Tallahatchie - Rick Destefanis

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Résumé :
For Jack Hartman, the town of Tallahatchie, Mississippi, is an accidental destination. One day he has it all: a beautiful home on the Gulf Coast, an even more beautiful fianc?e, Acey Kimmons, and an assured future as the CEO of his family's multimillion-dollar business. Then he meets talented young Blues singer Cici Cannon and recruits her for his Uncle Tuck's nightclub. Too late, Jack discovers she's a tortured alcoholic. His efforts to help Cici cause her to self-destruct, and his world comes apart when Acey, believing that he's been unfaithful, walks out on him. Jack's guilt compels him to relocate to Cici's hometown and try to rectify the harm he has caused. Thus, he finds himself in the Mississippi Delta as an assistant general manager at an antiquated and failing furniture factory-one he likewise feels compelled to save. A hopeless idealist, Jack plunges into saving the factory and the hundreds of jobs that depend on it-jobs hard to come by in the Delta. As he struggles to gain the respect of the factory's quirky and unpredictable employees, he also hopes to help Cici regain her health. But will his plans to help Cici squash any hope he has of someday reuniting with the love of his life, Acey Kimmons? Jack's quixotic journey teaches him as much about himself and the human condition as it does about life in the rural Delta. Southern fiction and dark comedy at its best, Tallahatchie is a story that is as hilarious as it is tragic....

Biographie:
Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Rick DeStefanis is the author of eleven books. As a military veteran and former paratrooper who served with the 82nd Airborne Division from 1970 to 1972, his experiences predicate the seven-book Vietnam War Series. This collection of stand-alone novels includes three award-winners: The Gomorrah Principle, awarded the 2015 Readers' Favorite Award for military fiction, Valley of the Purple Hearts, awarded the 2017 Best Indie Book Award for literary fiction, and The Birdhouse Man, awarded the 2020 Gold Medal by the Military Writers Society of America. DeStefanis has also published a historical western series The Rawlins Trilogy as well as a southern novel Tallahatchie.

Sommaire:
Rick DeStefanis lives in northern Mississippi with his wife, Janet, five cats and a male yellow lab named Blondie. Although many of his novels cross genre lines that include military fiction, southern fiction and more, he utilizes his military expertise to produce the Vietnam War Series. Melody Hill (Book #1) is the prequel to his award-winning novel The Gomorrah Principle, both of which draw from his experiences as a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division from 1970 to 1972. Learn more about DeStefanis and his books at www.rickdestefanis.com, or you can visit him on Facebook at www.facebook.com/RickDeStefanisAuthor....