June 25, 2024: Don Wilding, Historic Storms of Cape Cod
Cape Cod has always been in the path of deadly hurricanes and ferocious storms. Unwelcome summer visitors include the “Long Island Express” Hurricane of 1938, the Great Atlantic Hurricane of 1944, the twin Hurricanes Carol and Edna in 1954, and Hurricane Bob in 1991. These storms destroyed countless homes and left several coastal communities under several feet of water. Surging tides carried away houses and sank the Coast Guard lightship Vineyard in Buzzards Bay, killing all 12 crew members. Fall and winter brought the benchmark Blizzard of 1978, the nor’easter of January 1987, and the infamous “Perfect Storm” of October 1991. Don Wilding revisits the Cape’s most severe weather events and their devastating impacts.
July 2, 2024: Joseph C. Salvo, I Wiggled My Toes…Hallelujah!
Author Joseph C. Salvo writes, “Within two weeks I visited three different doctors, had four MRIs, was diagnosed with a meningioma tumor, and endured twelve hours of very delicate brain surgery. Post-surgery, an unexpected turn of events occurred. When I left the rehabilitation facility, the entire medical staff referred to me as being a “miracle” and encouraged me to write a book. They felt that my journey would give hope to others who had dealt with, or were presently dealing with, a life-changing experience. I encountered many coincidences during my journey that re-affirmed that God had indeed interceded on my behalf during the entire process.”
July 9, 2024: Linda Williams, Orient Express: Molly Elisabeth Turns Thirteen in Europe
When Molly learns her grandparents are taking her to Europe for her thirteenth birthday, to travel on the world-famous Orient Express through Italy, Austria, and France, her life takes a dramatic turn into excitement. While aboard the Orient Express, Molly save a man’s life and meets a handsome, 16-year-old Parisian, who opens her first door into romance. While in Vienna, Molly discovers a family secret her mother has kept from her. Her journey ends in England after traveling under the English Channel through the chunnel. She stays at the Goring Hotel beside Buckingham Palace, where the wedding party for Prince William and Kate Middleton arrived there the night before the wedding. Now she was standing in the same place!
July 16, 2024: Tamsen Evans George, Revolutionary Murder: A Dr. Eustis Mystery
What happens when a corpse appears on the side of the road to West Point and just outside the path to an all-female community? General Arnold calls for Dr. Eustis! It is 1780 and the Continental Army led by General George Washington is focused on holding back the British advance. Dr. William Eustis is tasked by General Benedict Arnold with identifying the corpse. Assistance and advice come from his friends, Dr. Sam Adams, Jr. and Aaron Burr. Another death might be a second murder. Are they connected? Complications arrive with spies, counterfeiters, and smugglers.
July 23, 2024: Bethany Eisenberg, Singing Beach Day
Singing Beach Day is a fun and colorful rhyming children’s book that celebrates diverse families and brings life to the magic that happens at Singing Beach in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts and also explains how the beach got its name. The book is produced by the Guatemala Aid Fund, with 100 percent of the profits supporting education and indigenous land and culture protection in Guatemala.
July 30, 2024, Joanne Carota, The Docks
Kate Finn grew up on the South Boston docks, idolizing her fisherman father, Seamus Finn, and his friends. Now she’s a marine biologist working for the FDA who still spends as much time as she can on the docks near this salty crew. That is, until one misty morning when she discovered her father’s best friend, Sammy, dead there. All signs point toward Seamus, and he is arrested and accused of the murder. At the bail hearing, Kate learns a family secret–her father killed a man in self-defense when her mother was pregnant with Kate. Acquitted then, this time he’s sent to prison to await trial. Kate vows to clear his name.
August 6, 2024: Wendy Borstein, Coffee Connection: Finding Common Ground through My Daily Brew
Part memoir, part coming-of-age tale, and part reflection on changes in networking norms over 40-plus years of adulthood, this warm and engaging narrative by first-time author Wendy Bornstein shares the history of her love affair with coffee.
Coffee is the common thread that runs through Wendy’s personal development from about age nine through decades of change, including work, marriage, children, and the pandemic that resulted in the most consequential challenges of most baby boomers’ lifetimes.
August 13, 2024: Mark Epstein, Jack “The Shot” Foley: A Legend for All Time
Mark “Pathfinder” Epstein shares the inside story of college basketball icon Jack “The Shot” Foley and remembers a cherished time in Central Massachusetts sports history. The book charts Foley’s inspiring life and career, from his early years as a budding nature lover to his legendary high school and college basketball days and his later years as an educator. Epstein also celebrates the old-fashioned sports traditions in Foley’s hometown in Central Massachusetts, and came to represent a golden age of college basketball.
August 20, 2024: Mark Chester, Roadshow Anthropolgy
This collection of engaging black-and-white photographs captures America from the driver’s seat. Offering fresh perspectives on the United States’ iconic highways, byways, back roads, and small-town main streets, Mark Chester puts America’s unique spirit of innovation on full display. With humor and pathos, Roadshow Anthropology explores high and low culture and the worlds of commerce, architecture, design, advertising, and fashion.
August 27, 2024: Rain Date
We’re keeping this date open in case any of the earlier ArtMarket dates are rained out.