THE WRITERS LOUNGE PRESENTS: JAY SOUPENE

Join host Tom Riddell as he welcomes author Jay Soupene to The Writers Lounge. Sit back and relax as Jay discusses what it's like to be a writer and he will also talk to us about his book: Wapsipinicon Summer.

Andy Crawford returns to his hometown of Anamosa, Iowa after learning of the death of his dad and it's then and there that his memories of the summer of 1966 consume him. With visions of fishing with his uncle on the river, to times spent with his father, he sees things a little differently than he did as a child and he comes to grips with how the Viet Nam War changed his life and how it impacted the people in his hometown and in America as a whole. Billy West, a well-known and admired high school athlete and graduate, returns to Anamosa after a tour in Viet Nam. Suffering from PTSD, he has changed, and he struggles to regain the normalcy of small-town life as well as pursuing the love of his life, Anna. While trying his best to regain the life he remembers, there are others in the community who look down on Billy and work to make his life miserable. One of those people is Joe Matsell, a bar owner, who is hell bent on taking revenge on Billy after the two had a run in with each other. Hatred and love collide in this love story between Billy and Anna and the people of Anamosa are changed forever by events that happened a world away- a war that changed and molded America.

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