Bookshelf

Alumni and faculty members who would like to have their books considered for this listing should contact Stacey Himmelberger, editor of Hamilton magazine. This list, which dates back to 2018, is updated periodically with books appearing alphabetically on the date of entry.

Giant of the Valley by Harry Groome ’60

July 1, 2022

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(Villanova, Pa.: Connelly Press, 2022).
This book of two novellas offers what one reviewer describes as ”poignant portraits of aging men, their fears and strengths, and earned love. Groome is all about the narrative.” Set in the Adirondacks, “Giant of the Valley” is a tale of a family struggling with the encroaching dementia of its aging patriarch. “The Witness” is the story of Jusuf Kurtovic, who pays a horrendous price to protect his Muslim granddaughters during the Bosnian War.