ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., April 28, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In a time without laptop computers, video games or cell phones, in a place which someday would become the most affluent county in the country, a rambunctious 10-year-old boy embarks upon a kaleidoscopic journey of true life adventures. Follow author J Hallick in From Here To Maturity, an engaging book which bares the exciting memoirs of a testosterone-filled youth growing up in Orange County, California, in the '50s.
Join him across an action-packed decade from puberty, adolescence, to adulthood as he learns about life, love, and the pursuit of happiness - with some trouble thrown in for good measure. In the sun, surf, and snow of Southern California he rides the waves, drag races, makes love with a snow bunny, goes to jail, explores "TJ" Mexico, discovers the dark side of life with his best friend, and falls in love with the most beautiful girl he's ever met. These are the best of times in the best of places - "The OC."
J Hallick takes you on a nostalgic journey through a wonderful time and place valued by many and experienced by a lucky few. Others have had some of his adventures and dreamed about the rest; he has had them all. For more information on this book, log on to www.Xlibris.com.
About the Author
Born in Pennsylvania during the depths of the Great Depression to a professional Army man and his wife, J Hallick and his parents settled in Orange County just as that bucolic area between Los Angeles and San Diego began a tumultuous transition from sleepy little towns to one of the nation's most vital and prosperous metroplexes. The father of three daughters moved to New Mexico after a successful insurance sales career. From a youth of driving fast cars and pursuing fast girls he has progressed to enjoying science, mountain climbing, hiking, and creative writing. From Here To Maturity is his first published work.
From Here To Maturity * by J Hallick
A boy's memoirs of growing up in Orange County, California
Publication Date: January 28, 2009
Trade Paperback; $19.99; 244 pages; 978-1-4363-9742-1
Cloth Hardback; $29.99; 244 pages; 978-1-4363-9743-8
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