My Gitfiddle Summer is a richly textured coming-of-age novel about country music, memory, and the flawed people we love. Set against the backdrop of small towns in 1950s Missouri and illuminated by the country music of the era, it captures the bittersweet process of growing up, of seeing parents as people, of confronting danger with dignity, and of finding one's voice in the noise of a broken world. With lyrical prose and deep emotional resonance, it tells the story of a boy who becomes a man not by chasing fame or fortune, but by standing firm to sing in the face of heartbreaking trauma. Thirteen-year-old Daniel Freemont is a gifted young guitar picker living with his mother and brother in poverty in the basement of a tavern after his parents’ divorce. His father, a struggling country musician, drifts in and out of his life until one day, he disappears completely.
Desperate to save his mother from her abusive boyfriend, Daniel embarks on a journey into a world of jukebox dreams, broken loyalties, and adult secrets too heavy for any child to carry. As Daniel’s understanding of his parents’ problems deepens, he grapples with the sacrifices required by family while preparing for his big break on the nationally-televised country music program, The Ozark Jubilee.
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A novel of scandal, love, and death in the Congo
International TV correspondent Valerie Grey risks her life—and her love—to expose a diamond smuggling scheme involving a celebrity televangelist, an African dictator, and possibly the White House. Valerie uncovers the scandal while covering U.S. intervention in the war-torn Congo, where life itself is brutal and the censuring eyes of civilization have long been blinded. She follows a trail that leads her from New York, Atlanta, and Washington to Kinshasa, Brazzaville, and the remote village of Mai-Munene while the three powerful men ruthlessly try to silence her. Along the way, she meets dedicated doctor Jamie Talon, who battles his own demons in a struggling clinic in Mai-Munene. Valerie is forced to choose between the selfless physician and her mentor and lover, David Powell.
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A doggone Christmas story
Join hapless Dan McCoy as he learns to live with a puppy he didn’t want in the first place--Elf, of course--a rascally Silky Terrier with the heart of Rin-Tin-Tin and the table manners of Grendel’s mother. Elf leads Dan, his long-suffering wife June, and a cast of wacky neighbors, goofy relatives, and nefarious dog nappers on a merry chase through the New York suburbs of Westchester and beyond.
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And other stories light and dark
Fifteen stories in various genres--and some not so easily categorized--make up this collection of short fiction exploring the light and dark sides of the human condition. Included are stories of horror and suspense, a little sci-fi, a coming-of-age tale or two, and several works that look God in the face and ask “WHY?”
Eighteen tales of Fantastic, Horrific, Scientifically Impossible, and Morally Reprehensible Golf
We shouldn’t take golf too seriously, so I penned these 18 stories about the game, the people, and the creatures who play it. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you might even throw up your dinner, but Weird Golf will make you think twice about teeing it up at twilight.
