Richard Adams takes his familiar Facebook short stories to the next level as he mixes heart, humor, spirituality, and an undeniable gift of storytelling in 11 Brown Lane. Keeping the advice of his former coaches and mentors in mind, Adams gives 110% as he transforms his small town upbringing of the 1960s and '70s to a lively and at times funny, touching, and thought-provoking retrospective in 2020. The problem? Mr. Manners, his sixth grade math teacher, would still tell Adams that football players giving 110% is simply not possible. Still, Adams doggedly applies that coaching advice as he conveys the joys and frustrations of family adventures, the comfort of the ordinary, and enduring connections built upon family traditions of long ago. He reminds us, too, that no one-not even those of us raised on Captain Kangaroo, The Andy Griffith Show, and Frosted Flakes-escapes life on earth without hurt and pain. Adams brilliantly uses the pain of his youth to enhance his own gifts and encourages us to do the same. One hundred ten short stories and a Tomato Patch later, this 110% effort has resulted in the wonderfully sentimental 11 Brown Lane.