A teenage boy struggling with the coming-of-age issues of sexuality, religion, and peer approval is overwhelmed, but soldiers on. After several years, he comes to understand the family forces that have left him so deeply troubled, and the process of
Determined to confront the hazy memories of his troubled youth, Oliver Matthews, a retired detective and confirmed bachelor, returns to the picturesque town of Henley-on-Thames for the first time in years.
Ernest Hemingway said it best:"My training was never to drink after dinner nor before I wrote nor while I was writing."
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I am a retired concrete contractor who discovered late in life a desire to write stories. I've been a member of The Writer's Center in Bethesda, Maryland since 1998 and it has had a major influence on my growth in writing fiction.
Birth Place
Chicago, IL
Accomplishments
My first novel,Fallow's Field, received Editor's Choice for literary excellence from iUniverse Publishing and was favorably reviewed by Kirkus.
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