A richly textured coming-of-age novel about country music, memory, and the flawed people we love. Set against the backdrop of small towns in 1950s Missouri and illuminated by the country music of the era, it captures the bittersweet process of growing up, of seeing parents as people, of confronting danger with dignity, and of finding one's voice in the noise of a broken world. With lyrical prose and deep emotional resonance, it tells the story of a boy who becomes a man not by chasing fame or fortune, but by standing firm to sing in the face of heartbreaking trauma.
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The Journal of My Seventieth Year
A journal is a journey. In this case, my journey through a tumultuous year recorded day by day in words and pictures. The journey begins in the Summer of 2020 as a deadly pandemic kills millions of people around the world and one of the most portentous Presidential election campaigns in American history builds to a climax with unimaginable consequences. The journey ends in the Spring of 2021. Over the year, I become a different person, as all journeys change those who undertake them.
