer City". But life brings her back again to Chicago, and the 80s usher in an emotional time, as she contends with the down sides of parents afflicted with cancer tumor and Alzheimer's disease. Throughout the booklet, LaRue provides rich explanations of her energetic hometown, and her addition of the music that resonated with her peers helps bring her family portrait of a baby boomer vibrantly alive.
