And Then the Monarchs Flew Away

And Then the Monarchs Flew Away

And Then the Monarchs Flew Away

Lou Jones

14,87 €
IVA incluido
Disponible
Editorial:
iUniverse
Año de edición:
2011
Materia
Ficción moderna y contemporánea
ISBN:
9781462009572
14,87 €
IVA incluido
Disponible

Selecciona una librería:

  • Librería Samer Atenea
  • Librería Aciertas (Toledo)
  • Kálamo Books
  • Librería Perelló (Valencia)
  • Librería Elías (Asturias)
  • Donde los libros
  • Librería Kolima (Madrid)
  • Librería Proteo (Málaga)

At the age of thirty-three, Bill Mason is a popular fishing guide in Key West. Though successful, his journey had not been easy. He was orphaned atthe age of eight; at fourteen he was a runaway, making his own way in the world. In Key West he found his calling on the fishing boats. He alsofound a love-his wife, Beth.Edgar Stanky has just retired. Reflecting on his forty-year career in business, he wonders if he hasalways lived the right life for him. Intent on making the most of retirement, Edgar and his wife Ariel,move to Key West where they find an exciting new life-and, where they form a friendship with Bill andBeth Mason.Suddenly, Bill is stricken with lymphoma. Confronted by his mortality he searches for something to believe in as he battles the disease.His struggle takes a bizarre turn when he experiences otherworldly visions-perhaps indicators of a higher level of consciousness. Hebecomes almost manic in his compulsion to share the mystical nature of his passing with Edgar.

Artículos relacionados

  • The Only Witness
    Pamela Beason / TBD
    A MISSING BABYSeventeen-year-old Brittany Morgan dashed into the store for just a minute, leaving her sleeping baby in the car. Now Ivy's gone and half the town believes Brittany murdered her daughter.A HAUNTED DETECTIVEDetective Matthew Finn, a big-city fish out of water in small-town Evansburg, Washington, struggles with his wife's betrayal as he investigates Ivy Morg...
    Disponible

    20,64 €

  • The Gender of Inanimate Objects and Other Stories
    Laura Marello
    In the phosphorescent title novella of Laura Marello's collection, an enigmatic drifter pursues her circuitous path through the intricate cultural terrain of Sweetwater County, California, a patchwork of communities where "everyone speaks the wrong language." Through subtle, disciplined prose inflected with the deep colors and clear lines of ancient Mykonos and the northern...
    Disponible

    15,29 €

  • What's the Word?
    Lawrence Gordon
    This is a work of non-fiction. The events penned herein reflect real life situations; great times and terrible times; which my family, my friends, and I endured.      This work will reflect the spiritual aspects of my family. I was born and raised in our family church. The name of the church was God’s Universal House of Prayer and my Uncle, James Henderson was the Pastor until...
    Disponible

    7,19 €

  • Meritocrats
    Stuart Evans
    Stuart Evans’s first novel is a comedy-of-ill-manners set in a nouveau riche milieu: a fantastic satirical performance and hyper-referential homage to masters past and present. Paul Keller is the Stephen Dedalus of the piece, the son of Robert and Sylvie, whose internal monologue is spliced into the action, and whose incestuous feelings for his sister lead to an increase in his...
    Disponible

    19,71 €

  • Jack the Lad
    Frank English
    A tale based loosely in reality, this story traces the fortunes of the Ingles family in the West Riding coal fields around Wakefield. Theirs is a saga that could be replicated time after time in an area where scratching a living wasn't easy, and where coal, drink, and occasional infidelity played integral parts in the life of the community. Their story starts in the mid-194...
    Disponible

    13,53 €

  • The Empty Chair
    Penny Goetjen
    o A steamy Caribbean islando A missing female photographero A daughter’s relentless search and her entanglement in the island’s twisted subculture Don’t expect an umbrella in your drink when you escape to the Virgin Islands in this heart-pounding suspense novel as young Olivia Benning desperately searches for her photographer mother who has gone missing during a covert assignme...
    Disponible

    12,62 €

Otros libros del autor

  • Unstoppable Affirmations for Teens
    Lou Jones
    Calling all fans of 'Building Unstoppable Self-Confidence for Teens' by Derek T Freeman, or 'The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens' by Sean Covey! Unstoppable Affirmations for Teens is packed with motivational messages and positive self-talk exercises to help teens thrive in middle school, high school, and beyond.Is your teen struggling with self-doubt, negativity, or a lack o...
    Disponible

    14,16 €

  • Unstoppable Affirmations
    Lou Jones
    Readers of affirmations books and positive quote books like10,000+ Positive Affirmations, A Year of Positive Thinking, or Badass Affirmations will love the inspirational quotes in Unstoppable Affirmations. Full of inspiration and positive self-talk affirmations, this growth-mindset book is the perfect empowerment gift for you and others.Do you want to create more happiness, con...
  • So You Want to Be a Poet
    Lou Jones
    What is poetry? This question invites the reader to enter this collection of poems. Within is an array of free-verse offerings covering a range of themes-a would-be poet’s dawdling ('Confessions of a Procrastinator'), the fading of summer ('Vestiges'), the ongoing war in Syria ('I Am Omran'), a mysterious drowning ('The Silent River'), the frustration of mediocre golf skills ('...
    Disponible

    10,98 €

  • After the Blast
    Lou Jones
    Legend has it, within the Ancient Order of Doubters, that before the advent of time and space a mighty voice thundered across the void, proclaiming, “Forthwith the plan,” then, declared again with greater force, “Forthwith the plan.” Alas, there was no entity to respond, no ear to record, no mind to comprehend—only stillness.Thus, this fanciful opening sets the stage for this p...
    Disponible

    11,23 €

  • And Then the Monarchs Flew Away
    Lou Jones
    At the age of thirty-three, Bill Mason is a popular fishing guide in Key West. Though successful, his journey had not been easy. He was orphaned atthe age of eight; at fourteen he was a runaway, making his own way in the world. In Key West he found his calling on the fishing boats. He alsofound a love-his wife, Beth.Edgar Stanky has just retired. Reflecting on his forty-year ca...
  • From Microbe to Consciousness
    Lou Jones
    There is a gamut to be run with this collection of poems, a challenge with a few sharp turns and switchbacks. From the playful treatment of the Big Bang and other scientific theories, to the often poignant readouts of the human condition. From two Chihuahuas running free, to the aged writer Trapped in the dusty garret of his mind. There are intrusions into the mind of the poet ...
    Disponible

    11,33 €