Title: Humor, charm, nostalgia, beautiful writing at heart of book
Product review: Jack Perry's book of memoirs, "Clarion Chronicles", is a treasure. It's a warm-hearted, often poignant, and funny look at a vanished, crucial age in America, when the Depression made for a powerful, bittersweet backdrop to childhood and coming of age in the heartland. Perry, an Iowa-born playwright who turned to writing essays and short stories during his later years, has a natural ear for dialogue, and a wonderful gift for language and the art of storytelling. I read these pieces when they were first published in the author's local newpaper, the Daily Hampshire Gazette in Northampton, Mass., and someone finally had the good sense to compile and collect these gem-like stories in one place. Terrific photos of the artist as a young man, and of small-town life in the '20's and '30's, as well. Highly recommended reading.
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