The US Review of Books commends “Diary of a Baby Boomer” by John Albert Buchness because the author “has perfect recall when describing each new city and adventure of his youth”

Life brings various degrees of complexity as one progresses from childhood to adulthood. Some people endure and achieve success. Others, on the other hand, are consumed by changes in the state of affairs and eventually give up.

In this memoir, “Diary of a Baby Boomer”, the author recalls a life of adventure growing up in the 1950s and 1960s. He and his family relocated every three years during his formative years, living in several U.S. cities as well as France, as the son of a doctor who “volunteered for the United States Public Health Service, which he stayed with for twenty-two years.”

He narrates anecdotes about his family from childhood through adulthood against the backdrop of dramatic societal change in the United States. From San Francisco to Paris to Washington, D.C., Buchness takes readers through each stage of the journey in graphic detail, from school-age antics to the stresses and realities of adulthood to the challenges that occur with aging.

Here’s an excerpt from the review written by the US Review of Books’ Kat Kennedy that highlights:

“One of the most impressive things about this memoir is the author’s ability to recall his past in such detail. His is an interesting past with the continuous relocating of his family due to his father’s job. Buchness has perfect recall when describing each new city and adventure of his youth. As public and private events touch his life, he relates his impressions of them with honesty. He also candidly details his problems with alcohol and drugs, his practice of yoga, his interest in diet, and his reactions to pivotal events such as the assassination of John F. Kennedy, which occurred during his senior year of high school. Those who came of age during the same period will likely find common ground in the author’s life. Meanwhile, those who didn’t will undoubtedly learn something about one of the most interesting eras of American history.”