About the book Sheri
Snider and Joe Lockhart are the closest of friends having grown up
together in picturesque Stone Valley, a small beautiful town overlooking
the Connecticut River Valley in Southwestern New Hampshire. The story
begins in 1966 as Sheri and Joe graduate from high school. Needs were few
then, which plays well for Joe who is poor and has little more than his
own friendship to offer Sheri. After graduation, Joe joins the Air Force
and Sheri attends college. They promise each other their love while apart
and that when together again, they would marry. But as so often happens,
circumstances change and at college Sheri begins to question the things
she wants most out of life. She soon finds herself seeking more than what
she knows Joe can offer. A tragedy in town further complicates Sheri’s
life, resulting in additional decisions that now prove to be disastrous
for her. The story unfolds as Sheri and Joe cope with these life-altering
decisions.
Sample of the Work:
The Village Green, lined with white Victorian
homes and often used as the centerfold for rural magazines.
Back at home in the city, all those spellbound from their experience in
Stone Valley … would relate how they had found a retirement community in
New Hampshire in a town like Stone Valley, peaceful and calm, where
everyone seemed friendly and kind, an actual Garden of Eden or so it would
seem from their recitation.
Sheri’s mother never explained her obvious dislike for the Lockharts
other than to say that they were ‘trouble.’ Although once years ago,
her mother, after having consumed a number of glasses of wine, had turned
to Sheri at a party, saying, "I could tell you things about Ted
Lockhart that would knock your socks off."
Then, Sheri spoke suddenly.
"I want to go swimming."
"Where?" Joe replied.
"Right here, with
you."
"But, but we don’t have
our suits."
"I know."
She arose early and was
standing at her window over looking her flowers by the pool when she heard
a knock at her door.
About the Author
Daniel L. Swett grew up in a small town in the
beautiful Monadnock region of Southwestern New Hampshire. He received a
B.A. degree from Nathaniel Hawthorne College and an Associates degree in
Engineering at New Hampshire Technical Institute. Daniel has also written Hypothetical
Mishmash, A collection of Poetry.
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