Months later, Eve, a freshman in college, is bullied into giving the dress to her roommate. That night, after dancing with the boy of her dreams, she caught him in the act with her best friend. When Eve went to her high school senior prom, she wore a red dress that her mother had made for her. In a world of violence, corruption, and hatred, this book offers an escape back to a time when the only thing you had to worry about was what would happen when you told your teacher your dog ate your homework. Gulley’s antics, but I wouldn’t have put it past my brother to have done so. I remember story math problems involving trains that I could never solve and how much I hated showering naked in front of others after gym class. So, some of his stories brought back memories of my own. He describes how he met and married his future wife and touches on how he became a Quaker minister. Having been raised a Catholic, he discusses his experiences with and ideas about religion. He also explains how he fell in love with his sixth grade teacher, hence the title.Īfter that, he describes his adolescent years: how he worked for the Youth Conservation Corps, then as a stock boy in a grocery store, and other jobs.
Born the son of a bug spray salesman, he starts by talking about his childhood, sharing memories of how he delivered newspapers, did extra trick-or-treating around Halloween, created home-made bombs from his father’s bug spray collection, and engaged in other antics with his friends. With a lot of humor, this author’s memoir talks about his life growing up in the 1960-s and 70’s. I Love You, Miss Huddleston: And Other Inappropriate Longings of My Indiana Childhood
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