Gerry Huerth

Save the Orangutans

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Frannie Fortunato lives in her imagination and the memories of her youth in the Peace and Love Generation. At one her nostalgic fetes, a friend of hers introduces her to a gentleman caller, Leonard Grunwald. Leonard is a driven single minded lawyer who has refrained from any kind of whimsy. He is charmed by this person who embodies all that he has missed. After a romantic courtship these two very different people get married. Leonard takes charge and whisks Frannie away to a honeymoon in Italy. After traveling through Italy, the two finally settle in Amalfi. Centuries before, The Duchess of Amalfi and her children were murdered in a tower overlooking the town. As the dust of romance begins to settle, Leonard begins to feel frustrated and disappointed with Frannie. She begins chaffing under the strict rule of Leonard. Leonard begins unraveling in this strange place he can't control. Frannie visit the Duchess' Tower. There, she listens more carefully to her own inner call to resourceful independence. She begins coming of age.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LitPrime Solutions
• Seitenzahl: 266
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Mai 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 127mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 324g
• ISBN-13: 9798887032382
• Artikelnr.: 68138475

Autorenporträt

Gerry Huerth is a 74 year old person who has creatively responded to being an outsider and in that process has learned to be an effective advocate for people who face the challenges of working with systems that may not be responsive to their hopes and needs. Fifty years ago he was an early member of FREE, the first Gay and Lesbian college organization in this country.He also worked as an RN in many healthcare systems. These nursing experiences include psychiatric nursing, working with drug addicted mothers and infants in Harlem New York, volunteering for The Farm Workers Union in California, being on the board of a very early hospice in Maine, volunteering to do massage for people with AIDS, and collaborating to create a personal care service for people with mental illness living in the community. He also worked in a community college as an adjunct instructor teaching and empowering students who faced challenges to academic learning such as racism, poverty, violence and alternate learning styles.