Retired Baby Boomer and successful Manhattan attorney, Jeffrey Stallman, has failed to find happiness, partly due to his unrequited love for his best friend's wife. Faced with the disappointments of marriage and family, he leaves his Greenwich, Connecticut estate to relocate to a small ranch he's never seen in the high prairie of Kiowa, Colorado, where he hopes to reclaim his agrarian roots and minimize his estrangement from his children and ex-wife. A man who has never taken the time to understand himself, he begins to recognize the emotions that have fueled his misguided choices and what he can do to heal himself and his family. The Book alternates past segments of Jeff's life with his present situation in Colorado, moving backward to the distant past on a Nebraska farm, in an effort to examine how the past has irrevocably affected Stallman's present situation. Through Jeff's experiences in Kiowa and his belated grasp of his heritage, he is able to make meaningful decisions that balance the hurt of decades. Jeffrey Stallman's story is one of redemption, depicting the universal failures of all who attempt to succeed in a competitive society only to realize they have sold themselves for achievements they no longer value. In Colorado Jeff learns what it is to be connected - to his fellow man, his family and the vast Colorado landscape. This is a multi-faceted love story as well as the psychological depiction of a complicated and well meaning man who refuses to give up on his notion of the American Dream.
About the Author: Marjorie Meyerle is a Colorado writer. She is a regular Amazon reviewer, analyzing for the purpose of helping book groups identify key aspects of literary fiction. She is the author of "Bread of Shame," a literary novel, and a co-author of a historical book on Douglas County, Colorado, where she resides in a home abutting Castlewood Canyon State Park with her husband, Michael. She is the author of various articles, a three-time recipient of Fellowships to the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, an Honorable Mention designate of Writers Digest's short fiction competition, and has twice placed in the Quarterfinals for the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award. Marjorie has received numerous awards in Colorado and Virginia for her teaching of Advanced Placement English as well as devising English courses for students with disabilities. Marjorie has lectured nationwide on what makes a good teacher and how to identify substantive literature in a time of pop culture dominance. Visit her website: MarjorieMeyerle.com.