Fear No Eagle: A Novel - Softcover

Riche, Robert

 
9781481217767: Fear No Eagle: A Novel

Inhaltsangabe

"Fear No Eagle" is a romantic love story of literary quality that addresses the matter of a modern woman's ability to surmount the most difficult circumstances of her life, her courage and ultimate triumph in the face of many trials, including abandonment as a child, orphanage institutionalization, molestation by a priest, abuse by a farm family that has taken her in as a servant, her escape to New York, the not inconsiderable struggle to overcome demons of her own, flight from a crazed stalker, and romantic tribulations with an indecisive lover. There are some very funny scenes, as well as brutal moments in this novel. There is a shooting, a killing. There are parts of the novel that are poignant, absolutely guaranteed to bring tears to the eyes. The story moves back and forth in time and to various locations, some by the romantic seaside, some to a life of career advancement and romance in New York, some to the dark origins and abandonment and loneliness of childhood years, all adding up to a complex, inspirational and suspenseful experience that keeps the reader turning pages.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Robert Riche has published two novels, Brock Downsized and What Are We Doing in Latin America (a Novel about Connecticut). His plays have been performed in numerous LORT regional theaters and in Bristol, England. Published by Samuel French. He is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts grant, a Connecticut Foundation for the Arts grant, Advanced Drama Research grant; he is winner of the prestigious Stanley Drama Award, and he has been a Breadloaf Writers Conference scholar. He has published one volume of poetry and two poetry chapbooks.

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