(Reviewed by JD Jung) “From the day I left my father my lines had been cast, or I cast them myself, among crooked people. I had not spent one hour in the company of an honest person. I had lived in an atmosphere of larceny, theft, crime. I thought in terms of theft. Houses were…
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “It doesn't seem crazy to want to live in my country. Or there must be a lot of crazy people around. Or is it that I belong to a group you left out…? The group for whom being here is more important than the superlatives of over there.” Marian’s country is…
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “They were both Golden Gloves boxers and had that good foot work. They both did splits. Weren't afraid to get on the floor. Not spinning like hip hoppers but they would get on their knees to sell a song...That man could get on his knees in his suit and bend backward like…
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(Reviewed by Cathy Carey) Annabelle is a troubled teen who at a young age has suffered more tragic events than many adults have suffered in several life times. Her temporary guardian, Claudia Rose, is an expert forensic graphologist, highly regarded in her field. Claudia’s niece, Monica, is best friends with Annabelle. Annabelle has come a…
(Reviewed by JD Jung) "The sense of well-being which had flooded through me as I sat at the table and thought of not having now the burden of another’s life on me had almost entirely vanished, and the humiliation of the choice she had made, and the quickness with which she had discarded me, had…
(Reviewed by Glenda Anderson) As of this writing, my car is oiled and gassed, ready to tear over the Cajon Pass for Route 66 territory so I can help put out the fires of evil, eat some pancakes and possibly meet up with some neat folks who have a propensity for being targets of some…
(Reviewed by JD Jung) "Nine months before my fiftieth birthday, I am sexually propositioned by a thirty-three-year-old young man (...he seems so Benjamin-boyish)...The next thing I think, delighted, is "Well, here's to you, Mrs. Robinson." I think of martini assignations in hotel bars and black lace garter belts and sheer stockings..." However, when author Tara Ison…
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “Byron claims he has proof the Cubs and the Red Sox fixed the World Series…But he could never publish it because the censors would say it hurt morale—that it would be injurious to the war effort.” --September 24, 1918 Byron Townsend started as a sports reporter at his father's newspaper, The Boston…
