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TONY KUKULICH
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BOOKS TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN 2022 The new year signals the promise of new books ready to be read and savored. Here are a few titles we are looking forward to this year:
“Being a writer is the best way to get to know a new place. I get to meet and talk to new acquaintances nearly every day. It’s been a great experience so far, and I’m looking forward to doing more of the same.” A recent transplant to the Lowcountry, Tony and his wife, Jennifer, reside in Bluffton. Before his move to South Carolina, Tony spent nearly seven years in the San Francisco Bay area. He worked as a staff photographer and reporter covering breaking news, environmental issues, the COVID-19 pandemic and public safety as well as general assignments for a weekly newspaper. His work earned awards from the California Newspaper Publishers Association and the National Newspaper Association. Prior to his start in journalism, Tony spent nearly three decades working a variety of roles in the financial services industry in his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware. He was an English major at the University of Delaware. Tony enjoys hiking, biking and is looking forward to getting a kayak to take advantage of the local rivers and creeks. He has also been a musician for most of his life and is currently working with a Bluffton-based jazz group. Tony and Jennifer have three grown children and two fabulous granddaughters.
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The Swimmers, Julie Otsuka An “intimate” tale of mothers and daughters and the sorrows of implacable loss, Otsuka’s novel focuses on a character who is slowly losing her memory. For Alice, the pool was her stand against the “darkness of her encroaching dementia.” “The Swimmers” is expected to be released Feb. 22. The Candy House, Jennifer Egan A Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “A Visit from the Goon Squad,” Jennifer Egan has written a “deeply moving novel about the quest for authenticity and meaning” in the world. “The Candy House” is expected to be available April 5. Gwendy’s Final Task, Stephen King and Richard Chizmar. This is the final installment in the Gwendy’s Button Box trilogy written with Richard Chizmar. “Gwendy’s Final Task” is expected to be released Feb. 15.
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