Will the laughter stop?

About the Book

From the opening scene of this novel you realize that from the moment you meet Buck looking out of his bedroom window in his pajamas with an erection in June of 1961, until the closing scenes in June of 1965 on the day after high school graduation, that Buck and his friends have taken you into life in the 1960’s.  This novel captures the conversations; the cars; the sex; the romance; the football games; the dances; the nude streaking; the voyeur peeking; the  corporal punishment in school;  the skinny-dipping; the drinking;  the parties; the pranks; the necking; the sand dunes; the car wrecks;  the high school graduation; and the graduation party.  The novel is about coming of age and the teenage rite of passage, with all its humor; gawkiness; pain; and complexity!  At times you will roll with side-splitting laughter; at times you will cry; at times you will cheer!  

 All the chronicles are intertwined with actual historical events of the time and the popular music of the period.  Brown’s “Will the Laughter Stop? THE BABY BOOMER CHRONICLES” will become a new kind of mantra for today’s grandparents to tell other generations of Americans: “That’s the way it was.”

The Author writes with a flair for description, and creates a viable setting in a Long Island, New York, Catholic High School, the kind every American city and town has, just around the corner.  These characters’ voices could have been anyone’s in high school days, when they struggled to set boundaries; to develop ethical standards; to question the existence of God; to ponder their future; and the very existence of their life and goals.  Readers of this book will ride along on the adventures, not knowing what the next day will bring, but always asking, “Who will star in the movie?”  

About the Author

Hon. James J. Brown is a native of New York State.  He is a veteran of the U.S. Navy Reserve and graduated from the University of Texas at Austin and Boston College Law School.  He is a member of the Massachusetts and Maryland Bars, and various Federal and U.S. Courts of Appeal and the U.S. Supreme Court of the United States.  From June 4, 1995 until October 3, 2008, Hon. Brown was a U.S. Administrative Law Judge in Raleigh, NC. He retired after 34 years of active Federal Service and now continues to write and does legal consulting.  Upon retirement, Judge Brown received a Lifetime Service Award from the North Carolina Advocates For Justice. He is a best selling legal author and editor.  Hon. Brown maintains a Web Site at www.jamesjbrown.com and a Web Site at www.babyboomerchronicles.com and also at www.judgebrownconsulting.com. This is his first novel. On April 27, 2008, Judge Brown was presented with the keys to the Village of Williston Park, NY, his hometown, based upon his literary excellence in his novel, "Will The Laughter Stop? Baby Boomer Chronicles".

In June of 2008, his novel was selected as novel of the month for the magazine Boomer Times and Senior Life in South Florida. Hon. Brown has appeared on television, radio and youtube.com numerous times to discuss his novel. Articles on his novel have appeared in numerous newspapers, periodicals and magazines and reviews of his novel are contained at his web sites. Judge Brown is also the author of the poetry book from Author House, "Reflections of a Poetic Judge" published in March of 2010, with approximately 170 pages and 100 poems. Brown is a Fourth Degree Knight in the Knights of Columbus in Raleigh, NC,and is an Officer in the Fourth Degree.