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A well-intentioned father, extraordinarily successful, blames himself for the accidental drowning of his wife on July 4, 1898. Disrespectful of his father's rakish lifestyle, conscious the characteristics of his unknown Asiatic mother might reappear in succeeding generations, he vows to follow a celibate life, devoting himself to raising his four-year old daughter, directing her away from boys and romance into a business career. He places her in a girl's Catholic school, then on to university where she acquires a master's degree in finance and economics. He establishes a business for her under the umbrella of his own enterprise. At the age of twenty-seven, already a budding success in the world of commerce, the sudden death of her father devastates her, leaving her to face life on her own, managing her huge inheritance. A chance encounter on a snowy evening leads her into the arms of a suave charlatan who captivates her. Seeking information about her new acquaintance, her esteemed lawyer directs her to an underworld character who warns her about the nature of her challenging new paramour. Alas, blinded by first love, she misinterprets the cautionary advice. The resulting marriage is a story of altruism and greed, naiveté and deceit, forgiveness and revenge as their lives become inextricably entwined. Founded on false foundations, their union crumbles. Even as they live their separate lives, they cannot escape, each obsessed with loathing in their hearts for their former partner, their insatiable desire for revenge ultimately destroying them. Their son, born with the appearance of his unknown ancestor, escapes his father's abuse, and thanks to his mother's teachings, becomes the beneficiary of his parents turbulent relationship.
About the Author: Stephen P. Byers was born in Montreal, Quebec in 1924. He held the rank of sergeant, serving in Europe with the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry; wounded in Xanten, Germany, March 8, 1945. After the war, he obtained a Bachelor of Engineering degree from McGill University. He devoted his entire working career to industrial construction, participating in a variety of projects in Canada until 1972, followed by a relocation to Kansas City, serving as Construction Manager on a major commercial development in Missouri. He had wide experience as both actor and director with several Community Theater Companies in Kansas City, winning considerable acclaim as Clarence Darrow in the one-man play of the same name by David Rintels, a two-hour tour-de-force. In 1988, he retired to Arkansas where he embarked on a storytelling and creative writing career, serving ten years as the president of the Tellers of Tales, the storytelling guild of the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History. In recognition of outstanding contributions to the Arkansas museums and the museum profession, he received the prestigious Arkansas Museums Association "Friend of the Museums Award," March 11, 1999, and the Governor's Volunteer Excellence Award from Governor Mike Huckabee, December 16, 1999. Despite a colon cancer incident (2002) and a heart attack (2011), he continues his active writing career, combined with daily physical exercise; at the age of 88 most observer's guess his age at 75, give or take a year or two. In 1948, he married Mary Elspeth Rankine. They live quietly in Rogers, Arkansas, particularly enjoying visits from their four children, six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.


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  • ISBN-13: 9781479110155
  • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Publisher Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 364
  • Series Title: English
  • Weight: 535 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1479110159
  • Publisher Date: 02 Sep 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 19 mm
  • Width: 152 mm


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