MADD SHARES MESSAGE AROUND A NEW BOOK, RETURN TO THE WATER

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 Contact: Barry Martin, Georgia State Executive Director

August 19, 2013 (770) 790-5531

MADD SHARES MESSAGE AROUND A NEW BOOK, RETURN TO THE WATER

AT UPCOMING DECATUR BOOK FESTIVAL

Atlanta , Georgia—Madd and Fred Rogers Goldberg announced today that it will be present at the Decatur Book Festival with the author of Return to the Water, John Stephens and C&R Press to promote the books intimate story around a young man killed in a drunk driving accident two weeks prior to high school graduation.

The memoir garnered comment from poet Thomas Lux, Bourne professor of Poetry and Director of the McEver Visiting Writers Program at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Mr. Lux describes Return to the Water as follows: “This book made me want to weep and sing. The former because of the occasion around which this book turns, and the latter because of its courage, its huge, unstoppable heart's truths.”

“This is a deeply honest and touching story of a father’s deep love for his family. John’s primary dream was to create a family bond and be the father he felt was denied him.  It is a reminder that even though we devote so much of ourselves into envisioning and planning our dreams, we cannot always protect ourselves and those we love from devastating tragedy.  This poetic prose relays how a family can be shattered by the violence of drunk driving which killed his son, Adam.  John gripped my heart as he took me on a journey of passionate family devotion.”

Jan Withers, National President, Mothers Against Drunk Driving