The End of the World as We Know It by Robert Goolrick

Why relocate them the events to Virginia? So it was very important to me to get it right in that respect. I wanted to tell the story honestly and honor the people whose story it was, because I knew some of them. That's about it.īut also, in this case, it was difficult because it's a true story. And you hope that your second novel is better than your first novel. You just hope to write the best book you can. I didn't feel any pressure from the external world. But I think it's purely internal pressure. I think you hope always that you'll write a better book, so of course the pressure increases on yourself then. Did you struggle with Heading out to Wonderful? Your first novel, A Reliable Wife, was a pretty big success. His second novel, Heading Out to Wonderful (Algonquin), opens with another stranger with a secret, a man who arrives in the tiny town of Brownsburg, Va., in 1948 with a suitcase full of money. Marilyn Dahl, book review editor, Shelf AwarenessĪfter a decades-long advertising career and a memoir ( The End of the World as We Know It), Robert Goolrick leaped into fiction in 2010 with A Reliable Wife, the tale of a mysterious mail-order frontier bride. Southern historian Williamson weaves the drama of Presley's career with the social upheavals of post-World War II. Continuing the trend of big books, this weighs in at 624 pages, written by the author of Shout! (The Beatles) and John Lennon, among others.Įl vis Presley: A Southern Life by Joel Williamson (Oxford, December). Mick Jagger by Philip Norman (Ecco, October). Morris (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, October). Hello, Gorgeous: Becoming Barbra Streisand by William J. A classic soul singer, an R&B legend, LaVette has finally become as famous as she deserves to be. I know nothing other than this is a book by Tony Bennett therefore, it will be wonderful.Ī Woman Like Me by Bettye LaVette and David Ritz (Blue Rider, September). Life Is a Gift: The Zen of Bennett by Tony Bennett (Harper, November). A candid memoir by one of rock's iconic performers (and erstwhile book editor) at 608 pages, it should be revealing. Who Am I by Pete Townsend (Harper, October). Simmons, a well-known name in rock journalism, had 'unparalleled access' to the elusive singer/songwriter. I'm Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen by Sylvie Simmons (Ecco, September). Waging Heavy Peace by Neil Young (Blue Rider, October). (So far this year: When I Left Home by Buddy Guy, My Cross to Bear by Gregg Allman, Bruce Springsteen and the Promise of Rock 'n' Roll and, in July, The Man Who Sold the World: David Bowie and the 1970s.) Here are some good bets for the fall-reserve your copies now. One that's picking up: books about musicians of a certain age. It's an exhausting yet exhilarating overload of new and upcoming titles, a place where you can often spot trends.

I was in New York last week for the annual BookExpo America publishing extravaganza.

The End of the World as We Know It by Robert Goolrick