I thought I would share a new book I received called The Empty Confessional written by Tom Hogan who sent me a physical copy in exchange for this review.
The Empty Confessional is for adults I wouldn’t suggest kids or teens read the book without there parents permission. As for me I also wasn’t sure I would read the book because of the storyline. But David enjoys controversial books so I knew it would make a good book for David to practice reading.
The more David read the story and shared with me the more intrigued I became and I did sit down one evening and read the book which I ended up enjoying. Although at times the subject is hard to read it does make you think what kind of world we live in and why people do the things they do.
About:
Everything is going Gabe Russell’s way. He’s successful in his new job, he’s a martial arts expert, his novel’s about to be published, and he’s got a crush on a woman at work that appears to be reciprocated.
There’s just one problem: Gabe is a Priest. And he’s coming undone.
The Empty Confessional is a story of righteous vengeance-and its costs. Torn between his attraction to his former teacher and his calling, Gabe finds release for his religious and sexual frustration through violent penance-retribution against the abusers and rapists he discovers through the confessional and the pedophilic priests within his own ranks.
Investigating these assaults is Carla Jessup, a cynical detective with her own issues with the law. The result is a complicated relationship, in which priest and detective are alternately sources, partners and foes.
The Empty Confessional is a complicated tangle of relationships, reckoning, and the struggle between what’s legal and what’s right.
About Tom Hogan
Tom Hogan is an author and screenwriter based in Austin, TX. Left for Alive is his first novel. He is also the screenwriter for The Devil’s Breath, a noir thriller set in Auschwitz. It was a finalist at the Napa Valley Film Festival and semi-finalist at the Austin Film Festival.
Tom’s past writing experience has been on the non-fiction side. He is the co-author (with Carol Broadbent) of The Ultimate Startup Guide: Marketing Lessons, War Stories, and Hard-Won Advice from Leading Venture Capitalists and Angel Investors. The book highlights the lessons Tom and Carol learned as principals at Crowded Ocean, a marketing firm that has launched over 50 Silicon Valley startups. He has also written extensively for travel books, political journals, and Newsweek.
Professionally, Tom has split his career between academia and technology marketing. He was a lecturer in Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Santa Clara University and UC Santa Cruz. He joined Silicon Valley in its infancy, where he was the original creative director at Oracle. Moving into the VC (Venture Capital) world, he was a co-founder of Crowded Ocean and now advises startups in Silicon Valley and Austin.
About Tom Hogan and Carol Broadbent:
Tom Hogan and Carol Broadbent founded Crowded Ocean, Silicon Valley’s top marketing firm for start-ups, in 2008. Their experience includes Fortune 500 companies (Oracle, Sun, Lucent) as well as VC and startup experience. Collectively, Crowded Ocean has launched over 50 startups, with 17 exits to date.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
