Meet the Author Series

Her work has appeared in Ohio Magazine, Sesame Street Parents, The Plain Dealer,News-Herald,and others. She is a regular contributor to Northern Ohio Live, and Lake Erie Living magazines, and contributed to the 2007 compilation, The American Midwest. Her first book, Rock ‘n’ Roll and the Cleveland Connection (Kent State University Press, 2002), was a finalist for the 2003 Ohio and Book Award for nonfiction, and for the ARSC Award (Association of Recorded Sound Collections) for excellence in research. In addition to being a longtime freelance writer, she conducts presentations at writers’ workshops, and coordinates writers’ conferences, local writer Deanna Adams reflects on topics in which most baby boomers can relate—Catholic or otherwise.

The title comes from one of the vignettes in this collection of stories about growing up in Northeast Ohio, and although being Catholic is the thread that runs throughout the book, these coming-of-age stories are about family, relationships, and the legacies that are passed down from one generation to the next. Baby boomers will best relate to these stories. Those who cut their teeth on the Mickey Mouse Club. Whose first love was a Beatle, or a Supreme, or a Temptation? Who battled blemishes, while others braved the Vietnam War? Then finding themselves part of the dreaded “Establishment,” while raising children and watching parents grow old. Several of these stories were previously published in various forms in local and regional newspapers and magazines. Some are humorous, others poignant, but all will ultimately leave the reader reflecting on his or her own life memories—while demonstrating that boomers can indeed grow old with a sense of grace, wisdom, and humor.

In her new book, Confessions of a Not-So-Good Catholic Girl

Price and Availability
Confessions of a Not-so-Good Catholic Girl ($19.99/softcover/371 pages/50 black-and-white photographs) is available at Northeast Ohio book stores, and online from Amazon.com., Borders.com, Barnes and Noble.com, Infinity Publishing and Buybooksontheweb.com or see Deanna’s website at www.deannaadams.com