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Rhode Island Monthly /  June 2009 /  Current /  Rhode Reads

Rhode Reads

These new releases, all by local authors, are hard to put down:

Non-fiction:

November 22, 1963
By Adam Braver
Braver weaves real stories of the lesser-known people affected by JFK’s assassination, from White House servants to the morticians who oversee the autopsy.
Tin House Press
www.adambraver.com

Unforgiving Minute: A Soldier’s Education
By Craig M. Mullaney
Captain Craig M. Mullaney’s compelling, highly acclaimed memoir centers on his time in Afghanistan.
Penguin Group
www.craigmmullaney.com

The Addict: One Patient, One Doctor, One Year
By Michael Stein
A haunting chronicle of a patient’s struggle to overcome Vicodin addiction.
Harper Collins
www.michaelsteinbooks.com

Fight or Die: The Vinny Paz Story
By Tommy Jon Caduto
A great read tracing the career of the local boxing champ.
The Lyons Press
(Release date: June 16, 2009)

The Center of the Universe
By Nancy Bachrach
This zany family memoir is the ultimate mother-daughter story.
Knopf
www.nancybachrach.com

I’m Perfect, You’re Doomed: Tales from a Jehovah’s Witness Upbringing
By Kyria Adams
A comedian takes a very funny look at her unconventional childhood.
Touchstone
www.kyriaabrahams.com

Fiction

The Doorbells of Florence
By Andrew Losowsky
Losowksy’s great photographs of real doorbells in Florence are paired with his imaginings of the people who live behind them.
Chronicle Books
http://losowsky.com/doorbells/

Seasick
By Gloria Nagy
Nagy’s outrageous cruise ship mystery is a fun look at the world of excess.
Jorge Pinto Books
www.glorianagy.com

Love Will Tear Us Apart
Sarah Rainone
A hip debut novel set to the music of the 90s.
Three Rivers Press
www.lovewilltearusapartthebook.com

Teaser
By Jan Brogan
Brogan’s page-turning mystery explores the dangers of the online world.
Minotaur
www.janbrogan.com

Strong Enough to Die
A Caitlin Strong novel by Jon Land
The first in a new series, featuring a fifth-generation female Texas Ranger. 
Tor/Forge Books

 

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