When September Comes - Softcover

Salat, Andrew J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0759684715 ISBN 13: 9780759684713

Publisher: AuthorHouse, 2002

Synopsis

When September Comes, centers on three generations of spirited women whose lives are tragically overshadowed by a genetic flaw. Valiant ladies who find amusing ways to surmount life's obstacles to eke out happiness. They do this by beguiling those they love, and play the role so well, they believe it themselves. It is this sorcery, along with their teasing ways that easily win the hearts of their men.Unknown to their loved ones, they push into their subconscious the acknowledge of dying young. Curiously, this feat enables them to see humor in ordinary things, as they try to compress a lifetime of joy into few precious years. When their men find they had been hoodwinked into playing their game, they learn too late the women they loved were only complying lambs, awaiting a September which never came.Yet, their story is more about living than dying, its theme is partially based on the lives of real people. Like most chronicles, this one encompasses the joy of growing up, the mysterious stirring of first love, and the inevitable heartache that touches most of us. How these valiant women and the men they love confront their predestined fates, could make this a story not soon forgotten.

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About the Author

Andrew Salat was born in what was then called Czechoslovakia. At age twelve, he came to America to join his dairyman father in Western Pennsylvania. Young Andrew saw life in America as a continuing festival. If being schooled on both sides of the Atlantic could broaden ones mind, his growing up amongst the diverse cultures of a small steel-town helped him become a better American.World War II temporarily interrupted Andrew's American dream. Wounded in a North African Campaign, he went home on leave and married his fiance, Anne Kandrick. Honorably discharged after the war, Andrew at his father's urging returned to his small steel town of Donora. The well-traveled couple saw little future in their smoky town and decided to fulfill their postwar dreams in California. Two years at the prestigious Los Angles Art Center helped to broaden Andrew's perspective. Though art had always been his interest, becoming a parent forced him to seek a more secure position with the Postal Service. Evening classes in real estate investment taught him to take advantage of a booming California economy.With a full-time job and another of managing properties, Andrew's never-ending search for fascinating hobbies kept him busy. Art collecting, astronomy and electronics to name some. To house their classic art collection, the couple built a Mediterranean-style villa on a California mountaintop. Their ballroom-sized living room delighted the fun-loving Anne, while Andrew's dream of an observatory complete with a research-grade telescope became a reality.Tragedy struck when Anne was diagnosed with cancer. The couple was forced to rethink not only their immediate goals, but the very meaning of life. After the initial shock wore off, they chose to tour Europe. On their return, they found others dwelling under the same ominous cloud. Their frequent parties at their spacious mountaintop home became a way to compress a lifetime into the years remaining.Four years after they had moved into their new ho

Edition details

• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0759684715
• ISBN 13: 9780759684713
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 488