[CVCC] Fwd: "Reunion" a novel by James Kennedy George, Jr (N3BB)

[H. M. Motley, Jr,]

Jim N3BB is a Va Tech graduate , a ham and excellent CW operator, a member of FOC and a friend! 
Puck

----- Forwarded Message -----
From: H. M. Motley, Jr, <hmmjr at comcast.net>
Sent: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:26:27 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: "Reunion" a novel by James Kennedy George, Jr (N3BB)

I just received a note from Jim, N3BB, about his new novel.  Since Jim and I are contemporaries, both having attended VA Tech and being fans of the Va Tech Hokies and Judy and I are currently getting ready for the 50th reunion of the Hermitage High School Class of 1962 I had to give this book a read.  I loaded up my "Nook" app on my tablet computer and did a search on reunion.  I was amazed at how many books have been entitled "Reunion" but I found Jim's book by checking under the author's name.  I was pleasantly surprised to find the cost to download the book was only $1.99.  What a "DEAL" that tuned out to be.

I am a very impatient reader.  If a book has too much flowery description I get bored and scan rather than read it. Jim uses enough description to fully develop the characters and events yet gets to the point without putting me in quick scan mode!  I zipped through the first six chapters in an hour, reading and relishing every word, and can hardly wait to get back to it.  

Get a copy of this book and give it a read.  I really think you will enjoy it.
   
The following is from Jim's e-mail to give you an idea of what the novel is about.

""Reunion" begins and ends with the 45th reunion of the 1960 class of
Princeton, West Virginia. Set in a small town on the southern edge of the
state, it deals with usual themes of coming-of-age and high school, as well
as the once-in-a-lifetime experience of desegregation and its impact on a
group of friends. In addition, the debut novel, written in the first person
in an engaging style, probes the relationship, or lack of it, between an
emotionally-distant father and his son, who much later in life begins to
understand what it means to grow up as the adult child of an alcoholic.

The characters are rich and varied, with the very essence of Americana:
high school, football, and social interactions on multiple levels; the
music of the 50's; the thrill of short-wave ham radio; a unique peer group,
including an emerging high school rock band; and of course the family of
origin, a complex mix of stately Virginians and more informal Kentuckians." 

73,
Puck W4PM