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Award-winning Put-in-Bay author Bob Adamov

      Releases Alone At Home
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      A hilarious romp becomes a story of redemption on Christmas Eve


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      Author Bob Adamov, a 75-year-old avid fan   Zenobia, Missing, Golden Torpedo, Chincoteague   from a battle of wits with a cheeky
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      of the classic Christmas film Home Alone,   Calm, Flight, Assateague Dark, Sunset Blues,   seagull to the relentless interruptions by
      has crafted a unique version tailored for his   White Spider Night, a 20th anniversary edition   neighbors. George’s quest for peace is  is
      readers about the escapades of a cranky   of  Rainbow’s End, Sawdust Joint and  Holden’s   perpetually sabotaged by the precocious
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      senior left alone at home. “I aimed to create a   Promise plus Memory Layne.     grandson of the lady next door among
      humorous and engaging Christmas tale with                                   other uproarious incidents.
      a redemptive theme that resonates with my   The Story in Brief…              Alone At Home is a heartwarming  g
      fellow seniors,” Adamov shared. He added   In Southport, North Carolina, a Christmas   story of redemption. As George  e
      with a chuckle, “My wife often says that many   tale unfolds when 80-year-old George Ivers   grapples with a haunting memory,  ,
      of the funny situations experienced by the   is left alone at home while his wife visits a   he embarks on a journey of self-
      main character, George Ivers, are inspired by   sister for five days. George has to watch the   discovery. It’s a Christmas classic in
      my own life misadventures.”           cat he dislikes, resulting in a series of comical   the making, peppered with wit, the
        Alone At Home is not part of his string of   escapades. Picture a man who’s a blend of   resilience of the human spirit, and the
      island bestsellers in the popular Emerson   the gruffness of Archie Bunker, the stone-age   transformative power of forgiveness.
      Moore series that includes  Rainbow’s End,   charm of Fred Flintstone, and the nearsighted
      Pierce the Veil, When Rainbows Walk, Promised   blunders of Mr. Magoo, and you’ve got George.  Adamov was named as Best Lake
      Land, The Other Side of Hell, Tan Lines, Sandustee,   His days are filled with hilarious mishaps,   Erie Author in 2022 by Lake Erie
                                                                                  Living magazine and as one of
                                                                                  Publish Ohio’s favorite authors in 2020. He   Hollywood
                                                                                                              020. He
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                                                                                  won Writer of the Year (2010) in regional   Book Festival, London Book
                                                                                  competition sponsored by the University of   Festival, New York Book Festival, the Indie
                                                                                  Akron’s Wayne College and was the featured   Awards, Great Midwest Book Festival and
                                                                                  author at the 2006 Ernest Hemingway   Florida Book Festival. Adamov has also
                                                                                  Literary Festival in Key West. Adamov’s   presented at several of the Clive Cussler
                                                                                  first novel -  Rainbow’s End - was a 2003   Collectors Society conventions.
                                                                                  runner-up as the top fiction novel in the   Signed copies of his novels are available at
                                                                                  Great Lakes (won by Pulitzer Prize winner   www.BobAdamov.com.
                                                                                  – Middlesex.) His novels were rated 5 Stars   For more information or to have Adamov
                                                                                  by the Midwest Book Review and several   speak at your event, visit: www.BobAdamov.
                                                                                  were named as top novels in northeast Ohio   com or call: 330-289-7616. Follow him on
                                                                                  by the Akron Beacon Journal.  Adamov’s   Facebook. MAB
                                                                                  novels additionally have won awards at the



















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