Unlike Thomas Wolfe, the famous North Carolina writer who wrote several American classics dealing with rites of passage, I could, and did, go home again. Of course my wife, Diana, and I have traveled back to Princeton, West Virginia, many, many times over the years. Yet our less-frequent trips are becoming more meaningful as we…
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Professional Review of “Reunion” by Blueink
Reunion James Kennedy George Jr. BlueInk AuthorHouse, 301 pages, (paperback) $19.95, 978-1-4685-2968-5 (Reviewed: June, 2012) The novel Reunion mostly details the experiences of a teenage boy growing up in Princeton, West Virginia, in the late 1950s. It’s largely an autobiographical tale, with narrator Jimmy Jackson acting as proxy for the author. The story highlights Jimmy’s…
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Professional Review of “Reunion” From Kirkus
REUNION George, Jr., James Kennedy AuthorHouse (312 pp.) $24.29 hardcover, $16.72 paperback, $1.99 e-book ISBN: 978-1468529678; January 6, 2012 BOOK REVIEW A 60-year-old man comes to terms with growing up with an alcoholic father in George’s debut novel. Framed by narrator Jim Jackson’s high school reunion in the middle-class Southern town of Princeton, W.Va., George’s…
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Reunion
Hello I’m from Austin, Texas. This is a major experiment for me, as I’ve never blogged before. That’s not to say I don’t keep up a number of conversations via email. I do, but exchanging interactive comments on all fronts, regarding my new book, Reunion, as well as the general subject of writing, will be…
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