I thought I would introduce you to a new book I received called After Woodstock the book is written by Howard Reiss (Author) n exchange for this review. Inside this post is my affiliate links. If you click on the links and make a purchase I will make a small percentage from the products you purchase. Check out there press release here:
I was born in the 60’s so I was to young to go to Woodstock but that doesn’t mean I haven’t heard of it all my life. I can’t honestly say I know anyone who attended but if I had been there I think I would have. Did you or someone you know get to go to Woodstock?
Thanks to After Woodstock I was able to learn a little bit about it through the friends in After Woodstock. This is a story told through letters the friends write to each other through the years sharing there life with each other.
I enjoyed the story and seeing how different they were as one lived in Society and one dropped out which a lot of people did back then. I learned things I didn’t know. After Woodstock is a book I will be sharing with my friends from all ages. I hope you do the same. Just be prepared if your like me to end up crying but its a healing cry and the book is worth it.
About the book:
Jack and Bryan have been best friends since the age of two. In high school Jack talked about getting his doctorate in math and computer technology and creating the first android robot. Bryan dreamed about becoming a big-time lawyer with a penthouse in the City and a house in the Hamptons.
They graduated high school in 1969, a momentous summer, which they capped off by attending the Woodstock Concert. The three days of peace, love and music sent Jack off in a radically different direction. While Jack and Bryan go on to live very different lives, they continue their relationship over the next fifty years through letters.
Howard R Reiss
About the author
Pyramid on the Hudson is Howard’s eleventh novel.
Starlight Shines Far, Howard’s tenth novel, is a story about healing . . . healing the Earth, as well as healing a broken heart.
The ’60s Diary, Howard Reiss’ ninth novel, will send you on a journey through time from Rose’s first love to her time at Woodstock…from self-discovery and happiness to tragedy and rebirth.
Accidental Lives, Howard’s eighth novel, tells the story of two lives dramatically changed by coincidences of time and place.
A Lover’s Secret, Howard’s seventh novel. It was inspired by three very different thoughts . . . the mental illnesses that often went undiagnosed and untreated back in the middle of the twentieth century, especially among children . . . how time moved so slow when we were young and seems to speed up as we age . . . and how the internet (and Facebook) sometimes changes our relationship with the past. Readers’ Favorite calls this a “very engrossing” “unique romance.”
The Texture of Love, Howard’s sixth novel, was inspired by his love of Nabokov. On the 50th anniversary of Lolita, he decided to reverse the story and have a younger woman become obsessed with an older man.
The Old Drive-In, Howard’s fifth novel, is a nostalgic reflection on what could have been. If we can’t really go home again, can we discover something everlasting if we try? Readers’ Favorite wishes they could give this book “more than 5 stars.” IndieReader says this novel has “richly defined characters and weaves in themes of regret and nostalgia throughout this nuanced romance.”
P Town, Howard’s fourth novel, was inspired by a lifetime of visits to Provincetown, a magical town at the tip of Cape Cod. The mix of people, the art, the street music, and the color make it a great place to hide in plain sight. P Town is a multiple award winner; winning the Silver Medal in the 2016 Readers’ Favorite Awards in the Contemporary Romance category, as well as the 2016 Los Angeles Book Festival in the Spiritual category. IndieReader says P Town is “beautifully written from beginning to end” and Readers’ Favorite calls it an “unforgettable read.”
The Laws of Attraction, Howard’s third novel is an insightful and quirky legal thriller about a courtroom battle over the estate of the elderly patriarch who leaves everything to his young wife who claims to be the reincarnate of his first wife. It leads to a rather unusual and somewhat comical trial to determine whether or not there is life after death. This novel is a Readers’ Favorite 5 star “guilty reading pleasure.”
Howard’s second novel, The Year of Soup was inspired by a dinner at a small restaurant in Northampton, Mass. when an old professorial looking gentlemen with a bottle of wine in a paper bag sat down at a table in the corner and was immediately joined by the young, female proprietor and chef. Although he couldn’t hear their conversation, he tried to imagine it, and their stories as well. This novel received the Silver Medal for Best Fiction in the North-East Region at the Independent Publisher Book Awards in 2013.
Howard’s first novel, A Family Institution, published in 2011, was based on a true incident involving the discovery of an aunt hidden from the family who spent most of her life in Pilgrim State Hospital. The main character’s quest for the truth about what happened takes him to Pilgrim State where he takes a job in the records department, learns a lot about how the mentally ill and, in particular, his aunt was treated in the 1950s, and in the process turns his life and family upside down. It’s a serious subject approached with a strong comic touch and has been a growing favorite of book clubs around the country.
Howard Reiss is a graduate of Dartmouth College and Columbia Law School. He co-founded a soup kitchen in Nyack, New York where he lives and runs.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
