A Collection of Books for After the Boom

NPR

Published July 2, 2006 at 10:00 PM EDT

Donna Grucci-Butler, matriarch of a famed fireworks family.

What do a quiet afternoon with a book and fireworks after dark on the Fourth of July have in common? Donna Grucci-Butler.

Grucci-Butler is president of the famed Grucci Fireworks company of Long Island. And while she's not preparing for Commerce Bank Celebrates America -- her company's big Independence Day show -- she's trying to sneak in some reading.

She tells Liane Hansen what she's been reading lately... and what she might get to when things quiet down a bit.

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