Looking for your latest literary adventure? Pick up one of these reads by a Southern Arizona author.
The central theme of these 11 stories by Tucsonan Bruce E. Weber is that humans believe they live their lives guided by reason and logic, but it’s “the tiny lizard-brain at the base of their skulls that actually rules” their actions.
Henry’s 10-year-old self is astute and observing: She depicts Hobbs as stinking and barren. She recreates a thundering, sweating, chastising Preacher Brother Higgins as lively theater, and her close, loving family as forgiving refuge. When her garage-owning father brings home a $50 piano, Vonnie recognizes her salvation: if she can learn to play hymns like the beautiful Janie Larue , she, Vonnie, can also remain “on the nice side of God.
— Christine Wald-Hopkins “Trail of the Jaguar: A Clayton T. Porter Adventure” by Jonathon Hanson . 387 pp. $15.99 paperback. Hanson, who’s written for numerous outdoor and adventure magazines, plus a dozen books on such subjects as natural history and sea kayaking, makes convincing use of his expertise in Porter’s crazy, creative crusade.
This novel, written in the style of a memoir, follows Alex down the years, through a military career, struggles with PTSD, and in and out of love as he connects the pieces of his puzzling life. Maturity brings focus. As the book’s gripping finale suggests, nothing is arbitrary: Everything is connected and happens for reasons we don’t always control. Author C. Ward, who based his novel, in part, on personal experience, lives in Tucson.
Even the youngest readers will come away with an understanding of desert interrelationships and, perhaps more importantly, an appreciation of what it means to be a true and loving friend. Tucsonan Danielle Fradette tells a story that is sure to become a read-aloud favorite for kids and their grown-ups, one that would be a great addition to any family’s desert library.
This is the fourth outing for Detective Silk and Jagnow’s fifth book. A retired public relations specialist, Jagnow is president of the Amistad y Salud Board of Directors, which oversees a free primary healthcare clinic for the poor in Tucson.
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