Owning Treasure - Softcover

Wilbur, Joseph; Wilbur, Laura

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1475121539 ISBN 13: 9781475121537

Verlag: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012

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Book by Wilbur Joseph Wilbur Laura

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Owning Treasure is the story of Antonio Pagano, a man who lives amidst the unrelenting suspicion of a petty theft he insists he did not commit, but which nevertheless defines his life. On the day of the crime a disaster of epic proportion occurred in Northeastern Pennsylvania as the Susquehanna River plunged through the ceiling of the Knox Coal Mine, leading to the collapse of the region’s only major industry. Young Antonio flees his hometown before he learns of the disaster. While away he builds a new life for himself and gains a family in the process. When once again the river upends the lives of those living along its banks, it also calls Antonio back home to his people, only now as a respected and generous business owner. In serving his community, he seeks to restore the broken relationships of his past but finds only awkwardness and absurd conflict because he refuses to confess to the crime which drove him away.

Like the flow of water, the events surrounding the generations of Antonio’s family are at once under their control and in control of them. The course of Antonio's life may have been altered by a crime, but Antonio alone must navigate through the consequences of that event. Ultimately, he will be responsible for what he becomes. In the days following Antonio's death, his true legacy is revealed as his wife, his son, and his very clever grandchildren Tony and Olivia discover long forgotten secrets of what happened fifty years earlier on the day of the mine disaster. They will come to understand the difference between possessing treasure and owning it.

Written to be enjoyed by young people and adults alike.

Biografía del autor:

Joe Wilbur grew up in Pittston, Pennsylvania just two miles from the site of the Knox Mine disaster. Laura Wilbur grew up in Rochester, New York, where they met in May of 1993 and were married less than a year later. For several years they lived in the chilly reaches of Western New York until 2008 when they moved to Virginia to be closer to the sun. They homeschool their children and enjoy their full and quiet life together in their wooded countryside home. Visit their website at www.joeandlaurawilbur.com.

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• Verlag: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1475121539
• ISBN 13: 9781475121537
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 264