Signed Book Offer And The Anniversary Of A Milestone In My Life by BJ Neblett

 Signed Book Offer And The Anniversary Of A Milestone In My Life by BJ Neblett

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2021 marks the 5th anniversary of my memoir about growing up in the early 1960s being published. Ice Cream Camelot was a labor of love and cathartic cleansing which took a lifetime to come to fruition. The result reached far beyond my expectations, a touching, funny, poignant profile of a young boy struggling to come to terms with the turbulent times in which he lived. But my high school friend Doug stated it better in a review he penned for me.

Words Fail Me… Almost

by Doug See

 My last contact with Billy was in 1973 if memory serves me. I found Ice Cream Camelot quite by accident and never dreamed BJ had this wonderful talent for expression. I grew up three blocks from his boyhood home and shared the same Little League field, rode my bike on the same streets, but did not connect with him until the 9th or 10th grade when he began going to public junior and high schools. We shared many of the same passions: guitars, girls, records, and the same fears: nuclear devastation, getting caught skipping school, losing friends—all a part of growing up in the ’50s and ’60s. Senior year, we cruised to high school in his old convertible, the leather and chrome glistened as we listened to Bob Dylan, the Stones, and The Doors. The floor of his father’s garage was a minefield of auto parts. And he never shared the pain of the event from a couple of years earlier that occurred in our idyllic little subdivision. Billy had more demons hiding behind his cool sunglasses than I ever imagined.

I bought the Kindle version of Ice Cream Camelot after rediscovering BJ through an on-line high school connection site. It never occurred to me that my high school hometown buddy would end up writing the 50’s and 60’s version of The Catcher in the Rye. Actually, BJ’s book has it all over that tired old tome in my greatly prejudiced opinion. It’s an amazing childhood story that most guys, and women, in my generation will relate to. It gripped me immediately and held my senses so tight that I could hardly put it down. I felt like I was back home in Lawrence Park reliving my own pre-adolescent feelings, pains, joys, wonders, unanswerable questions, and sensations as we all faced the looming future. The writing is powerful, descriptive, no punches pulled, just brilliant.

Billy, I lay awake nights with so much guilt for not clearing out the used razor blades in the wall behind the medicine cabinet. Maybe one day, we can go back and make that right….

 Thanks for the kind words, Doug. 

If you haven't had the chance, check out Ice Cream Camelot on Amazon or anywhere books are sold. It is available in print as well as all popular ebook formats.

If you would like a personal sign copy of Ice Cream Camelot, simply head over to my website bjneblett.com click the Contact Us button at the top, and let me know. I'll send you info on payment and collect your mailing and other info.

By the way, 2021 marks a few other anniversaries in my life... but you'll have to read Ice Cream Camelot to discover them!