Bøger af Brian Pelton

An engrossing literary drama that is stunning, elegant and mournfully wrought, None Wasted, None Spared is the tour de force debut novel by screenwriter Brian Pelton. A formidable blend of irony and heartache, the drama unfolds in a rush of actions with underlying and heartfelt humor. In the Pacific Northwest on the eve of the Great Depression, along with a restless nation, one couple's promising future is compromised. Raised in the shadow of her domineering father, Vera Rush is a local beauty whose husband, Phillip Steadman, proves to be a cheerful spendthrift unable to hold a regular job. His compliments mean less to her than the attentions, real and imagined, of other men. Along with their two sons, the precocious and wayward Jack, and the younger frail Roddy, their lives and the lives of their friends change forever when they fall under the spell of the Australian expatriate, Jimmy Burns, whose influence leads them down shady byways but also points them to their ultimate salvation.

The Steadman family leaves behind the grime of Depression-era Seattle for the purity of country life in Woodinville, but shadows follow. You will meet memorable characters from Brian Pelton's premiere novel, "None Wasted - None Spared", spread throughout this satisfying story of reclamation and rebirth in the face of hard times. There is Jimmy Burns the visionary whose name is given to the road where stakes are driven, the Devoras and the Fords, and Roy James whose interest in the Steadmans is as self-serving as it is generous. Some brighten the way while others, like Max Ridenour, darken it. And finally there's Irene Hewitt the willowy and haunted "farm girl" who rivals Vera Steadman for the affection of her son, Jack. It's the scorching summer of 1933 and FDR is newly in the White House. It is also when the Steadmans, along with the Nation, hammer out their futures at the heated forge of those times.