Reunion

<p><i>Reunion</i> begins and ends with the 45th reunion of the 1960 class of Princeton West Virginia. Set in a small town on the southern edge of the state it deals with usual themes of coming-of-age and high school as well as the once-in-a-lifetime experience of desegregation and its impact on a group of friends. In addition the debut novel written in the first person in an engaging style probes the relationship or lack of it between an emotionally-distant father and his son who much later in life begins to understand what it means to grow up as the adult child of an alcoholic.</p> <p>The characters are rich and varied with the very essence of Americana: high school football and social interactions on multiple levels; the music of the 50���s; the thrill of short-wave ham radio; a unique peer group including an emerging high school rock band; and of course the family of origin a complex mix of stately Virginians and more informal Kentuckians.</p>