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Three books...three unforgetable experiences


Don't Be Cruel
THE CLINTON DIARIES
Second edition of FRANK is now available. Order from one of the following online retail stores:
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FRANK, the story about the first successful brain transplant, explores the age-old question of human identity . . . and demonstrates the impact a single individual can have on the lives of others. Howard Lavery was dying. The doctors couldn't help him; they couldn't even diagnose what had gone wrong. There was only one chance, an experimental brain transplant procedure developed by Dr. Sidney Bernstein. Against all odds, the experiment is a success . . . of sorts. Though alive, the essence of Howard Lavery is trapped within the useless shell of another man's body: a man called Frank. Able to hear and to think, and even to "speak" with the aid of a machine, Howard is nevertheless cut off from the outside world and all his loved ones. As Howard fights to overcome his isolation and make sense of the second chance he has been offered, his family and friends must wrestle with their own guilts and fears and, in the process, embarking on private journeys as profound as Howard's.





DON'T BE CRUEL is now available for purchase online.

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Exploring the themes of fidelity and metaphysical love, DON'T BE CRUEL follows the wildly careening adventures of Miles Miner, a middle-aged journalist whose life is turned upside down by a five-year-old boy who appears to hold the memories of many past lives. The child, Ian Rivard, was born with a congenital defect that apparently allows the souls of long dead people to communicate through him, including Miner's father. Complicated by his estranged wife and a new love, Miner's struggle to understand and protect the child forms the central conflict of the novel. Set in and around Memphis, DON'T BE CRUEL takes the reader through the decadence of Beale Street, the infamous cruelty of Shelby County Jail, Elvis Presley's Graceland, the downtown renaissance anchored by Auto Zone Park, and the rural backroads of Tennessee.
The Clinton impeachment . . . as it's never been told.

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You read the Starr Report. You heard the steamy grand jury testimony. You watched the impeachment trial. Now, Bill Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky comes to startling life in the president's secret diary as imagined in THE CLINTON DIARIES. From the day Clinton first kissed Lewinsky to his tragic downfall and public scandal, the story is all here, as are all the supporting characters: Hillary, Chelsea, and more.

A novel? A parody? A satire? Of course.

Clinton, obsessed and beleaguered, tells the story as only he can.  Private encounters in his Oval Office study. Lying to Hillary. Crying with Chelsea. Playing self-righteous during marriage counseling. Angry when having his blood drawn. Remorseful when praying with clergy. It's all here, brought to life as only fiction can.