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The Book of Brad

For fans of the Netflix comedy, "Nobody Wants This," Indie Reader calls it "an insightful commentary on the nature of modern, blended families and religious identity…THE BOOK OF BRAD is a funny, engaging and confidently written book that develops into a warm and touching tribute to family values."

The Worst Year of Their Lives; a coming of age story about the power of friendship.

From the Kirkus review: “Bauer’s comedic coming-of-age novel follows a high school friendship as it is tested in surprising ways. Bauer dances deftly between real, big issues of the time (AIDS, nuclear war) and smaller stakes (which can still be shockingly explosive). Several surprising twists lead to hilarious or heartfelt confrontations…The story works best when focused on Georgia’s tender, but still very funny, forays into gay life and Dani’s whip-smart inner monologue.” KIRKUS verdict: Buy It!

Vivian's Music, 1969

Inspired by these real events: in 1969, in a segregated city in the American Midwest bursting with racial tension, a 14 year old black girl named Vivian was shot by a white cop, igniting one of the worst race riots in American history. No one knew anything about her, just her name, her age, and how she died. This fantasia for two actors gives Vivian a life, a family, a love of music, and a reason to live; the jazz legend who’s back in the neighborhood might be her real father. Can they find each other, before the city explodes? A bubbly 14 year old bundle of energy named Vivian, the mysterious jazz legend Luigi Wells, and the racial tensions of a segregated American city in 1969 combine in this fantasia on, race, music, and family, before the riot comes.