| Y. Vonne Beck? Volume 3 Contributor(s): Gerstein, L. R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0228810256 ISBN-13: 9780228810254 Publisher: Tellwell Talent OUR PRICE: $28.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Women |
| Physical Information: 2.2" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (2.70 lbs) 984 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Y. Vonne Beck survives the abduction of her beloved child Jonathan by his long-lost father, and mother and son are reunited. But she now faces an excruciating breakup with the man she finally found love with, Asher Zilbeh. Vonne sets out to change her life: a new apartment, a new career and a new husband. She works hard to better herself and even harder to extricate Asher from her soul.
A humble request for leniency takes Vonne to New York City. A terminal diagnosis melts her hardened heart and she relents to Ken's appeal to visit his son in person, after she'd had him banned from entering Canada six years ago.
In a city of millions of people it seems unimaginable; still, there on a sidewalk in the heart of Manhattan he stops and stares at her. Vonne has not seen Asher since he snatched Jonathan away from Ken in Japan and returned him to her waiting arms. Her heart begins to race. She can't bear to see him and rushes off as tears flood her eyes.
That happenstance and continued coincidental meetings spark a raging fire in Asher. He needs to find her, to get through to her. He wants her to know the truth.
However, the truth comes with a tower of guilt. A profound hurt burgeons as painful realities set in, take root and sprout ineffable regret. Vonne's busy yet stable life is suddenly inundated with torturous complexity--with the truth buried deep inside.
Vonne lets go of her pragmatic sensibilities and follows her heart, which leads her through a maze of emotional turmoil: shock, awe, anger, dread and fear. Can love be waiting on the other side, and will she find the strength, at last, to accept it? |
Contributor Bio(s): Gerstein, L. R.: - L. R. Gerstein grew up in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the eldest of six children. She lived a rather sheltered life with her mother, father and siblings. No one ever stepped outside of her parents' comfort zone or dared to venture beyond what was expected of them. Growing up with a passion for drawing and painting, she'd hoped to attend art college. The powers that be-her parents-fiercely objected, and without consideration redirected her to administrative studies. Ms. Gerstein married at twenty and gratefully found herself pregnant at twenty-one. Motherhood was fulfilling and rewarding-more so than studying that which disinterested her at community college, and she dropped out before graduating. Raising four children kept her on her toes 24/7. Life was hectic, chaotic at times, but always filled with love. When her children were grown and much more independent than she ever was, she decided to resurrect her adolescent passion. However, she quickly realized that her youthful, voracious appetite had diminished long ago. In the mid 1990s, something inside her sparked, flickered and lit a new creative path. The elements of composition in art had transformed within her and the written word flowed. A five-by-seven indigenous painting inspired a story. Her son, a student of film at the time, liked the idea and suggested she write a short, detailed outline. Some eight hundred pages later, her first novel was complete and she felt a quiet sense of accomplishment. With no formal training, she writes purely for pleasure. Y. Vonne Beck? is her second novel, a labour of love finished in 2003. As a busy wife, mother and grandmother, many obstacles-new life, illness, death, general annoyances-stood between her and publishing the book. With her life in a slower rhythm, now seems the right time to put it in print. She and her husband live well, and have managed to sustain their marriage of forty-seven years. They are well travelled and hope to continue their adventures. |