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"The Memory Songbook began as a novel about youth, first love and music — and then became a story about the battle of holding onto youth as we age.”
— Midwest Book Review contributor Shirley Priscilla Johnson
At 17 … Frank didn’t think he had a past.
Then he found himself chasing his forgetful, wandering grandfather into the 1950s, the 1940s and as far back as the days of gas lamps and folksinger Leadbelly. It was then, confronted with poignant family revelations and one great song, that young Frank began to realize who he really was.
At 50 … Frank doesn’t believe he has a future.
Then, on the verge of restoring his singer-songwriter career, he is called home to assist his aging mother who suffers from memory loss and other ailments. Like many baby boomers, he wants to be there for his parent … and yet feels helpless.
But while cleaning, he discovers a manuscript he wrote after one mind-bending day in the Summer of Love. It was the day he discovered the powerful music-memory connection: songs have the power to bring back the memories and feelings that have shaped the best moments of our lives.
Desperate to reach his mother before she slips away … and yearning for the awe music once inspired in him … Frank works through his own personal songbook in search of who he was — and who he still might become.
The Memory Songbook shifts between the winter and summer of singer-songwriter Frank Gosnell’s life. It is what Midwest Book Review contributor Shirley Priscilla Johnson calls “… a cry from one generation to another …”
This pop-culture fiction is suitable for adult and Young Adult readers. It blends first love, Classic Rock, and poignant family revelations with … magic realism … guitar gods … Woodstock … and war.
"This work definitely brings to light the raw emotions that young people are feeling towards the elderly in their lives, and what the elderly are experiencing by great number. The story brings out the deep hidden emotions of both ages and splashes it before your eyes.”
— Midwest Book Review contributor Shirley Priscilla Johnson
Are you a baby boomer assisting a parent or senior citizen who suffers from memory loss?
Music boosts memory.
Are you a musician and songwriter who recognizes that great songs create indelible moments?
The first memory of music shapes minds and hearts.
Do you ever daydream about your first true love … and wonder?
The Memory Songbook is about the strong music-memory connection. One aspect of the story revolves around singer-songwriter Frank Gosnell’s attempt to connect and restore what dementia and Alzheimers Disease so often destroy.
“When you are 17 you can’t imagine being 50. When you are 50, you’re lucky to remember what it truly felt like to be 17.”
— Douglas Glenn Clark
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Are you a fan of Pete Townshend, The Who, Eric Capton, The Beatles, Leadbelly, Janis Ian, “At Seventeen,” marching bands, Detroit supper clubs and entertainment, AARP, young adult fiction, contemporary fiction, love songs, Classic Rock Fiction ?
Then welcome to The Memory Songbook.
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