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Garine B. Isassi

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Garinè is an award winning author and singer/songwriter who grew up with one foot in Texas and the other in New Jersey. A graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, she is a lover of music, chocolate, and altruistic sarcasm. She currently lives in Maryland, where she works full time in marketing communications, is the Workshops Chair for the Gaithersburg Book Festival, writes when everyone else is asleep, and lives with her husband, three kids, a cat, a dog, and a gecko. It’s the gecko that sent her over the edge.

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Start with the Backbeat: A Musical Novel

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Praise for START WITH THE BACKBEAT

Booklist: “How we hold on to our authentic selves in the face of change is the reverberating question behind Isassi’s witty and knowing first novel."

Anthony DeCurtis, Contributing Editor, Rolling Stone magazine: “Start with the Backbeat is the touching story of one idealistic young woman's journey into the music industry when it was at its multiplatinum peak. Holding onto those ideals is a challe Read more of this blog post »

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