[NEohioPAL] Press Release: New Book by Deanna Adams

[DeeNCR at aol.com]

NEW  BOOK BY CLEVELAND ROCK ’N’ ROLL AUTHOR 
Peggy Sue Got Pregnant: A Rock ’n Roll Love  Story  is a debut novel by 
Deanna R. Adams 
**Release Date June 19, 2013                    
Contact: Deanna Adams 
Email:  DeeNCR at aol.com 
About  the Novel 
A  story of love and loss, heartbreak and deceit, and the price one pays 
for  keeping secrets. 
Set  in the era between Buddy Holly and Joan Jett, this “rock ’n’ romance”
 suspense  novel tells the story of an ill-fated love affair between a 
Southern boy  and Midwestern girl, and a long-held secret that threatens the 
legacy of a  beloved music icon and future of his rock-star daughter.  
After  one reckless night with the boy she loves, sixteen-year-old Peggy 
Sue Lawrence’s  life changes forever. It is 1957. “Nice” girls don’t have 
sex before marriage,  and if they do and it leads to pregnancy, they are 
whisked out of town. In Peggy  Sue’s case, she’s put on a bus in Hereford, 
Texas, headed for Cleveland, knowing  she’ll probably never see her musician 
boyfriend, Frankie London, again. She  gives birth to a daughter, Charlee, and 
hands the baby over to an aunt and  uncle, who adopt her with the agreement 
that the truth never be  revealed. 
But  it’s too late. Someone knows. And that person will haunt Peggy Sue for 
 years—until a teenaged Charlee forms an all-girl rock band and produces a 
hit  record. Soon Peggy Sue is confronted  with the realization that 
sometimes keeping secrets is worse than the secret  itself.  
About  the Author 
Deanna R. Adams is a  longtime writer, speaker, instructor, award-winning 
essayist and author of three  nonfiction books. Deanna loves Cleveland and 
rock ’n’ roll, and each one of her  books reflect that passion and history. 
Her debut novel, Peggy Sue Got Pregnant: A Rock 'n' Roll  Love Story, to be 
released June 19,  2013, upholds that tradition.  
Her  first book, Rock ’n’ Roll and the  Cleveland Connection (Kent State 
University Press, 2002), was named a  finalist for the Ohioana Award for 
nonfiction, and the ARSC Award (Association  for Recorded Sound Collections) for 
excellence in research. Other books are Confessions of a Not-So-Good 
Catholic Girl (Infinity Publishing,  2008) and Cleveland’s Rock and Roll  Roots 
(Arcadia Publishing, 2010). She  contributed  an article on the Rock and Roll 
Hall of Fame and Museum for the 2007 Encyclopedia  of the Midwest.  
Deanna  is also an event coordinator at Lakeland Community College, and 
instructor for  the Cuyahoga County Libraries Writers’ LIT Program. She is 
coordinator of the Western Reserve Writers’ Conference and  director/founder of 
the Women Writers’  Winter Retreat. Her website is _www.deannaadams.com_ 
(http://www.deannaadams.com/) .  She lives in Northeast Ohio with  her family, 
and of course, is  a big advocate of all things rock ’n’ roll. 
 
Price  and Availability
Peggy  Sue Got Pregnant: A Rock ’n’ Roll Love Story 
Author:  Deanna R. Adams 
Price:  $4.99/ebook 
$15.99/paperback book 
Available  June 19 from Soul Mate Publishing, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and 
independent  books sellers   
For  more information, see: _www.SoulMatePublishing.com_ 
(http://www.soulmatepublishing.com/)  
*Upcoming  Events 
Loganberry  Books: Author Alley, Saturday, July 6, 2013, 12 noon – 4  p.m. 
13015  Larchmere Blvd. 
Shaker  Heights, OH 44120 
Phone:  216-795-9800 
_www.loganberrybooks.com_ (http://www.loganberrybooks.com/)  
MacsBacks:  Thursday, July 25, 2013 at 7 p.m.   
1820  Coventry Rd. 
Cleveland  Heights, Ohio  44118 
Phone:  216-321-2665 
_www.macsbacks.com_ (http://www.macsbacks.com/)  
Visible  Voice Books: Friday, August 9, 2013 
1023  Kenilworth 
Cleveland,  OH 44113 
Phone:  216-961-0084 
_www.visiblevoicebooks.com_ (http://www.visiblevoicebooks.com
/)  
Beachwood  Library: Wednesday, August 14th, 2013 
25501  Shaker Blvd. 
Beachwood,  OH 44122 
Phone:  216-831-6868 
_www.cuyahogalibrary.org/Branches/Beachwood-Branch.aspx_ 
(http://www.cuyahogalibrary.org/Branches/Beachwood-Branch.aspx)  
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