TODAY I AM A BOY

In 1996 schoolteacher Daniel Hays and his father, theatrical designer David Hays, set down the chronicles of their 17,000-mile boat trip around Cape Horn in the bestselling book, My Old Man and The Sea. Now the older Hays is back, reading his memoir of a very different journey: a return to adolescence as a Bar Mitzvah student. With charm, warmth, and wisdom, David Hays tells of his year of study as a 66-year-old man among rowdy 12-year-olds. Hearing the author reading his own words--a task he manages as a born storyteller--adds to the enjoyment and insightfulness of this memorable story. S.E.S. © AudioFile 2001, Portland, Maine [Published: FEB/MAR 01]