Escaping Innocence: A Story Of Awakening

Anyone who’s old enough to remember the Age of Aquarius, drive-in movies, and only three TV networks should appreciate - no, make that “dig” - Escaping Innocence: A Story of Awakening. Peace. David Justin, an Italian-Catholic, height-challenged youth, desperately trying to escape the bonds of sexual repression and adolescent innocence that hold him captive—in the ‘60s.The journey of enlightenment is both laugh-aloud funny and gut-wrenchingly emotional, as David discovers that coming-of-age is more than just a five-minute roll in the hay culminating in a thirty-second celebratory shower. The book is filled with universal characters and rip-roaring adventures, including a hilarious spring break trip to Key West, Florida, involving a gay artist, goats, fleas, and…well, you get the picture.

Joe Perrone Jr is an author whose diverse background includes time spent as a sportswriter for a prominent New Jersey newspaper, the Passaic-Clifton Herald News, and also as a freelance advertising copywriter.  In addition, he has had numerous short stories published in the Mid-Atlantic Fly Fishing Guide.  From 1989-1999, Joe was a professional fly fishing guide on the historic Beaverkill River, located in the beautiful Catskill Mountains of New York State.   The nearby town of Roscoe, dubbed Trout Town USA, serves as the setting for three of Joe's four Matt Davis mysteries: Opening Day (the first was As the Twig is Bent, published in early 2009) Twice Bitten, and now Broken Promises.