A Rustbelt Mystery Uncovered
WWII letters. A South Boston attic. A Youngstown secret that won’t stay buried.
About the Book:
In South Boston, ER doctor David Costigan finally opens his grandmother’s forbidden attic trunk and finds a pristine WWII dress jacket, snapshots of three inseparable soldiers, and a hidden cache of letters. Some are postmarked years after his grandfather’s supposed death in Italy, pointing David toward Youngstown, Ohio, and a secret that has bound two families for generations.
From the frozen beaches and mud-choked hills of the Italian campaign where medic Francis Costigan tried to stitch young men back together to the Mahoning Valley decades later, The Mahoning Trumpet is a sweeping mystery about loyalty, reinvention, and the cost of silence. As David follows the trail left by Francis and his brothers-in-arms, Joe Brady and Henri Vachon, he learns how far love, pride, and power will go to protect the stories we live by, and the truths that refuse to stay buried.
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In South Boston, ER doctor David Costigan finally opens his grandmother’s forbidden attic trunk and finds a pristine WWII dress jacket, snapshots of three inseparable soldiers, and a hidden cache of letters. Some are postmarked years after his grandfather’s supposed death in Italy, pointing David toward Youngstown, Ohio, and a secret that has bound two families for generations.
From the frozen beaches and mud-choked hills of the Italian campaign where medic Francis Costigan tried to stitch young men back together to the Mahoning Valley decades later, The Mahoning Trumpet is a sweeping mystery about loyalty, reinvention, and the cost of silence. As David follows the trail left by Francis and his brothers-in-arms, Joe Brady and Henri Vachon, he learns how far love, pride, and power will go to protect the stories we live by, and the truths that refuse to stay buried.
Why Readers Connect
- Family history, uncovered: long-hidden letters that change everything.
- Two eras, one thread: WWII Italy to contemporary Youngstown.
- Heart and grit: a place-tied story about memory, identity, and what we owe one another.
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