Me Island

About the Book

Odysseus battled against the deadly lure of the Sirens. Theseus wended his way through the stygian labyrinth to slay the hideous Minotaur. Icarus flew towards the sun on delicate wings made of reeds, feathers, and wax. What does Joseph Carlucci share in common with these men of myth? He embraces the Sirens’ song of sexual violence. He stumbles through a shadowy and perilous labyrinth of drug abuse and alcoholism. He soars into a distorted fantasy world only to burn and plunge into an abyss of cold reality. Follow his odyssey through adolescence to manhood. A tragic hero? Perhaps…..

About the Author

Angelo Lagana may be a homespun Rhode Islander, but see the world through his imagination – the world in his own backyard known as South County where he was born and raised. His best memories are those of summer boyhood growing up in the seaside community of Green Hill. A 1993 graduate of Rhode Island College, where he majored in Secondary Education-English, he is the proud dad of Christian and Liam, who mean everything in the world to him. Angelo is a middle school teacher currently working on the sequel to Me Island. Watch for Off Island soon!