All Ears

From Amazon.com: "For a decade, Tom Rivers wrote a column for The Daily News in Batavia, chronicling life in Albion and neighboring small towns in Western New York. In this collection of his columns, he touches on a variety of topics, including Wal-Mart and the chain store invasion, the consolidation of the Catholic churches, and his son's thrilling victory in the Pinewood Derby. Tom Rivers has won several writing awards, including honors from the Associated Press and New York State Agricultural Society. He also wrote Farm Hands: Hard Work and Hard Lessons from Western New York Fields, a book based on his experiences laboring alongside migrant farm workers."