Signings scheduled for Boardman author

Signings scheduled for Boardman author

Local author and counselor Marilyn Burns of Boardman will sign her first book, “Lost No More … A Mother’s Spiritual Journey Through Her Son’s Addiction,” from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday at Peaberry’s Caf , 4350 Boardman-Canfield Road, Canfield, and Nov. 13 from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Downtown Coffee Caf , 29 Main St., Hubbard.

The book can be purchased on the day of the signings. It is also available for purchase at the Flaming Ice Cube, 1449 Boardman-Canfield Road, Boardman, and the JMJ Spiritual Connection, 3528 Canfield Road, Cornersburg, and at www.amazon.com.

The book is about the death of her 23-year-old son, Chris, who died in 2007 of a drug-related heart attack. It details Burns’ spiritual growth during his addiction and after his death.

Chris, who was a 2002 Boardman High School graduate, became addicted to OxyContin and other drugs after a car accident left him with chronic pain.

For more information, visit www.lostnomore.us.

Mass. senator set to release memoir in ’11

NEW YORK

Sen. Scott Brown, the Massachusetts Republican who pulled off one of the biggest upsets in recent years by winning the seat once held by Sen. Edward Kennedy, has a book deal.

HarperCollins announced it will publish Brown’s memoir, currently untitled, in early 2011.

Financial terms were not disclosed, but HarperCollins noted that Brown’s contract will be subject to review by the Senate Ethics Committee.

Brown was represented by Washington attorney Robert Barnett, whose many clients have included Kennedy, the liberal icon who died last summer after more than 40 years in office.

Vindicator staff/wire reports