Veteran Maple Leaf author Jack Remick is releasing a new coming-of-age novel set in California’s San Joaquin Valley.
“When you grow up in the Central Valley,” Remick writes, “you wonder if you can ever get out. I wrote Valley 
Boy in part to remind readers about the Diaspora, the westward migration, that started in the Dust Bowl. Most people think the migration ended with World War II, but it didn’t.”
Sounds different from Remick’s last book, “Blood.” That one dealt with a mercenary who worked as a hitman for huge American corporations that believe themselves above the law.
“Valley Boy,” which is book two of the California Quartet series, is being published May 1 by Coffeetown Press. It will also be available on Amazon.com, where the paperback is priced at $13.95 and the Kindle edition at $5.95.
Remick is a long-time neighborhood resident and organizer who has taught certificate programs at the University of Washington and is involved in a local writing group that meets at Louisa’s Cafe on Eastlake Avenue. He can often be seen in Maple Leaf around noon, walking a Golden Retriever.
