Midnight Shakes the Memory

By Rosalyn Jordan

Midnight Shakes the Memory evokes the jazzy nights in New York speakeasies, the cataclysmic crash of 1929, and the ensuing Great Depression through a group of disparate individuals. A journalist, carpenter, dressmaker, stock market investor, writer, cartoonist become inter-twined, as they wrestle with economic, political, and personal turmoil. Forced to take new directions, they traverse the country in search of employment, move to a small town in Georgia to recover from a mental breakdown, write a novel in a Central Park Hooverville, draw cartoons for the up-and-coming comic book industry, and protest against home evictions. When Nina moves to Berlin to work on a newspaper, we experience Hitler's rise to power and the loss of her colleagues and lover. Following her to Spain, we are drawn into in the Civil War against fascism. This epoch of fierce struggle and poignant loss, from the stock market crash to the onset of World War II, resonates with idealism, pluck, humor, and ingenuity.(Also available at Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/Midnight-Shakes-Memory-Rosalyn-Jordan/dp/1442163690/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1289067229&sr=8-2)

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442163690
• ISBN13: 9781442163690
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 478 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 1.1" x 5.5"