Gone the Sun: A Novel

For the sixteen year olds attending Camp Kanuga in the summer of 1975, it is supposed to the best summer of their young lives. They are finally upper seniors at the camp, and they are going to make the best of it. But without warning, tragedy strikes, and its effects will haunt five campers for the rest of their lives.  There is Gavin Stewart, a twin who lives in his brother's shadow. There's Andrew "Apple" Brookman, the jokester whose life is changed by loss. There's Henry Sturtz, the rich boy whose words can be deadly. There's Leonard "Pulitzer" Dorff, the poor boy sent to spend a summer in a world he can only dream about. And there's Nicki Polis, the girlfriend of the golden boy who is privy to a secret that will change all of them.  Gone the Sun traces the lives of these individuals over the course of thirty-five years, finally bringing them together again in a meeting where truth and illusion must be separated and secrets and lies exposed. It's a story about a bunch of kids who thought they knew it all at sixteen; it turns out they knew nothing.

Gone the Sun

Literature & Fiction

Laffel, Jeff

Klepper, Michael

Literary

iUniverse

For the sixteen year olds attending Camp Kanuga in the summer of 1975, it is supposed to the best summer of their young lives. They are finally upper seniors at the camp, and they are going to make the best of it. But without warning, tragedy strikes, and its effects will haunt five campers for the rest of their lives. There is Gavin Stewart, a twin who lives in his brother's shadow. There's Andrew "Apple" Brookman, the jokester whose life is changed by loss. There's Henry Sturtz, the rich boy whose words can be deadly. There's Leonard "Pulitzer" Dorff, the poor boy sent to spend a summer in a world he can only dream about. And there's Nicki Polis, the girlfriend of the golden boy who is privy to a secret that will change all of them. Gone the Sun traces the lives of these individuals over the course of thirty-five years, finally bringing them together again in a meeting where truth and illusion must be separated and secrets and lies exposed. It's a story about a bunch of kids who thought they knew it all at sixteen; it turns out they knew nothing.

The Hall

THE HALL is a series of fictional short stories, all of which take place over one hundred years at Carnegie Hall. All the characters are fictional and no real persons living or dead, other than the Mahlers, are to be found here. The author asks that the stories are read in the order as many are interconnected.

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Fantasy

Xlibris US

The Body at the back of the Bus: The second Lena Cohen Conroy mystery

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

When THE BODY UNDER THE BLEACHERS, the first Lena Cohen Conroy was published a number of years ago, there were so many positive comments about it that I thought Lena and her pals at Cromwell High School needed a sequel Here it is at last as Lena takes her A.P. English class to Broadway on what turns into a fatal field trip. Lena loves her students, they love her and it is my fondest wish that you will love all of them.

The Body at the Back of the Bus: The Second Lena Cohen Conroy Mystery

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