Author of “Homegrown: The Making of the 1972-73 PC Friars” to Talk at Prov Community Library
Wednesday, October 30, 2019
The Providence Community Library will host North Providence author Paul Lonardo to discuss his new book “Homegrown: The Making of the 1972-73 Providence College Friars.”
The event will take place on Thursday, December 5 a 6:30 p.m.
The Book
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLAST“Homegrown: The Making of the 1972-73 Providence College Friars” is a new book that reveals how that once-in-a-lifetime team was assembled.
It is a retrospective of that team’s season, as well as a history of the school’s basketball program, which was itself responsible for drawing the local talent that propelled the 1973 Friars to the Final Four of the NCAA Basketball Tournament.
About Lonardo
Lonardo has authored both fiction and nonfiction books in a variety of genres, from true crime to romance.
As a freelance writer, he often collaborated with people to help them write and publish their biographies, memoirs, or to tell of a particularly compelling personal experience. Most involve local individuals.
Lonardo has had more than a dozen titles published.
He studied filmmaking/screenwriting at Columbia College Hollywood, earned an A.S. from Mount Ida College and a B.A. in English from the University of Rhode Island.
He lives in Lincoln with his wife and son.
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