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Last Dream Standing

Jill P. Anderson

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Description:[Historical fiction] Taking place in the early 1900's in Britain, LAST DREAM STANDING evokes the core moment in SOPHIE'S CHOICE: how can we possibly make an impossible choice? How, standing at the nerve center of our humanity, do we close our eyes and choose one or the other, when either choice will break our hearts? When one choice is unfathomable and the other unthinkable? When all our tomorrows will bear the cross of this moment? This story is about a young boy and his mum forced to such a moment, and what their choice does to their family. In a coal-mining valley in Wales, a family is hurting. Their fervent prayers land on the coming birth of a second child. Garth Ross, impetuous and sullen, wants a son--a 'real' son this time who will follow him into the mines and finally make him proud. Beca Ross, unaware of the vastness of her own inner landscape, hopes the new baby will appease the man she married. Eight-year-old Stefan, with the soul of an artist, has no interest in the mines; he wants to draw crickets and caterpillars and to escape his father's disdain. But when little Howie is born, he doesn't answer their fervent prayers. Instead, he shatters their dreams. He will never lift a pick, let alone heave it at a seam of coal. When Garth threatens to take the baby to an adoption agency in London and be rid of him, Stefan and his mum are forced into a heartbreaking dilemma: the thought of losing Howie is gut-wrenching, and yet the cost of keeping him takes their breath away. Desperate to protect Howie, they make an unthinkable promise: surely a forced secret can't be hidden forever, surely the lie will be found out; and yet .... Through beginnings and endings, in joy and heartbreak, beyond the tyranny of secrets and the sting of betrayal, Howie's precious life will have its say. After all, it is Howie who shows Stefan how to reach out and grab at your dream and not let go. Finally, as in the last stone turned, the truth will release Stefan's family: not to who they used to be, but to who they needed to become. LAST DREAM STANDING will appeal to mature readers drawn to the bucolic setting of HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY and the emotional punch of SOPHIE'S CHOICE.Release date: early 2024We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Last Dream Standing. To get started finding Last Dream Standing, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 432

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: LSG

Release: —

ISBN: 1735490636

Description: [Historical fiction] Taking place in the early 1900's in Britain, LAST DREAM STANDING evokes the core moment in SOPHIE'S CHOICE: how can we possibly make an impossible choice? How, standing at the nerve center of our humanity, do we close our eyes and choose one or the other, when either choice will break our hearts? When one choice is unfathomable and the other unthinkable? When all our tomorrows will bear the cross of this moment? This story is about a young boy and his mum forced to such a moment, and what their choice does to their family. In a coal-mining valley in Wales, a family is hurting. Their fervent prayers land on the coming birth of a second child. Garth Ross, impetuous and sullen, wants a son--a 'real' son this time who will follow him into the mines and finally make him proud. Beca Ross, unaware of the vastness of her own inner landscape, hopes the new baby will appease the man she married. Eight-year-old Stefan, with the soul of an artist, has no interest in the mines; he wants to draw crickets and caterpillars and to escape his father's disdain. But when little Howie is born, he doesn't answer their fervent prayers. Instead, he shatters their dreams. He will never lift a pick, let alone heave it at a seam of coal. When Garth threatens to take the baby to an adoption agency in London and be rid of him, Stefan and his mum are forced into a heartbreaking dilemma: the thought of losing Howie is gut-wrenching, and yet the cost of keeping him takes their breath away. Desperate to protect Howie, they make an unthinkable promise: surely a forced secret can't be hidden forever, surely the lie will be found out; and yet .... Through beginnings and endings, in joy and heartbreak, beyond the tyranny of secrets and the sting of betrayal, Howie's precious life will have its say. After all, it is Howie who shows Stefan how to reach out and grab at your dream and not let go. Finally, as in the last stone turned, the truth will release Stefan's family: not to who they used to be, but to who they needed to become. LAST DREAM STANDING will appeal to mature readers drawn to the bucolic setting of HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY and the emotional punch of SOPHIE'S CHOICE.Release date: early 2024We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Last Dream Standing. To get started finding Last Dream Standing, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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