A Novel Approach to First Love
In a new novel by Fritz Galt,
author of numerous fiction and thriller successes, readers are treated to a
roller coaster ride through the romance and heartache of a bright and
misdirected young man's first love.
He is frustrated and thrown off track by his energetic young parents.
His efforts to gain traction in his love life suffer numerous setbacks. And his
best friends are heading off to college without him.
Will he fall for the "right" woman? Can he crawl out of an emotional
hole he has dug for himself? Is there a vision of the world that he can
ultimately embrace?
Stuck in a blighted Midwestern city, captured in the eternal romance of
summer, can Geoff ever propel himself into a better and happier life? Enjoy his
humorous self-deprecating observations, experience his joys and defeats, and
move with him on an emotional voyage toward maturity.
A coming-of-age story
In the rich tradition of Felix
Krull: Confidence Man (Thomas Mann), Of
Human Bondage (William Summerset
Maugham), Portrait of the Artist of a Young Man (James Joyce), and The Adventures of Augie March (Saul Bellow), comes this breakthrough novel for
modern times. Fritz Galt's Summerville takes a piercing look at the innermost thoughts of a young man intent
on coming to grips with a world on his own terms.
This bildungsroman captures a
formative summer in the life of a brilliant young man who must cast off the
trauma of his parents' ill-fated marriage, navigate the perilous shoals of
first love, and venture out to seek his place in the world.
Readers will be both
fascinated and angered by this independent soul as he suffers through the
trials and tribulations of his late teen years. And readers will share the
thrill of his ultimate triumph.
What inspired the book?
We posed this question to the
author:
"While growing up, I could only accept the world on my own terms. It's a tough lesson in life to realize that embracing the unknown is the only way to advance emotionally. Writing this book helped me to reach that cathartic realization, and I hope it will help others reach it as well."
ISBN:
1-58961-392-9
Retail: $7.95 (US)
