“This is a book that’s going to make you dive into your childhood once again.”
–Paul & Erika, “That Aged Well” Podcast
The future classic, “Once
in a Lifetime” by Suzanne Mattaboni is finding its place in the sun,
especially with lovers of 1980s music. The novel, with chapters named after
1980s favorites like “Melt With You” or “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” follows
emerging artist Jessica artist impatiently biding her time waiting tables along
the Delaware Canal, is set loose in a world where women were finally told they
could “have it all.” Her journey includes romance with a steamy new wave
guitarist that threatens to derail her dream as an artist. She and her three
avant-garde, postpunk college girl friends look for love, adventures, and
tuition money during a wild, 1980s summer.
“Once in a Lifetime”
takes place mainly in New Hope, PA, a progressive town that hosts punk
boutiques, frantic restaurant kitchens, moody bars, buzzing late-night
sidewalks, and volatile club performers, as well out of towners from New York
City!
It’s a story in which the
characters define themselves by either loving or despising Madonna! There’s
lots of pop-culture, from MTV videos, rubber jelly shoes, and slam dancers, to
the looming fear of AIDS, and—of course—mohawk hairstyles!
“Once in a Lifetime” has won awards: an “IPPY”
(Independent Publisher Book Award, Bronze, General Fiction), an International
Book Award (Finalist, Best New Fiction), The London Book
Festival (Runner’s Up, General Fiction), The Paris Book
Festival (Honorable Mention, General Fiction), The Pencraft
Awards (Runner-up, Women’s Fiction) and the BookFest Awards (Second
Place, Romantic Comedy). Kirkus Reviews called
“Once in a Lifetime” an “ebullient and engaging story of youthful
longing and independence” and a “starry-eyed coming-of-age tale.”
Born in Long Island,
attending college at the University of Pittsburgh, Suzanne Mattaboni was named
one of the Lehigh Valley Business Journal’s “2022 Women of
Influence.” She’s a Pushcart Prize-nominated fiction
writer, Newsweek Expert Forum contributor, blogger, essayist,
and corporate PR consultant. A former community service reporter for Newsday,
her work has been published in Seventeen, Parents, Child, The
Huffington Post, Mysterious Ways, Guideposts, and
the “Chicken Soup for the Soul” series. She is also a host of The Banzai
Retro Club podcasts, focusing on pop-culture of the 1970s, ‘80s, & ‘90s.
Suzanne is available for interviews, articles, guest posts, Q&As, and
commentary.
“Once in a Lifetime”
is available on Amazon in print and e-book
versions.
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