The fifth book in my John Ross Boomer Lit series, Reunion of Familiar Strangers, hits the online bookstores today.
The e-version of the novel has been available on preorder from Amazon since Aug. 27. It should now be in both e-book and print if everything goes as planned from Wings ePress. And with the book being printed and distributed by Lightning Source, a division of Ingram, it is available to bookstores, libraries, and other places that sell and purchase books.
In this novel, John and Sally attend his 50th high school class reunion. It's an event that has been mentioned in the four previous books. He doesn't want to go but reluctantly agrees to because his daughter Chloe has paid all expenses as a gift to him.
John runs across an array of old classmates, creating a sense of mixed emotions in him. Some he wishes he had stayed in contact through the years, several he remembers by name only, and a few he didn't care to ever see again. I hope it's an enjoyable read, one that brings back many good memories and possibly a few bad remembrances as you recall your reunions.
And now a couple recent reads:
Noel Prince seeks answers to an array of problems in this coming-of-age novel, the second book in Chris Boucher's "Pivot" series for young adults. The story centers on his later father's actions while serving in Afghanistan and how it affects the family. Noel's tenacity drops him in the middle of an event that proves enlightening in his search for the truth. Basketball plays a role in this story about family.
Three 66-year-old men get together for a mini-reunion on Cape Code. They are longtime friends but have traveled different paths through the years. The one thing they have in common is a woman who disappeared from their lives. Richard Russo provides adequate backstory in this novel about how lives intersect over the course of time. Russo is the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Empire Falls.
Until the next time . . .
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