Gathering Roses

In Gathering Roses introverted and studious Lori Solomon meets nonconformist Grateful Dead follower Nick Warren and soon finds herself on a seemingly endless carnival ride with him. Although not always apparent to Lori it is Nick's precarious health condition that seems to underlie his outlook on life influencing what he expects to get out of it as well as what he feels he needs to put into it. ˜Lori's quirky roller coaster relationships with cynical substance-abusing Rutherford Gimby and borderline melodramatic Angela Allen season the stew their faults and vices mirroring Lori's own shortcomings.˜The main characters in Gathering Roses share in common a neediness/dependency on something outside of themselves that they all lean toward to fill an agonizing emptiness. For Lori and Angela low self-esteem and a poor self-image attract each to challenging and walled-off souls like Nick and Rutherford. For the men sex alcohol and drugs color their past and present keeping the barriers surrounding them erected high and impervious to real emotional attachment.Gathering Roses is a story written from the heart. Geared toward a young female audience it is a tale that is meant to be not just entertaining but also thought-provoking.Book Extract
Paperback: 352 pages

Publisher: Chipmunkapublishing; 1 edition (February 2 2007)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1847471188

ISBN-13: 978-1847471185

Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.8 x 8.5 inches

Shipping Weight: 1 pounds