BLOOMINGTON, Ind., May 22, 2009 — A richly satisfying tale for those whose instincts are sure and who would identify at once with the hopes and fears and dreams of all the good friends herein as they trudge along the bumpy road to happiness. It is straightforwardly Christian in orientation.
“The Dreamer” (published by iUniverse) is a Family Saga of “blockbuster” length. It is set along the wildly beautiful coastline of Maine amongst a fictional small and close-knit community and the semi-rural hinterland of small-acreage part-time farmers.
There are contrasts and tensions throughout: good versus evil; fear versus hope; fetid city life versus rural peace and beauty; honorable and fiercely passionate love versus cynical exploitative sex; brisk exciting action versus the dreamy, the nostalgic and the speculative. The people herein are strong, not wimps. The menfolk guard their masculinity, the women their womanhood. The man/woman relationship is sensitively explored.
There are stories within stories, gripping in their own rights, that sustain interest and excitement throughout. A large number of diverse and fascinating characters come on stage: pilgrims all journeying through life, each caught up in the search for happiness that underlies all human endeavor — for that pot of gold they hope to find at the end of the rainbow.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Paddy Halpin describes himself as an unrepentant and unreconstructed male who rebels at the absence from serious fiction of the longings of decent men, too often unexpressed but always there, for the warmth, the special wisdom and strength that, as Providence has decreed, only a truly good woman can bring to him. He invites you to visit his website: http://paddyhalpin.com, for a comprehensive book description and for further information. This is his first book.
“The Dreamer”
Available from: http://www.iUniverse.com, http://www.bn.com, and http://www.amazon.com
iUniverse offers a variety of publishing services to help individuals publish, market and sell fiction, poetry and nonfiction books. The company utilizes print-on-demand technology, and is one of the largest self-publishing companies in the U.S. iUniverse is based in Bloomington, Indiana.
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