When a tornado nearly wipes the town of Croy, Oklahoma, off the map, Lerner Alquist vows to memorialize the wife he lost by building a magnificent library. It is a splendid dream, but hard times keep interrupting it. By 1952, Alquist needs one final ornament: a sculpture over the main entrance. Pursuing that vision sets in motion a series of events that uncovers the racism, religious bigotry, and sexual tensions that underlie the town. If I Remember Him blends historical context with public triumphs and personal tragedy to portray a town torn between its better angels and its old wounds.

If I Remember Him

Literature & Fiction

Ceci, Louis Flint

United States

Beautiful Dreamer Press

Three friends must learn to balance honesty and loyalty, sexual longing and selfless love, and face the truth about themselves and each other as they take comfort in the bonds of true friendship.

Comfort Me

Past and present collide as Jake, Joanie, Randy and their friends seek to repair the mistakes their parents made without committing even bigger ones themselves. Their vision of a world without violence and lies urges them on while old prejudices close in on their home town. A memorial sculpture believed lost is recovered, promising to bring the town together. But a charismatic pastor immediately sets about to destroy it and erase its memory. A Viet Nam vet returns to honor a local hero, but carries with him a shocking secret. An escaped felon risks everything to reconcile with his wife and son, only to lose them both. Amid it all, two boys fall in love in a time and place that denies their hopes and threatens their very lives.

Leave Me Not Alone: Book 4 of The Croy Cycle

Genre Fiction

Les Croyens Press

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If I Remember Him

Comfort Me

Leave Me Not Alone: Book 4 of The Croy Cycle