Sally Whitney on Wrecks and Ruins: “Entertaining and enlightening”

“Great novels inspire readers to see things in a different way. After reading Wrecks and Ruins, I will never see shards of glass, twisted bumpers, raw relationships, or tattered souls in the same way again. Stu’s quest to make sense of the pieces of life is entertaining and enlightening. With a cast of sympathetically human characters, it spins its way to a wholly satisfying conclusion.”

—Sally Whitney, author of 

When Enemies Offend Thee and Surface and Shadow

Release Day Buzz

During the release of my latest novel, Wrecks and Ruins, I happened to be traveling internationally for the first time since before the pandemic. That's something that can easily happen when you compartmentalize life. 

That didn't stop the publication day buzz! Thank you to those who helped keep the cicada buzz going while I was away!

Wrecks and Ruins was featured in the TBR [to be read] series!

Deborah Kalb featured an interview with me about Wrecks and Ruins in the Book Q&As Blog!

A thoughtful and positive book review of Wrecks and Ruins was featured on B. Morrison's Book Blog.

Another great review by Charles Rammelkamp was published in the UK literary magazine, London Grip. 

Loyola's Apprentice House Press announced the release of Wrecks and Ruins in a press release. 

And Apprentice House Press featured an author interview with me about Wrecks and Ruins.

WBJC included Wrecks and Ruins as it’s monthly Book Notes feature. You can tune in to Judith Krummeck’s interview with me at the link.

Find out what all the buzz is about! Get your copy at your favorite bookstore, or get it online from one of the links below!

Barnes and Noble

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/wrecks-ruins-eric-d-goodman/1140976629

Amazon

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09RWJRFHF/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i4

Bookshop (supporting independent bookstores)

https://bookshop.org/books/wrecks-and-ruins/9781627203845

Wrecks and Ruins Day!

Yesterday Wrecks and Ruins was released by Loyola University's Apprentice House Press!

Stu strings together more than broken relationships, seeking art in the defective. After finding love, sabotaging it, and rekindling the fire again, Stu comes to understand that his drive to end relationships prematurely and his attraction to damaged goods are connected to his fear of being broken himself. Part romantic comedy, part buddy novel, Wrecks and Ruins finds beauty in the most unusual places.

Order Wrecks and Ruins now from your favorite book seller or one of the links below:

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/wrecks-ruins-eric-d-goodman/1140976629

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09RWJRFHF/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i4

https://bookshop.org/books/wrecks-and-ruins/9781627203845

Charles Rammelkamp on Wrecks and Ruins: “Goodman is a talented storyteller”

“Music is an important element in Wrecks and Ruins. Stu is like the protagonist of the old Rolling Stones’ song, “Sitting on a Fence.” Part of the charm of the novel is that chunks of time are related out of place, filling in the blanks of our understanding. Goodman is a talented storyteller.”

          —Charles Rammelkamp, author of The Secretkeepers and Catastroika

Judith Krummeck on Wrecks and Ruins: “Flinty empathy”

“In a prose style that evokes Stuart’s compulsion about things that are broken and fleeting, Eric D. Goodman pieces together with flinty empathy the conflicted psyche of a man who finally confronts his fragmented life.”

—Judith Krummeck, author of Old New Worlds and Beyond the Baobab

Robin Black on Wrecks and Ruins: “Quirky and surprisingly endearing”

“Caught between the reality of life’s impermanence and his suspicion that the dream of everlasting love is not a bit real, Stuart is as quirky and surprisingly endearing a figure as you’ll find anywhere. Through him, and — oddly — through the life-cycle of cicadas, Goodman takes on the big questions, the ones about life’s meaning and about where beauty is best to be found. The result is this charming and moving story of one man’s evolution, his loves, and his gradually dawning realizations about it all. I enjoyed every page!"

—Robin Black, author of Life Drawing and If I loved You, I Would Tell You This