Bøger af Dennis McKay

After the death of a wife who never loved him and son who meant everything, Bill Ennis travels to Wisconsin in pursuit of a vague yet stirring memory of his long dead father somewhere near the Dells. He forms ties with a small community of people while falling in love with the beautiful Trudy Pas'cal and bonding with her son. The arrival of Trudy's rogue ex-lover and father of her only child shatters this new beginning. The ensuing turmoil and tragedy leads to a poignant and profound discovery from the past that determines a new course in Bill's life journey.

After the death of her husband of forty years, sixty-year old Nanette Brinson sells her home in Chevy Chase, Maryland, moves to Pleasantville Florida, and begins the process of starting her life anew. She hires a handsome handyman, sixty-four-year-old Devin McCortland, for a project at her new home and soon a romance develops, along with Nanette resurrecting a career on stage that she abandoned after marriage. But when a smooth-talking beau from Nanette's past enters the scene, with promises of a Hollywood audition, all bets are off, as Nanette must decide on fame or love.

They told themselves it had all the makings of one of their classic road trips; though Chad and Monty lacked one essential: their youth, the ultimate trump card. Then the breakdown of Monty's Bricklin-noted for its flawed design-and the rescue of two women, in a VW van, alter the paradigm. Recently divorced Monty is taken by free-spirited Cara, an artist; and Chad, eventually drawn in by Maylee-a writer with a penchant for conjuring perceptive poems-thinks he has found true happiness, until a family issue and huge career break determines a new path in the lives of all four characters.

Keggers at the ocean guards' ramshackle house, fun in the sun at Whiskey Beach, and a raucous good time at the Bottle and Cork all contribute to Terri Landers's summer of fun. The year is 1977, and Terri and her best friend, Veronica, are lifeguards at a community pool in Bethany Beach, Delaware. Life's a blast until the weekend of the Fourth when heartbreak and treachery change not only the course of Terri's summer but also the direction of her life's journey. Along the way we meet a cast of characters from Black Bart and the Rally Crew, an ensemble of beer-bellied party animals, to Joe Bock, a high-voltage DJ who emcees a hilarious wet T-shirt contest, and, of course, the nostalgic youthful glow of summer at the shore back in the day.