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Ronald Anthony lives in southern Connecticut with his wife and three children. He is currently completing his second novel, Crossing the Bridge.
The Forever Year
Do you believe that love can last forever? Jesse Sienna doesn't. His own parents' marriage was caring, but passionless, and his own romantic history tells him that love burns brightest before fizzling out completely. So when his elderly father, Mickey, moves in with him and seems unable to understand Jesse's no-strings-attached relationship with his current girlfriend, Jesse barely pays attention. It's just another example of how different they are-and more evidence that he and his father will never connect on any meaningful level. But the truth is, Mickey Sienna knows more about love than most people learn in a lifetime. More than half a century ago, he found the truest love that life can offer. He knows the endless rewards of investing your heart and soul in someone . . . and he knows the devastating costs of letting that perfect someone slip by. When Mickey sees Jesse taking an extraordinary woman for granted, he decides it's time to tell Jesse his story-a story he's never shared with any of his children before. Over the course of the next few months, Mickey explains his most private and fulfilling moments to his youngest son . . . and forever changes Jesse's perception of love and the possibilities of a lasting relationship.
Ronald Anthony's Summer Reading List
Shutter Island
by Dennis Lehane
It was obvious from A Drink before the War that this guy was a rare talent. I regard his most recent novel, Mystic River, as the Gold Standard of contemporary suspense. If Shutter Island is even close to that, we should all consider ourselves very lucky.
Ilium
by Dan Simmons
I’ve been a fan of Simmons since I read his first published story in the old Twilight Zone magazine. Science fiction doesn’t get any more eloquent or mind-blowing than the way he writes it. I’m really looking forward to seeing how he reinterprets The Iliad.
Villa Incognito
by Tim Robbins
This one is a little slimmer than most of his, but I’m sure the laugh-out-loud/profundity/sheer-wacko-observation quotient will still be very, very high.
The Perfect Summer
by Luanne Rice
I love the way she writes about relationships and does so with such warmth and humanity.
All He Ever Wanted
by Anita Shreve
Shreve has this incredible ability to make the mundane mysterious. She has such a deft touch with characters and atmosphere and her sentences are eloquent and resonant.
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