And now - we're just waiting for baby. Anna was told yesterday that her due date is not July 15, it's July 10. She's profoundly grateful that we have had a near record-breaking cool month of July. How lucky is that?
I received a wonderful note from a Beatle lover who got in touch through my website and ordered my book. This is what he wrote about it:
Notes from Alan Millen, now living in Zurich, Switzerland, creator of “Blue Suburban
Skies.”
I finished your book this morning. Enjoyed every line of it.
Chapter 1 dovetails perfectly with my own Vancouver Island experience in
early 1964, right down to She Loves You / I’ll Get you becoming the first
record I ever bought with my own money. All of the details are spot-on. Everything
you mention about junior high rings true. Oh, the terror of school dances!
The account of attending school in Paris had me enthralled. A classic
character-building experience! I found the portrayal of your mother fascinating,
and the riffs on Jane Asher were hilarious.
Your identification with Anne Frank is very touching.
The impact of seeing A Hard Day’s Night when it came out can’t be
underestimated, and I thought you got that just right, even if you did have to
put up with French subtitles. My first viewing was at the Capitol Theatre in
Nanaimo, B.C.
Having experienced Beatlemania from a teen male perspective, it has been
truly enlightening to gain an insight into the female experience. Wonderful
stuff all the way.
As reviews go, it doesn't get better than this! Thank you, Alan - how heartening to hear from a fan.
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