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Howard Reiss

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Contemporary Romance, Literature & Fiction, Historical Fiction

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an ordinary life is Howard’s twelfth novel.

Pyramid on the Hudson, Howard’s eleventh novel, takes place when a 170-year-old corpse turns up at the site of the new mall being built in Nyack, NY. The police chief’s lucid dreams take him back to Nyack in 1855. While he can’t stop the murder, he does try to find a way to stop the mall.

Starlight Shines Far, Howard’s tenth novel, is a story about healing . . . healing the Earth, as well as healing a broken heart.

The '60s Diary, Howard Reiss' ninth novel, will send you on a journey through time from Rose's first love to her time at Woodstock...from self-discovery and happiness to tragedy and rebirth.

Accidental Lives, Howard Reiss’ eighth novel, tells the story of two lives dramatically changed by an ordinary life is Howard’s twelfth novel.

Pyramid on the Hudson, Howard’s eleventh novel, takes place when a 170-year-old corpse turns up at the site of the new mall being built in Nyack, NY. The police chief’s lucid dreams take him back to Nyack in 1855. While he can’t stop the murder, he does try to find a way to stop the mall.

Starlight Shines Far, Howard’s tenth novel, is a story about healing . . . healing the Earth, as well as healing a broken heart.

The '60s Diary, Howard Reiss' ninth novel, will send you on a journey through time from Rose's first love to her time at Woodstock...from self-discovery and happiness to tragedy and rebirth.

Accidental Lives, Howard Reiss’ eighth novel, tells the story of two lives dramatically changed by coincidences of time and place.

A Lover’s Secret, Howard’s seventh novel. It was inspired by three very different thoughts . . . the mental illnesses that often went undiagnosed and untreated back in the middle of the twentieth century, especially among children . . . how time moved so slow when we were young and seems to speed up as we age . . . and how the internet (and Facebook) sometimes changes our relationship with the past. Readers’ Favorite calls this a “very engrossing” “unique romance.”

The Texture of Love, Howard’s sixth novel, was inspired by his love of Nabokov. On the 50th anniversary of Lolita, he decided to reverse the story and have a younger woman become obsessed with an older man.

The Old Drive-In, Howard’s fifth novel, is a nostalgic reflection on what could have been. If we can’t really go home again, can we discover something everlasting if we try? Readers' Favorite wishes they could give this book "more than 5 stars." IndieReader says this novel has "richly defined characters and weaves in themes of regret and nostalgia throughout this nuanced romance."

P Town, Howard’s fourth novel, was inspired by a lifetime of visits to Provincetown, a magical town at the tip of Cape Cod. The mix of people, the art, the street music, and the color make it a great place to hide in plain sight. P Town is a multiple award winner; winning the Silver Medal in the 2016 Readers’ Favorite Awards in the Contemporary Romance category, as well as the 2016 Los Angeles Book Festival in the Spiritual category. IndieReader says P Town is “beautifully written from beginning to end” and Readers’ Favorite calls it an “unforgettable read.”

The Laws of Attraction, Howard’s third novel is an insightful and quirky legal thriller about a courtroom battle over the estate of the elderly patriarch who leaves everything to his young wife who claims to be the reincarnate of his first wife. It leads to a rather unusual and somewhat comical trial to determine whether or not there is life after death. This novel is a Readers’ Favorite 5 star “guilty reading pleasure.”

Howard’s second novel, The Year of Soup was inspired by a dinner at a small restaurant in Northampton, Mass. when an old professorial looking gentlemen with a bottle of wine in a paper bag sat down at a table in the corner and was immediately joined by the young, female proprietor and chef. Although he couldn’t hear their conversation, he tried to imagine it, and their stories as well. This novel received the Silver Medal for Best Fiction in the North-East Region at the Independent Publisher Book Awards in 2013.

Howard’s first novel, A Family Institution, published in 2011, was based on a true incident involving the discovery of an aunt hidden from the family who spent most of her life in Pilgrim State Hospital. The main character’s quest for the truth about what happened takes him to Pilgrim State where he takes a job in the records department, learns a lot about how the mentally ill and, in particular, his aunt was treated in the 1950s, and in the process turns his life and family upside down. It’s a serious subject approached with a strong comic touch and has been a growing favorite of book clubs around t ...more

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Today is no ordinary day! "an ordinary life," Howard's 12th novel has arrived!

Don't miss out on Howard's 12th novel about this ordinary life!

Jeff has taught English for twenty years at the same high school he attended in the small town of Bali, located in the heart of the Adirondacks. His wife, who owns the local coffee shop, is a folk artist, and his daughter and son both attend high school.

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Average rating: 3.96 · 400 ratings · 100 reviews · 18 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Year of Soup 3.91 avg rating — 138 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Laws of Attraction 3.82 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 2014 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Old Drive-In 4.10 avg rating — 42 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	P Town 4.02 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Family Institution 3.95 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Texture of Love 4.07 avg rating — 30 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The '60s Diary 4.23 avg rating — 13 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	After Woodstock 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“It can’t be out of your way if you’re going nowhere.”
― Howard R. Reiss, The Old Drive-In

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“like a parent we all fear to anger, although it’s strange to feel it so much more here at home in the imagined looks and whispers of strangers and colleagues, than we did from death on the battlefield.”
― Howard R. Reiss, The Year of Soup

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