tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8407679229975998493.post658121469421576407..comments2024-03-29T05:19:53.293-06:00Comments on The Quivering Pen: Front Porch Books: August 2013 EditionDavid Abramshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06013514596973186440noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8407679229975998493.post-66501754684869430992013-08-27T00:06:47.112-06:002013-08-27T00:06:47.112-06:00Rivers sounds really unusual and something I am li...Rivers sounds really unusual and something I am likely to look for. Thank you for posting that. I wonder if you ever read Back From The Abyss by Kieran Doherty. It's the last really great book I read and I think it deserves some attention. From the website;<br /><br />"In Back From the Abyss, Kieran Doherty takes the reader along on the wild ride that was his life. With a voice reminiscent of Pete Hamill’s in A Drinking Life and a childhood as tough as Frank McCourt’s in Angela’s Ashes, he tells his story, full of wit, bravado, and Irish charm. We watch him change from altar boy to rebel … then throw away a promising career in the theater. We follow him through his almost unbelievable adventures in the military … through four marriages and countless lovers … through the alcohol-fueled crimes that ultimately landed him in prison … and, finally, through the ugly reality of the cancer that killed him. Along the way, we get a feel for the internal pain, the constant struggle of the “low-bottom” alky to make it from one day to the next."<br /><br />http://capandbellspress.com/2013/05/back-from-the-abyss/<br /><br />Really fantastic book that shouldn't be missed this year. Thanks again :)J.Samuelnoreply@blogger.com