New England Books and Authors

233 pages; Published by Triumph Books ©2019 “If These Walls Could Talk” by Jerry Remy and Nick Cafardo is an all-encompassing look at the professional and personal life of Remy, a former second baseman for the Boston Red Sox and California Angels who went on to be a color analyst for the Red Sox games on television. It covers his career as a player and a broadcaster and gives you a behind-the-scenes look at his life outside of baseball, including how he met his wife, Phoebe, and what a major league baseball player does during the offseason. Professionally speaking, Remy talks about the different play-by-play announcers he worked with during his 33 years in the broadcast booth and how his time as a player helped him as a television analyst, especially when it came to talking to the players. “ITWCT” follows Remy’s life from a player to a color commentator to being a cancer patient. Every chapter of the book takes you through a different chapter in Remy’s life. Remy talks about his strug...

263 pages; Published by Jean M. Roberts © 2018 I narrated the audiobook version of this work, so I get paid if you purchase it. Tales of arriving in a new land are numerous. History books tell students of all ages about people who left everything behind in order to make a better life for themselves and their family. The dangers they encountered were both exciting and harrowing. For people like Hugh Parsons, the dangers came from the wild of an untamed land and the very community he lived in. "Weave a Web of Witchcraft" by Jean M. Roberts details the struggles of a man who is forced to learn a trade despite wanting to farm and live off the land. After learning his trade, Parsons travels to the New World in hopes of better opportunities, only to find himself accused of witchcraft by his own family. Roberts' book begins in the 1630's. Parsons is working on his family's farm when his father informs him an apprenticeship has been arranged with a local brickmaker. Despi...

416 pages; Published by Simon & Schuster ©2014 Anyone who knows guitars knows Joe Perry . The slender, string-bending virtuoso who was born and raised in Massachusetts has stories to tell from his life on the road, in the studio and all the places in between. It's a safe bet to say the number of stories equals the number of songs written in and out of Aerosmith, his best known sample of work. Perry teamed up with writer David Ritz to write "Rocks: My Life in and out of Aerosmith". Perry's effort gives him a chance to tell his side of things alone, unlike 1997's "Walk this Way" which told of the band's history with input from all of the band's original members. The book's title takes its name from Aerosmith's fourth studio release, considered by many to be one of the best offerings from their catalogue, if not the best. Perry begins his tale in New Hampshire where a story takes the reader into the water. It's an episode he barely...