Tragic, Yet Funny Coming of Age Tale: Rolling with the Punches, Published by Outskirts Press
Owensboro, KY, May 13, 2010 --(PR.com)-- Jamie Kerrick announced today the release of Rolling with the Punches, published by Outskirts Press. The veteran producer, director, star and creator of some seventy-five shows labels his new work of fiction a “dramedy” because the decades long coming of age story of his protagonist Joey Douglas is both so funny and so tragic.
Joey Douglas’ dad always told him that when things got rough, Joey would have to learn to roll with the punches because life always had a way of throwing punches at one. It turned out Joey was a slow learner. He also had more punches thrown at him than most men do.
To start with, young Joey knew he was different because of his sexual feelings toward other men. Living in a small Kentucky town made those feelings worse because in a small Kentucky town there were three things a man should not be: gay, alone or alcoholic. Joey ended up being all three.
Readers will find themselves rooting for Joey as he grows up, escapes from his Kentucky roots to go do summer stock in Virginia, and then travels on to study in Europe, New York and California before finally returning home.
Along the way he latches on to alcohol in a futile attempt to find an answer to his problems, but it is not until twenty-one years later that he finds Alcoholics Anonymous and a new way of life. Life still continued to throw punches at Joey, but now he had become aware of how to handle them. He had finally learned the lesson his dad had tried to teach him as a boy.
Rolling with the Punches is available on-line in paperback through Amazon and Barnes and Noble and at www.outskirtspress.com/buybooks for a maximum trade discount in quantities of ten or more.
ISBN: 978-1-4327-5447-1 Format: 6 x 9 paperback SRP: $14.95
Genre: Fiction/coming of age/self help/abuse
About the author:
Jamie Kerrick began formal dance training at an early age and continued with it throughout high school. He studied at the American Music and Dramatic Academy in New York and at the American Academy of the Arts in California. He has studied in Europe, as well, and has been the producer, director, star and creator of some seventy-five shows for which he wrote all of the sketches and mapped out each production like a play. Jamie has had his own dance studio and has taught at Johnson’s Dance Studio, the Theater Workshop of Owensboro and Brescia University, where he also majored in and received a B.A. in English.
For more information or to contact the author, visit www.outskirtspress.com/rollingwiththepunches.
About Outskirts Press, Inc,: Outskirts Press, Inc. offers full-service, custom self-publishing and book marketing services for authors seeking a cost-effective, fast, and flexible way to publish and distribute their books worldwide while retaining all their rights and full creative control. Available for authors globally at www.outskirtspress.com and located on the outskirts of Denver, Colorado, Outskirts Press represents the future of book publishing, today.
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http://outskirtspress.com 1-888-OP-BOOKS
Joey Douglas’ dad always told him that when things got rough, Joey would have to learn to roll with the punches because life always had a way of throwing punches at one. It turned out Joey was a slow learner. He also had more punches thrown at him than most men do.
To start with, young Joey knew he was different because of his sexual feelings toward other men. Living in a small Kentucky town made those feelings worse because in a small Kentucky town there were three things a man should not be: gay, alone or alcoholic. Joey ended up being all three.
Readers will find themselves rooting for Joey as he grows up, escapes from his Kentucky roots to go do summer stock in Virginia, and then travels on to study in Europe, New York and California before finally returning home.
Along the way he latches on to alcohol in a futile attempt to find an answer to his problems, but it is not until twenty-one years later that he finds Alcoholics Anonymous and a new way of life. Life still continued to throw punches at Joey, but now he had become aware of how to handle them. He had finally learned the lesson his dad had tried to teach him as a boy.
Rolling with the Punches is available on-line in paperback through Amazon and Barnes and Noble and at www.outskirtspress.com/buybooks for a maximum trade discount in quantities of ten or more.
ISBN: 978-1-4327-5447-1 Format: 6 x 9 paperback SRP: $14.95
Genre: Fiction/coming of age/self help/abuse
About the author:
Jamie Kerrick began formal dance training at an early age and continued with it throughout high school. He studied at the American Music and Dramatic Academy in New York and at the American Academy of the Arts in California. He has studied in Europe, as well, and has been the producer, director, star and creator of some seventy-five shows for which he wrote all of the sketches and mapped out each production like a play. Jamie has had his own dance studio and has taught at Johnson’s Dance Studio, the Theater Workshop of Owensboro and Brescia University, where he also majored in and received a B.A. in English.
For more information or to contact the author, visit www.outskirtspress.com/rollingwiththepunches.
About Outskirts Press, Inc,: Outskirts Press, Inc. offers full-service, custom self-publishing and book marketing services for authors seeking a cost-effective, fast, and flexible way to publish and distribute their books worldwide while retaining all their rights and full creative control. Available for authors globally at www.outskirtspress.com and located on the outskirts of Denver, Colorado, Outskirts Press represents the future of book publishing, today.
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Outskirts Press, Inc., 10940 S. Parker Rd. - 515, Parker, Colorado 80134
http://outskirtspress.com 1-888-OP-BOOKS
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