Changing Time - Gale Forbes

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Résumé :
In 1890, progress overruns Quinn's remote fishing village on Passamaquoddy Bay. With the railroad and industrialization devastating his livelihood as a longline fisherman, Quinn struggles amidst changing times. After the tragic death of his father and a failed marriage, Quinn loses hope of having a family. Seeking solace in a hotel lounge, Quinn notices a striking Passamaquoddy woman. When their eyes meet, she seems to recognize him before hurrying off. Desperate for income, Quinn starts smuggling exports to Eastport, Maine where he serendipitously encounters the woman from the hotel. Kindred spirits, Quinn and Mika find themselves jobless and with no prospects. Just when their situation seems hopeless, an unexpected opportunity arises when Quinn's mother develops a relationship with a retired gentleman of means. Deciding to leave their struggles behind, Quinn and Mika take a chance on a new life in the wilds of Florida. Upon arriving in Tampa, their timing coincides fortuitously with the grand opening of the opulent Tampa Bay Hotel. A bold proposal from entrepreneur Henry Plant soon has Quinn and Mika poised to embark on an adventure too good to pass up....

Biographie:
Gale Forbes often contends that he got into writing to scratch a persistent itch. The yen to write started before high school as he read books and accounts of WWII by Ernie Pyle, Winston Churchill, Richard Tregaskis, and others. Looking back, he calls it an awakening of the power of words. After graduating from the University of Michigan School of Architecture, he gained recognition in his profession by writing essays and op-ed pieces for industry trade magazines. His style is to set the reader on his shoulder and witness the action as the scene unfolds. Like most novice writers, he wrote short fiction with peers in different writing groups. He was a regular at the once-annual Women s Writers Conference. When he turned his architectural practice over to others, he found success with short stories and then ventured into historical fiction with his first novel, Mother s People, set in 1874, follows three generations of mothers confronted by the unforeseen acts of their children. Set in 1890, his second novel, Changing Times, follows the struggles of a third-generation fisherman as progress comes to his remote village. Uncertain Times, his third novel, picks up the story of Changing Time but twenty years later. Visit the author s page at https://www.amazon.com/galeforbes...

Sommaire:
In 1890, progress overruns Quinn's remote fishing village on Passamaquoddy Bay. With the railroad and industrialization devastating his livelihood as a longline fisherman, Quinn struggles amidst changing times. After the tragic death of his father and a failed marriage, Quinn loses hope of having a family. Seeking solace in a hotel lounge, Quinn notices a striking Passamaquoddy woman. When their eyes meet, she seems to recognize him before hurrying off. Desperate for income, Quinn starts smuggling exports to Eastport, Maine where he serendipitously encounters the woman from the hotel. Kindred spirits, Quinn and Mika find themselves jobless and with no prospects. Just when their situation seems hopeless, an unexpected opportunity arises when Quinn's mother develops a relationship with a retired gentleman of means. Deciding to leave their struggles behind, Quinn and Mika take a chance on a new life in the wilds of Florida. Upon arriving in Tampa, their timing coincides fortuitously with the grand opening of the opulent Tampa Bay Hotel. A bold proposal from entrepreneur Henry Plant soon has Quinn and Mika poised to embark on an adventure too good to pass up....