Frank's Shadow, by Doug McIntyre

We leave shadows, not footprints.

Episode Transcript

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Welcome to the WZ book Club.Jordan here new book by Doug McIntyre I
loved called Frank's Shadow. In it, we have a college professor, Danny
McKenna, who finds out that hisIrish dad has died eerily on the same
day as Frank Sinatra, Danny's favoritehero. Upon returning home, he realizes
he knows so much more about OldBlue Eyes than he does his own father.

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Grasping for identity and self realization,Danny McKenna tries to solve the mystery
of who his father really was.Frank's Shadow is, among other things,
an amateur detective story, as Danny, battling his own demons with relationships and
alcohol, startles to uncover his father'sdeepest secrets, particularly what his dad did
during World War Two? Was hea hero or a coward? While at

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the same time, the specter ofthe most famous man in the world,
Frank Sinatra, looms over everything.We do leave shadows, not footprints.
I highly recommend Frank Shadow by DougMcIntyre. And that's the book Club,
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