This Is Epic - by Joan Bauer (Paperback)

About the Book

Epic Dupree played along . . . until she couldn't.

Everyone thought The Duprees were the perfect family band.

But behind the Billboard chart successes were the family lies, behind those lies were the abuse and gaslighting, and then came the ultimate upending.

And so Epic left her home and her music in Savannah, Georgia, in search of a new city and a new life. She didn't want to sing again. She couldn't. She folded up her voice in a packing box, labeled it miscellaneous, and put it in her storage locker.

Now, ten years later, Epic's manager reaches out because the fans haven't forgotten about The Duprees. People want a reunion. They need one. The money could be amazing. But what about the wounds?

Ten years is long enough to heal the pain.

Well, isn't it?

Joan Bauer is a New York Times best-selling author, screenwriter, songwriter, and speaker who has won numerous awards for her novels.

Book Synopsis

Epic Dupree played along . . . until she couldn't.

Everyone thought The Duprees were the perfect family band.

But behind the Billboard chart successes were the family lies, behind those lies were the abuse and gaslighting, and then came the ultimate upending.

And so Epic left her home and her music in Savannah, Georgia, in search of a new city and a new life. She didn't want to sing again. She couldn't. She folded up her voice in a packing box, labeled it miscellaneous, and put it in her storage locker.

Now, ten years later, Epic's manager reaches out because the fans haven't forgotten about The Duprees. People want a reunion. They need one. The money could be amazing. But what about the wounds?

Ten years is long enough to heal the pain.

Well, isn't it?

Joan Bauer is a New York Times best-selling author, screenwriter, songwriter, and speaker who has won numerous awards for her novels.

About the Author

Joan Bauer is a New York Times best-selling author, screenwriter, songwriter, and speaker who has won numerous awards for her novels. Those prizes include: the Newbery Honor Medal, the American Library Association's Schneider Family Book Award, three Christopher Awards, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the Chicago Tribune Young Adult Literary Prize, the Golden Kite Award of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, the St. Katherine Drexel Award of the Catholic Library Association, the New England Booksellers Award; and the Boston Public Library's "Literary Light" Award.

Joan has twice participated in the US State Department's Professional Speakers Program, traveling to both Croatia and Kazakhstan. She is a member of the Writers Guild of America East, the Authors Guild, and PEN. She also publishes on Substack: https: //substack.com/@joanbauerhere. Her novels for young people have been featured extensively on state award lists, in addition to appearing on ALA Notable Books, American Bookseller Pick of the List, School Library Journal Best Books, and Smithsonian Notable Children's Books.

Her novel Rules of the Road was chosen as one of the top young adult books of the quarter century by the American Library Association. Her classic novel Hope Was Here explores honor in politics as seen through the eyes of a sixteen year-old waitress. Joan's work balances "hope, humor, and relevance" according to The Christophers, an organization that celebrates the humanity of people in a positive way.

She lives just outside of Santa Fe, New Mexico with her husband Evan and their dog Cleo. She enjoys cooking, hiking, and playing the guitar. For more about Joan, visit her website: www.joanbauer.com.