Bright Lights of Summer by Lynn Ames
It's March, 1941. Captain America appears in a comic book for the very first time. New York City receives 18.1 inches of snow, its 3rd largest snowfall in history. In Holland, the Nazi occupiers forbid Jews to own businesses. In Poland, Heinrich Himmler inspects Auschwitz. World War I is raging in Europe, but America has yet to enter the fray. And in Phoenix, Arizona, a 16-year-old scrap of a girl named Theodora Dizzy Hosler, takes the field to try out for the World Champion P.B.S.W. Ramblers softball team. Set against the backdrop of perhaps the most dramatic time in US history, comes the story of Diz and Frannie, two women fueled by an unquenchable passion for the game of softball and feelings for each other that go far beyond the bounds of friendship. Will their love for the game bring them closer together or tear them apart?Lynn Ames is the author of the best-selling novels The Price of Fame, The Cost of Commitment, The Value of Valor, One Love, Heartsong, Eyes on the Stars, Beyond Instinct, Above Reproach, All That Lies Within, Bright Lights of Summer, Final Cut, Great Bones, and one of the five authors of the collection Outsiders. She's also the writer, director, and producer of Extra Innings: The True Story Behind the Summer's Brilliant Lights, a groundbreaking documentary. This historically significant documentary tells the true tale of Hall-of-Famer Dot Wilkinson and the golden age of women's softball for the first time in her own words. Lynn's fiction has won numerous awards and accolades, including five Goldie awards, the prestigious Ann Bannon Popular Fiction Award (for All That Lies Within), and the Arizona Novel Award for Best Gay/Lesbian Book. Lynn has been a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award (Lammy) twice and has won the Rainbow Award for Lesbian Romance once.
In addition, All That Lies Inside was named one of the top 10 lesbian books of the year. Phoenix Rising Press (www.phoenixrisingpress.com) was founded by Ames. She was also the press secretary for the minority leader of the New York state Senate and spokeswoman for the country's third-largest prison system. She was a multi-award-winning broadcast journalist for more than a decade.
She is a nationally recognized speaker and public relations professional with a special expertise in image, crisis communications planning, and crisis management. She was the editor of a critically acclaimed national magazine and a nationally recognized speaker and public relations professional with a particular expertise in image, crisis communications planning, and crisis management. Visit her website at www.lynnames.com for more information, or e-mail her at lynnames@lynnames.com.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781936429103 |
| ISBN 10 | 1936429101 |
| Title | Bright Lights of Summer |
| Author | Lynn Ames |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Phoenix Rising Press |
| Year published | 2014-11-12 |
| Number of pages | 286 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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