Continuing almost seven hours later...
With Blue's father in prison for selling marijuana and his mother estranged for over the last seven years, Blue is doing well, all considering. As the second addition to the not-so-nuclear Dixon family of Lisa, her ten-year-old son, Dwight, and the retired, Jewish introvert, Av, Blue finds himself living in a much better area of Halifax, Nova Scotia, going to a much better school and for the first time, actually applying himself academically as he struggles to fit in.
All that's soon threatened when Blue's estranged mother returns to take him away, and around the same time, he's harassed and threatened by his father's affiliation with the local biker gang to whom his father owes money.
Blue, his surrogate family, and Dwight's recent overachieving classmate/friend, Lyon, are forced to deal with the quickly escalating problems that threaten both the family unit and its members.
ABOUT THE SERIES
Taking place in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the series follows the amusing, heartwarming, heartbreaking and sometimes tragic events that follow an introverted old Jewish man’s retirement as he reluctantly befriends a naive and lonely boy, his struggling single mother, and lastly, a boy streetwise beyond his years.
"I don't usually enjoy books in a series but this was an exception. It was uplifting, and interesting with some twists I didn't see coming...It wasn't all sweet and goody two shoes either. It had some dark and realistic moments and characters. Very well written." -(Amazon Customer)
Volume 1) On Herring Cove Road: Mr. Rosen and His 43Lb Anxiety
Volume 2) Still on Herring Cove Road: Hickory, Dickory, Death
Volume 3) Off Herring Cove Road: The Problem Being Blue
Volume 4) Before Herring Cove Road: Ruth Goldman and the Nincompoop
Volume 5) Still Before Herring Cove Road: The War of the Rosens (Coming in early 2025)
OTHER WORKS
The Lovelys' Family Tree Series
Following ten generations from the early eighteenth century to the early twentieth century, each stand-alone novel introduces old and new characters while mixing humor, romance and pathos to tell a story of life and love in America.
Volume 1) Indentured Bonds: The First Generation, Circa 1715
Volume 2) Family Bonds: The Second Generation, Circa 1735 (Release Date TBA)
Volume 3) War Bonds: The Third Generation, Circa 1755 (Release Date TBA)
Michael Kroft is a Nova Scotian Haligonian and writes character-driven novels about the relationships between complex and lovable characters who are as important to the story as the plot itself. Having completed his first four-book series, Herring Cove Road, where each novel's story in the unique series is not like the others, he's now working on his next, The Lovelys' Family Tree. Current Works: The Four-Volume Family Saga Series, Herring Cove Road: 1) On Herring Cove Road: Mr. Rosen and His 43Lb Anxiety 2) Still on Herring Cove Road: Hickory, Dickory, Death 3) Off Herring Cove Road: The Problem Being Blue 4) Before Herring Cove Road: Ruth Goldman and the Nincompoop The Family Saga Series, The Lovelys' Family Tree: 1) Indentured Bonds: The First Generation, circa 1715 (Coming May, 2020)
