{"id":1363,"date":"2018-12-31T16:53:22","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T16:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=1363"},"modified":"2018-12-31T16:53:22","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T16:53:22","slug":"glenn-dromgooles-texas-reads-column-appears-weekly-at-lonestarliterary-com-97","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=1363","title":{"rendered":"Glenn Dromgoole’s Texas Reads column appears weekly at LoneStarLiterary.com"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/span><\/span>Texas Reads<\/span>>> archive<\/span><\/a><\/span>Glenn Dromgoole<\/span><\/h1>\n

7.1.2018\u00a0 Houston author\u2019s novel a good summer read<\/h1>\n

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<\/a><\/span><\/span>If you\u2019re looking for a good book to read this summer, <\/span>let me recommend How to Walk Away,<\/span><\/a><\/span> the sixth novel by Houston author Katherine Center<\/span> (St. Martin\u2019s Press, $26.99 hardcover).<\/p>\n

Margaret had earned her MBA and landed a great job. She felt \u2014 she knew \u2014 that her dreamy next-door boyfriend Chip was about to propose \u2014 on Valentine\u2019s night. The future looked bright and happy. Suddenly, she finds her whole world in chaos, fighting for her life, her body and spirit broken, her future \u2014 with Chip, with anyone<\/span> \u2014 bleak.<\/p>\n

When older sister Kitty, who had mysteriously run away three years ago and has had nothing to do with the family since, shows up at the hospital, Margaret doesn\u2019t even want to speak to her. But Kitty\u2019s weirdness and determination eventually begin to have a healing effect, both on Margaret\u2019s health and the family\u2019s brokenness.<\/p>\n

As Margaret \u2014 or \u201cMaggie\u201d to her hard-nosed physical therapist, Ian \u2014 looks ahead, eventually she finds inspiration in this: \u201cWhen you don\u2019t know what to do for yourself, do something for someone else.\u201d<\/p>\n

How to Walk Away has received glowing reviews from advance readers, one of whom predicted it will be \u201cthe summer\u2019s biggest hit.\u201d Another called it \u201ca beautiful and strong survival novel for the soul.\u201d If you read it, you\u2019ll probably find yourself looking up Center\u2019s other novels: The Bright Side of Disaster, Everyone Is Beautiful, Get Lucky, The Lost Husband<\/span>, and Happiness for Beginners.<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/a><\/span><\/span>More on the Astros:<\/span> Brian T. Smith, <\/span>a sports columnist for the Houston Chronicle, <\/span>has produced a book about the Houston Astros winning the World Series last year \u2014 Liftoff! The Tank, the Storm, and the Astros\u2019 Improbable Ascent to Baseball Immortality<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Triumph Books, $25.95 hardcover).<\/p>\n

A few weeks ago I told you about Joe Holley\u2019s<\/span> account, Hurricane Season,<\/span><\/a><\/span> that focused on how the Astros helped lift the city of Houston\u2019s spirits after Hurricane Harvey.<\/p>\n

Smith\u2019s book deals mostly with the baseball side of the story \u2014 and what a story it was! Houston lost 111 games in 2013 and won 101 \u2014 and the World Series \u2014 four years later. \u201cThey built a team that won your hearts, honored a recovering city, and will last as long as baseball does,\u201d Smith writes. \u201cThe once horrible, then amazing, Houston Astros.\u201d<\/p>\n

Liftoff!<\/span> includes 27 color photos, with American League MVP Jose Altuve featured on the cover.<\/p>\n

George \u201cMachine Gun\u201d Kelly:<\/span> The Complete Story of His Life, Crimes & Death<\/span> is the result of 35 years of research by Texas author Bart Largent.<\/span> The notorious outlaw died 85 years ago, in 1933. At the back of the 440-page book, Largent lists numerous specific Fort Worth and Texas locations that figure into Kelly\u2019s story, as well as others from around the country. The book is available online for $24.95 paperback ($5.95 Kindle).<\/p>\n

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Glenn Dromgoole<\/span> writes about Texas books and authors. Contact him at g.dromgoole@suddenlink.net.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

>> Read his past Texas Reads columns in Lone Star Literary Life here.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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