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Norah Piehl
Julia Stilwell is trying to be a normal college freshman, but it's hard. She is still grieving the recent loss of her brother, whose death she blames in large part on herself. She also has had to give up her beloved trumpet, the instrument that used to define her --- and that she had always imagined would help define her future plans, too. Now she's just another college student, but her fears, regrets and insecurities also make her vulnerable to moments of sadness --- and perhaps more than that. Read More
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To Sam Blount, meeting Julia is the best thing that has ever happened to him. Working at the local college, he’d been feeling troubled about his approaching 40th birthday, but being with Julia makes him feel young and hopeful. Their relationship is tested by a shy young man with a secret, Marcus Broley, who is also infatuated with Julia.
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To Sam Blount, meeting Julia is the best thing that has ever happened to him. Working at the local college, he’d been feeling troubled about his approaching 40th birthday, but being with Julia makes him feel young and hopeful. Their relationship is tested by a shy young man with a secret, Marcus Broley, who is also infatuated with Julia.
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A page-turning psychological thriller from the “talented young” author of FINNY (Boston Globe)
To Sam Blount, meeting Julia is the best thing that has ever happened to him.
Working at the local college and unsuccessful in his previous relationships, he’d been feeling troubled about his approaching fortieth birthday, “a great beast of a birthday,” as he sees it, but being with Julia makes him feel young and hopeful. Julia Stilwell, a freshman trying to come to terms with a recent tragedy that has stripped her of her greatest talent, is flattered by Sam’s attention. But their relationship is tested by a shy young man with a secret, Marcus Broley, who is also infatuated with Julia.
Told in alternating points of view, THE PRESERVATIONIST is the riveting tale of Julia and Sam's relationship, which begins to unravel as the threat of violence approaches and Julia becomes less and less sure whom she can trust.
October 2013
After an absolutely gorgeous September and early October here in the New York area, which included lots of beautiful warm evenings and thus an extended pool season, the temperatures are dropping and I find myself trying to harbor the last vestiges of summer as I paddle into the pool in my wetsuit --- and I am plucking leaves from the top of the water where they are spread like a carpet. It’s been a really nice ride being outside since early June. It’s just about time to move my favorite reading space back inside. That’s the one nice thing about reading --- you can move your book to a new comfy place and pick up where you left off!
— — October 4, 2013
Tom Clancy: Master of the Military Thriller
Tom Clancy’s success was the type for which every potential author dreams. Write a novel (THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER) that is accepted by the first publisher to which it is submitted. It becomes a bestseller, helped to some measure by the recommendation of the sitting President of the United States, and is adapted for film.
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