The Dream Shelf |
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Author:
| Russell, Jeff |
ISBN: | 978-0-9895421-0-4 |
Publication Date: | Jul 2013 |
Publisher: | Cabern Publishing
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Book Format: | Ebook |
List Price: | USD $2.99 |
Book Description:
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Adult fiction. Sam Archer, a single, forty-year old high school teacher has just buried his father. It hurt to lose the last member of his family but it hurt even more to know that his father's life was a mystery, at least during the ?missing years?, the years before 1948 that his father refused to discuss and had systematically erased from the pages of time. Sam grew up believing that, despite all they had done together, he never really knew his dad. Among the few possessions left...
More DescriptionAdult fiction. Sam Archer, a single, forty-year old high school teacher has just buried his father. It hurt to lose the last member of his family but it hurt even more to know that his father's life was a mystery, at least during the ?missing years?, the years before 1948 that his father refused to discuss and had systematically erased from the pages of time. Sam grew up believing that, despite all they had done together, he never really knew his dad. Among the few possessions left behind was the Dream Shelf, a collection of oddities that Sam viewed as representing his father's dreams. A book, a toy, a framed quote and a plaster bust were the places he wanted to go and things he wanted to do. Sam had planned to make those dreams come true but death intervened and the more he regretted that lost opportunity the more he ached to know what his father had kept secret for all those years. A chance discovery then changes everything. A hidden book, a list of names and a government document rekindle a passion to determine what happened to his father and, more importantly, to understand why it could not be shared. Sam embarks on a quest for his story, one with both the promise of closure and the threat of uncovering more than he should know. He is aided by an evasive retiree who offers up bizarre clues and the retiree's beautiful daughter, a counselor who helps Sam deal with the distress, elation and shame that he encounters along the way. Together they learn the secret behind the Dream Shelf, the high cost of integrity and the lessons that a father must pass on to his son.