Two Wrongs Never Make It Right!

About the Book

Two Wrongs Never Make It Right! Is the second novel of William N. Rappa, Jr. The story continues the saga of the Russell family of Lynn, Massachusetts, which was the focus of this author’s first novel, Doing It Wrong?. JT Russell, now the patriarch of the Russell family, continues his odyssey through life living and learning the meaning, difficulty, and importance of relationships to the human animal. Russell’s goals appear simplistic as he endeavors to utilize his past mistakes to prevent their future occurrences. However, the nature of relationships in every aspect of one’s life illustrates the difficulty in successfully negotiating this basic function of human interaction. Within the pages of this novel, JT Russell finds himself intimately involved in the murders of a vicious serial killer; he suffers through the losses of his once ideal marriage, his twin children, friends who are seem irreplaceable, and family situations that lead him dangerously close to an emotional collapse. Russell completely accepts the proposition that the success or failure of any individual lies within him or herself. Russell believes that his decisions, choices, actions, beliefs, and practices are the dominion of him and him alone. Never learning from past mistakes, not altering a losing game, not admitting and accepting ownership of one’s actions is a certain way to repeat the errors of the past. Two Wrongs Never Make It Right! is the second novel of the Doing It Wrong? series.

About the Author

William N. Rappa, Jr. retired from the Lynn, Massachusetts, school department at the conclusion of the 2004-2005 school year following a thirty-six year teaching career. During his career, Mr. Rappa taught students at all levels of public education: elementary, junior high school, middle school, high school, and adult education. In addition, he developed, implemented, and administered supplementary remedial programming from pre-kindergarten level through adult education. He received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in psychology from the University of Massachusetts at Boston in 1969 and a Master’s Degree in Education from Salem State University in 1973. Following the publishing of his first novel, he became an adjunct professor of English at North Shore Community College. Mr. Rappa is a lifelong resident of Lynn, Massachusetts, the setting of his two novels: Doing It Wrong? and Two Wrongs Never Make It Right!.