Redemption: Rebuilt and Reborn

by Danny Goldberg

Set in the mid-1990s during the dawn of the internet age, Rebuilt and Reborn follows Dalton Zimmer's transformation from overweight outcast to successful entrepreneur. When he returns to his hometown for Christmas break, he must confront his past while building his future—including an unexpected romance with Jessica Morrison, the girl who once seemed impossibly out of reach.

This is a story about second chances, personal transformation, and the courage to become who you're meant to be. It explores themes of redemption, ambition, love, and the way success can heal old wounds while creating new opportunities.


Contemporary Fiction, Romance, Coming-of-Age
Millbrook, Ohio and Northwestern University, 1995-2000
Personal transformation, entrepreneurship, second chances, young love, overcoming adversity

120 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 9, 2025

About the author

Danny Goldberg is president and owner of Gold Village Entertainment, an artist management company; former CEO and founder of Gold Mountain Entertainment; former chairman and CEO of both Mercury Records and Artemis Records; former CEO of Air America; and frequent contributor to the Los Angeles Times, The Nation, Huffington Post, Dissent, Billboard, and many other outlets. He is the author of In Search of the Lost Chord, Bumping into Geniuses, and How the Left Lost Teen Spirit, and coeditor of It’s a Free Country. He lives in Pound Ridge, New York.

(Source: Amazon)