The first chapter in this marvelous story is well-written, with excellent character development and a story line that truly engages the reader. This is Romance story telling at its best.
I have had a now too long but varied, interesting and fortunate life. I have been a school-failure, migrant, cabinet-maker, mature-age student, teacher, academic, historian, etc., etc. As a husband I was found wanting, as a father, friend, companion less so. And I have always ...