Don't Wait Till the Snow Flies to Buy the Brown and White

Illustration by Bill Potter, Copyright 2017, Sporting Chance Press

Bill Potter's Abdominal Snowman comes to mind as we are making our way through August and towards the fall. It won't be too long before you'll head those Christmas songs and you start to feel rushed. Take some worry off you mind and order a couple dozen copies of The Brown and White for everyone on you list! Send your request directly to me (lmj.norris@gmail.com) and I'll sign them and ship them myself along with an invoice. 

 The Brown and White will be selling well when we get closer to the time when people show an interest in the Abdominal Snowman and holiday purchases. And yet, this time of year does seem right for The Brown and White in another way.

Forty plus years in the making, The Brown and White is a fictionalized memoir that tells the story of Collin Callaghan's freshman year at a Chicago Catholic High School. And the book begins about this time of year as Collin is heading off to school. So this may be a good time to sell The Brown and White, even though August is not a great time for selling books--as least I have not found it so.

Lawrence Norris, The Brown and White

Collin is a white boy who is living in turbulent times in a changing city. He clings to his neighborhood and his family as he heads out each day with his classmates on the Brown and White, the ancient school bus driven by free-spirited Willie. Memorable characters abound as this story unfolds. Collin's loveable family, especially his Irish Catholic policeman father and his Irish immigrant mother face life together. Collin and classmates blaze their own humorous and passionate trail through the late 1960s. A unique cast of terrific teachers are there to see the boys through. Laughs and life meet readers head on as they travel on the Brown and White.

I remember laughing very hard at times in high school. In some way, most everything was funny. And that's one thing I hope people get out of The Brown and White. Whether it brings back memories of their own high school days that stirs a smile or they just find some of the situations funny, I think readers will like The Brown and White.