Buy this book on-line Seaton, Carter Taylor : Father's TroublesMid-Atlantic Highlands Pub, 2004 ISBN 0967605180
Father's Troubles, a double time-frame period piece, is set in Depression era West Virginia. In an attempt to overcome his humble beginnings, bank president and real estate tycoon Lawrence Burgher lets his greed and arrogance overrun his better judgment as he engages in financial corner cutting. His self-indulgence lands him in prison and his family in such disgrace that they develop a cloak of secrecy in which they shroud the next generation for over forty years. The truth about what caused Father's troubles finally surfaces because his granddaughter, Maggie Malone, refuses to let drop a remark her mother makes one summer afternoon.The novel weaves Maggie's search for the truth of the family myth with her grandfather's rags-to-riches to tragic-death saga. The juxtaposition of the contemporary and period stories shows the powerful impact this well-kept secret had on the entire family, but more importantly on Maggie's own troubled relationship with her mother. 492p.. Book. Book Condition: New. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: New Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Seaton, Carter Taylor : Father's Troubles. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including livres illustrées, out of print books, livres rares, atlases and out-of-print books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |