Ireland 1947. Seven weeks of relentless snow. Guard Eamon Foley is searching for a missing child.
At Toby Appleyard’s farm, he discovers the kitchen littered with dead cats. And the skeletal remains of a woman. Upstairs, Toby is dead in his bed.
First Place Winner in historical fiction in the Purple Dragonfly Awards for excellence in children's literature, and named a U.P. Notable Classic.
Feel like you are in the moment nearly 100 years ago with a young girl, daughter of Finnish immigr
A great deal of time and a lot of tears were spent in writing this book. Now it's finally published.
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I'm a former Marine and Vietnam Veteran. My book, "A Purpose for Sacrifice", is a historical fiction with fictional characters. Even though it is a Fictional Novel, most of the events are true and the main character represents my frame of mind at the time and it was a very difficult experience to say the least and I spent a good 30 years putting it together, changing it several times before I got it published.
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Chicago, IL USA
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First time published author. I'm also writing columns in the Constitutionalist today paper and website. Read my column, "I'm a Patriot".
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