Violetta Armour Book Review of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis: The Untold Story by Leaming. As we approach the 57th anniversary month of the assassination of John Kennedy in November, I thought it would be appropriate to review a recent biography of Jacqueline Kennedy. The subtitle, The Untold Story, reveals intimate details, conversations, and correspondence which the American…
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Features, November 2018
Local author releases second Sun Lakes mystery novel
Sun Lakes author Carmen Will and Cozy Cat Press announce the release of Deadly Degree, the second novel in the Amanda Winters mystery series. Will is a freelance writer and editor whose first Amanda Winters mystery novel, Doubly Departed, was published in October, 2016. Will’s series is set in Sun Lakes and the surrounding area…
Features, November 2018
Local author recognized
Sandra Givens, Sun Lakes author, has been recognized by the Romance Writers of America (RWA) for her debut novel, Running Horse Ranch. With this debut novel, Givens becomes part of the RWA’s Published Authors Network (PAN), a community dedicated to promote and protect the interests of published romance authors.
Features, November 2018
Three Weeks a lie memoir by John Gaudioso
Our mom was taken from our apartment; force marched through our hallway by “Men in White.” My brothers Al, Bob and I were sitting against our living room wall… facing our hallway. We had ringside seats. Loud voices mixed together, erupted. Mom’s voice was the loudest. “Who are you?” “Why are you here?” “Don’t touch…
Features, August 2018
Sun Lakes ladies enjoy book signing
These women gathered Sunday afternoon to get their copies of Sandra Givens’ book, Running Horse Ranch, signed by the author. Over drinks and snacks, the women enjoyed lively conversation and expressed their delight at having their own signed copy of the book. Standing (left to right): author Sandra Givens, Diana Hedges, Meg Reeves, Elaine Isaacson,…
Features, July 2018
Sun Lakes resident publishes new book Running Horse Ranch
Sandra Givens, Sun Lakes resident and author, has just released her new book, Running Horse Ranch, available on Amazon as a paperback or in the Kindle format. This book is about a young woman’s desire to find true love and happiness. Readers will feel for the protaganist who is stuck in a marriage full of…
Features, February 2017
Sun Lakes resident publishes novel
Raymond L. Lowrie The Elephant’s Grip was published in December 2016 by The Wild Rose Press Inc., of Adams Basin, NY. The story deals with frontier, mining, racial and personal growth issues. Obsessed with finding gold, Jeremy and his rogue step-uncle cross grueling plains and climb rugged mountains to join the Pikes Peak gold rush of…
Features, November 2016
Local author publishes first book
Local author Mac Jewett has published her book The Jewett Family Farm in New Paltz, NY. New Paltz was settled by the French Huguenots who had been persecuted in France and sought refuge in the Rhine area of Germany before coming to North America in 1677. Seeking land, they had to purchase property from the Esopus…
Features, November 2016
Local author publishes novel featuring Sun Lakes sleuth
Carmen Will is the author of Doubly Departed, the first in her Amanda Winters mysteries. Will, a freelance writer and editor whose novel, A Practicum for Murder, was a finalist in Poisoned Pen Press’s 2013 Discover Mystery contest, lives in Sun Lakes (Cottonwood), Arizona, with her husband Wayne. In Doubly Departed, young Nathan Reynolds drowned…
Clubs & Classes, October 2016
Sun Lakes resident publishes book about Vietnam rescue missions
Gary Vacin Sun Lakes resident Tom Waldron flew with heroes as a helicopter rescue pilot during the Vietnam Conflict. Last year he wrote a book about it. I Flew With Heroes recounts rescue missions flown by H-3 and H-53 Jolly Green crews in 1969 and 1970 in Laos and Vietnam. Included are personal details of the…