A Struggle for Normal - Softcover

Moore, Richard K.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1438901585 ISBN 13: 9781438901589

Publisher: AuthorHouse, 2008

Synopsis

As the California Limited sped southward through the long, flat San Joaquin Valley, Thomas O'Roark struggled to stay awake. One moment he was scrunching around in the unrelenting mohair seat, his head bumping against the mahogany window frame, trying to get comfortable; the next he was sitting up massaging the bullet wound in his leg, attempting to ease the pain.

When the train lurched through a switch block, he rubbed his eyes awake and leaned forward to stare through the window, streaked with rivulets of moisture and partially blackened by smoke blown back from the big Baldwin four-eight-four locomotive. The view into the gathering dusk revealed a seamless green landscape of winter wheat, pock marked by an occasional vineyard or orchard, the limbs of its vines or trees barren and scraggly in their winter dormancy. Here and there, a lonely farmhouse and wisp of fireplace smoke offered the only evidence of life. In the distance, the familiar snowy carapace of the Sierra Nevada Mountains was hidden by a mantle of gray tule fog settling inexorably toward the land.

Thomas was returning home from the Great War battered and disillusioned, his once youthful patriotism broken on the reality of mortal combat. His muscular young body had been ripped open twice, leaving him with a jagged shoulder scar and a leg wound that would impact the rest of his life. He had killed and seen his close comrades killed.

About this title

About the Author

"A novelist with much passion and conviction." "His work is extremely appealing for its historical relevance and worthy theme". "His writing is solid."

That's how editors have described the writing of Richard K. Moore. A Struggle for Normal is his second novel, following his first work, A Loss of Freedom. Mr. Moore has been writing professionally for over forty years. He is a native of Fresno, California, where he graduated from Fresno State College with a degree in Journalism. He is retired and currently lives with his wife Willis in Waco, Texas.

Edition details

• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1438901585
• ISBN 13: 9781438901589
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448