Werner Manke

When Dreams Vanish (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A tragedy brought Andreas to a new team in a country more than four thousand miles from home. In a terrorist's attack the woman he loved with all his heart lost her life. Elena was the girl with whom he had wanted to spend the rest of his life. She was the sunshine on all his days. A bullet robbed them of their dreams. To cope he needed to get as far away as possible from things that reminded him of losing Elena. He adjusted to his new team quickly and soon became their star striker. The fans loved him. Before his second season with the team began, he became widely known in the city. But the loss of his soulmate had left an emptiness in his heart he thought he would not ever fill again.

All that changed one evening at a figure skating competition where Olivia, a hometown girl, won the country's title and his heart. Each of their meetings made their hearts dance, but their previous commitments caused them to keep their feelings for each other secret and hidden from each other.

Before they could spend much time together and explore their love for each other a car accident threatened to claim Olivia's life and strike Andreas with another heart-breaking blow. While many of Olivia's injuries slowly healed, the accident left her paralyzed and confined to a wheelchair. The road ahead for Olivia and Andreas looked hopeless. Would Olivia ever skate again? Most people doubted it. Her coach took on new skaters. Many of her friends left her. The man who had promised to love her always deserted her. Life for Olivia seemed not worth living. But Andreas could not abandon her. He could not forget the beautiful girl he had seen skate gracefully on an evening when he needed to find relief from the memories of a love lost and a brutal game. He realized it was Olivia who could make his dreams come true, and in her darkest hour he declared his love for her.d

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Werner Manke
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798201753764
• Artikelnr.: 61975685

Autorenporträt

If one had to describe W. H. Manke in five words the most appropriate words might be: He's passionate about many things.

Manke's family, faith and health rank at the top of his list. He enjoyed a career in education as teacher, principal and Director of Instruction, and retired after thirty years to have time to pursue other interests. The years in education taught him much about how humans learn. Day-to-day observations, common sense and a good deal of research gave him an understanding about what it takes for people to be successful. He holds a degree with concentrations in English and Education and a Master's degree in Educational Administration and Strategic Planning. Ask him what he enjoys doing since retirement he'll tell you, "Ranking at the top with other activities I love to watch my grandchildren at play, to read and to write. In the last few years I completed five full length novels, published two, and I've recently completed writing Storms over Hawking Manor, a sequel to the first novel I published, Secrets of Hawking Manor." The later book he edited and formatted at the end of 2014 for Smashwords' distribution to publishers and retailers that sell E-Books. He had also written a number of articles, short stories and many poems during those years.

When he is not near his grandchildren he might be found writing, researching or reading. He loves to play, coach and watch a number of sports that include soccer, hockey, skiing, fishing as well as collecting. He delights in the beauty of nature and the arts. Certain types of paintings and poems and the lyrics and melodies of some songs and hymns cause him to marvel at people's talents. He continues to study history. Ask him why he does, he will say, "We can make this a better world, if we consider the actions of individuals and countries of the past, good and bad, that history shows us and include that knowledge in our guidebook to roads not yet taken."

He believes humans are the crowning work of creation, sees each person as unique, one of a kind, priceless and able to achieve the greatest deeds as well as sink to the most hideous crimes. He believes our most urgent task is to guide all children to become compassionate, confident and informed citizen willing to take on the challenge to create a peaceful world where no child goes hungry.