Jude
Joseph
Lovell
WRITER - FATHER - HUSBAND - BIBLIOPHILE
A second son must find glory where he can.
-GEORGE R.R. MARTIN, A CLASH OF KINGS
SPECIAL - MY 20th BOOK!
Terry and Tommy Meegan are identical twin brothers who arrive with their family in the late 1970s in a small suburb called River Heights, New Jersey. Soon they strike up a friendship with a puny kid named Mutt, who lives just down the street in a household with a very different dynamic from what the brothers are used to.
Over the course of the next eighteen years—as related through the ponderous voice of Terry—the boys live out their quiet, unassuming days in a white-washed, middle-class America suffused with a mixture of innocence and ignorance. Adrift in the pre-Internet, pre-social media water of the eighties and early nineties, the Meegan twins navigate through sports contests and schoolyard dramas; the era of “hair metal”; shopping malls and paper routes; the consumer culture in conflict with Roman Catholicism; and the powerful toxins of young love and crushing suburban boredom. Their one saving grace is the mysterious bond between them as genetic clones of one another, forming a kind of spiritual outpost that only they can visit. All while trading barbs and swapping dreams with the lonely kid down the street—until the day comes when all their lives change forever.
Originally written more than twenty years ago, now revised and reimagined as his twentieth book, A Son of the Suburbs is a slow-roasted mixture of autobiography and imagination - the novel that brings Jude Joseph Lovell’s readers full circle to where it all began.
OTHER TITLES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
WHEREHOUSE is the third novel in the "Night of Fear" trilogy that no one saw coming - fusing elements of Jude Joseph Lovell's DeliverMe and Foster Mullins' Time O'Clock into an even more insane third adventure over one night in "Christmas City" - Bethlehem, PA.
PAUSE, REWIND, REPLAY is an illuminating retrospective on one of the greatest bands in rock history; a vibrant narrative about creativity and self-expression; and, hopefully, a substantial “mood lifter” for all readers whose lives Rush left their mark upon.
NOH EXIT AND OTHER STORIES features seven tales in which salt-of-the-earth characters encounter situations ranging from unusual to mystifying. Jude Joseph Lovell’s evolving vision and style in these seven new tales reflect his perception of an increasingly dim and spiritually unmoored world. Features "Barrett, the Line Editor," "The Wooly-Wooly," "Ocean at Dawn," "Parsimony," and others.
In THE TIE GOES TO THE RUNNER, Jude Joseph Lovell recounts his struggles with depression during the global pandemic and his re-engagement with baseball, a game that brought him endless joy as a child. In his inimitable voice, he also illuminates how our national pastime helped him to reconnect with the game we call life.
ALL MEN ARE BROTHERS is Jude Joseph Lovell's fourth collection of short fiction, and his most diverse yet. Readers will find themselves in a variety of unpredictable settings, looking at the world through the eyes of numerous arresting characters.
The 10th Anniversary Edition of BLUE SIX includes a new forward by LTC (Ret) Todd T. Morgan, a new post-script from the author, and a brand-new cover design by my own nephew - a worthy new edition of the first novel I ever finished, based on my own military experience.
In his third collection of essays and reviews, novelist, short story writer, and critic Jude Joseph Lovell continues his exploration into myriad corners of modern life and culture. Includes numerous essays from his time as a staff writer for Silver Sage magazine.
DOOR IN THE AIR collects Lovell's unique and diverse short stories written between 1999-2020, sixteen in all, capturing his ongoing development and experimentation in the short form.
Jude Joseph Lovell's second collection of nonfiction essays covers family, books, and popular culture, and features writing he has done since 2017 for a small magazine based out of Pennsylvania.
For readers craving a wild ride that's one-third thriller, one-third dark comedy, and one-third existential ramble - with a fuel injection of Metallica's Master of Puppets - DeliverMe is your destination!!!
ONLY THE DYING is a planned two-novel historical fiction saga based on the author's paternal grandparents. BOOK 1-THE WIDOW'S PRAYER depicts young Walter & Greta Brogan trying to establish a new life in rural Indiana before the Depression.
In A FEW WORDS BEFORE YOU GO, Jude Joseph Lovell turns his gaze towards three subjects of great importance in his life: books, music, and family. This cohesive and thoughtful essay collection is Lovell's most personal book to date.
CROWNING is Jude Joseph Lovell's second story collection, filled with six rich & diverse tales that are by turns surprising and compelling.
RANDOM SAMPLES, a labor of love, is a compelling nonfiction book that stands as both a tribute to a great rock n' roll band and a thoughtful examination of how art adds clarity and meaning to our complicated lives.
In his first novel for younger readers, Jude Joseph Lovell has written an exciting epic about finding the courage to face down your fears, sustain your losses, and rise.
FOREVER VOYAGING is a unique narrative about one man's determination to understand and learn from one of America's literary masters - a startling brew of armchair criticism, literary memoir, and creative manifesto.
Jude Joseph Lovell's debut short story collection contains ten bold stories that examine the fragility of our current existence - and our faith in the one beyond.
BLUE SIX is Jude Joseph Lovell's self-published fiction debut, a unique hybrid of a novel that combines aspects of military fiction, science fiction, and literary fiction.