Bøger af K Adrian Zonneville

A biography of my father, born of immigrant parents and seeking a better life in America. Brought here as a boy in 1907 my grandfather begins the American journey in upstate NY where his parents begin to farm the fertile soil of freedom. From farming through the great depression, the loss of new born children and their land, they continued to fight for the American dream. My father comes from these roots, struggling against all odds through poverty, the Second World War, close encounters with death and climbing the ladder of success. He never loses his belief in himself or his country. He loses himself for a time, wandering the desert of hope and ambition but soon recovers to focus on what is important. It is not wealth or fame or stepping on others to accomplish your goals but rather through helping others, lifting other that his finds success. It is a story of love for his family, his nation and its' promise, trucking, but most of all for the woman who gave up all her privilege to become his wife.

Kim has passed. Carrie is lost, alone and crushed under the weight of a thousand waves. Her life has, once again, been torn from her. Her heart broken, crushed and there is no one catching her freefall. Is that all that life holds for her? Pain, heartbreak, betrayal? Maybe she would have been better off if Dennis had never found her on the roadside and she had been allowed to throw herself into the ocean. Sometimes life is too much.It is then Kim's people showed up, out of nowhere, out of the ether, not quite all of them but enough so you would never know the difference. None could say, how exactly, they knew Kim had passed, or why they had come to this house in Newport, they just seemed to know. And none of them were bothered or curious about the happenstance, they accepted it was supposed to be this way.They came. They cooked. They drank. And they reminisced. And then they were gone. All except Dennis and Henry, the doctor from New Orleans. They will stay a little longer but even they have lives they must return to. And she will be left with memories, emptiness, loneliness, sorrow and no direction, no plan no future.Kim had found her salvation in her journey, maybe Carrie can do the same. She will complete what Kim started. It will be a spiritual quest to bring her closer to who and what Kim had been. The journey will allow Carrie to experience some of what Kim did in her last few months of life. She will discover her true path by following Kim's.But one person's journey is another person's dead end, as Carrie soon finds out. If she is too find any peace, any contentment, any chance at life and love, she must find her own path. Not follow a path not meant for her.She comes to that realization quickly, only to flounder in insecurities, her past, her guilt and her loneliness. If she is to dig out of the hole she has allowed herself to slip into she will have to build her own ladder. And she will have to find it alone, on the road.It is a trip of discovery of a country, of who she is and who she will become, of her love for Kim, whether she can shake off her distrust of humanity and whether she can break out of her self-created prison.

A love of the road less traveled leads an old singer/songwriter to mountain two lanes in the dead of winter and the death of his trusty Buick. He can either freeze to death in the car or make a gallant, glorious, stupid attempt at survival. He walks until the want to live leaves him by the side of the road.Found and brought to a small mountain town he is forced to stop running and face life. He must now look the man in the mirror in the eyes and find honesty. The truth he discovers is disturbing and harsh. Thinking he had always been running towards his musical and artistic dreams he finds he has been running from his past, his family, depression and failure.He begins to believe his entire life has been a struggle of futility and self-delusion. What were the dreams he chased? What has he lost in their pursuit? When did he lose his love of music and writing? And most important, can he find his way back?A town of second chances welcomes him with something he has never had; family and true friendship. Not because of what was but because of who he is. Can he stop running long enough to find his true love?