As the second most popular male singer in America (behind Elvis), Boone never forgot his roots or his faith. This autobiography describes growing up in a family hurt badly by the Depression. This book gives a lot of hilarious insight into Pat Boone as he gives advice to teens about life and love. It's so difficult to sum up this book. For example, Boone writes of when he first began to consider his high school "steady" as wife material. He began seeing her as, "not merely someone to kiss under a full moon but to love and cherish even with a runny nose." He also admits to his mom bending him over the bathtub spanking him when he was seventeen! Reading the 1950s graphics, and the achingly horrendous "advice" that good ole Pat give to "the teen-age" about dating and love you’ll burst out laughing. You cannot read a paragraph of this book without busting out into laughter! He was serious.