Danny Dear A Memoir
In 2020, Danny secured a bed at Emerald Place, a large old building near Springfield. Years ago, he was sent to a locked facility instead of jail to overcome his addiction. Re and I visited him every Friday, offering support and hoping for change. On the drive back, we’d sip coffee and tell ourselves, “This time, it will work.”
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Here Come's the Sun
Here comes the much-awaited and seventh novel of Rod Lee is set to win your hearts in the paperback - Here comes the Sun. With reviews raving all-praised to the portrayal of every character, writing style, and the impressive cover pages. This book is a must-read to find out the struggles, challenges and redemption of a cub reporter based at Binghamton, New York. Get your copy today and meet the hero- Mick Lawton.
Available now to order by calling or emailing. My co-workers remain vivid to me to this day, each and every one. For your signed copy of Here Comes the Sun, send cash or a check in the amount of $20 to: Rod Lee, PO Box 656, Linwood MA 01525
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Nance's Nook - A comic tale
Described by one reader as “a total hoot—from start to finish!”—Nance’s Nook looks inside the life of a small neighborhood convenience store, and the customers who frequent the place. Two zany characters who are regular lottery players at Nance’s Nook cannot be forgotten.
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For Pete’s Sake (2020)
The odyssey of a journalist (Pete Nash) who wrestles with the guilt he feels over disastrous consequences after moving his family from a small town in upstate New York to Worcester, Massachusetts.
Skeptics and detractors would probably say ‘what on earth were you thinking?’ If not at the beginning, then certainly now when my part in the life of the family drama is nearing a close. They would point to the carnage that I am principally responsible for and say ‘you should have left well enough alone. Your wife, your children, deserved better. You put yourself ahead of them and what have you got to show for it?’ They would be right, too. Given the chance to reply (which I am now, in the pages that follow), I would tell them ‘I have said the very same things to myself over and over, since moving the family east in 1985. I am in fact my own worst critic’…
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THE MATCH (2018)
The operator of a driving range “tees it up” in a winner-take-all competition in opposition to the attempt by a neighboring country club to grab his land.
Blanche of Apalachin (2012)
A novel based on Rod Lee’s maternal grandmother, Blanche Blossom, a deeply religious woman.
A woman succumbs to old age, in 1982.
Thirty years later, Samantha Beatrice "Sweet Bea" Jakes, in need of material for a school essay, asks her grandfather "who was the greatest person that ever lived?"
She does not get the answer she expects.
Instead of "the usual suspects--prophet, explorer, philanthropist, architect, statesman, inventor, athlete, soldier, humanitarian, philanthropist, firefighter, cop, doctor, nurse--she is told the story of a little known, Scripture-quoting, Satan-defying Pennsylvania farm girl-turned-disciple for Christ named "Blanche."
In this first work of fiction from author Rod Lee, Sweet Bea's initial disappointment at Ernest Jakes' surprising choice turns to awe....
Whole Lotta Shakin’/A Rock & Roll Lover’s Reflections on Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness (2007)
Whole Lotta Shakin'" is a music anthology by Jerry Lee Lewis, released in 2007.
The album is a collection of Lewis' classic rock and roll hits, including the title track "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On." This song, written by Dave Williams and Charlie Black, was a huge success for Lewis in 1957 and has since become one of his signature tunes.
The album "A Rock & Roll Lover's Reflections on Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness" showcases Lewis' enduring legacy as a pioneer of rock and roll music.
Shoe Town (2004)
Rod Lee’s memoir of his youth in a village made famous by George F. Johnson’s shoe company, Endicott-Johnson.
"It never occurred to me, when I was fourteen, that my grandfather would stop dancing. Or that I would be anything less than the best athlete on the block or that my hometown of Endicott, New York, would fall to such ruin that I would cringe in embarrassment, years later, at the mere thought of returning from Massachusetts for a visit…"
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