Autumn 1940. Germany invades Britain. Newport is blitzed. Danny O’Shea’s house is bombed, his wife is killed. While taking his young son Adam to neutral Ireland, they witness an attack on a German convoy. The result is brutal.
Based on the memoirs of a Pearl Harbor survivor. Letters from two pen pals take the reader on a journey into the past, a past where nightmares came true, and when hatred reigned.
I began writing after taking an early retirement in 2007 at age 55 and never looked back.
Background
Information
John Cammalleri was born in Paterson, NJ, attended Rutgers University, and spent thirty-three years in the corporate world in the areas of finance and logistics. Retiring in 2007, he and his wife, Evelyn, moved to Fort Pierce, FL, where he is the president of the Treasure Coast Writers' Guild and a member of The Florida Writers' Association.
An avid reader all his life, John's writing has been influenced by John Irving and Tom Wolfe.
Birth Place
Paterson, NJ USA
Accomplishments
Published first novel, Protecting the Cittern, in 2010, which received a 2011 Royal Palm Literary Award. His second novel, The Ibex Trophy, was published in 2011.