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The Other Son and Ripples in the Water tell the enduring love story of Gus and Annie, two strong immigrants barely holding on to their Montana homestead during the ravishes of the Great Depression. The year is 1935. The Other Son concentrates on the importance of the family unit, while Ripples in the Water details the democratic spirit of small rural communities.
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The Other Son
Born to wealth in a chateau in France, Jacque had more fathers than he could count, and when he was eight, his mother "threw him away" by sending him to live with a brutal, drunken man. He accidentally killed this man when he was twelve and stowed away on a ship to America. Once there, he spent the next two years roaming the country during the worst years of the Great Depression, searching for his biological father. He barely found enough food to fill his gut, slept any place he could find, and kept older boys and men away with his knife. It was a rough, vicious life. Haunted by the accident, living on only his wits, alone in the midst of thousands of other homeless, it was hate for his father that drove him. Finally, he got to his father's barn in the midst of a raging blizzard, nearly dead. He came for one reason, to kill his father.
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Ripples In The Water
Andy, a mere youth, faced the most powerful men in school, a David facing not one Goliath but two. Alone, he challenged them, holding firm, not wavering, obstinately standing up for what he knew was right. He fought to stop what was being done to his new friend, a friend who was going through terrible persecution because he was different. Andy had lain awake the night before and planned this war. He had pledged on his sacred honor to fight to help this friend. No one knew of this pledge. Except God! Therefore, he couldn't back out. Besides, his father had made him a man that morning, and a real man didn't run like a craven coward, his tail between his legs. Andy stayed firm and soon others stood by him, challenging the bullies, too. By afternoon, the whole community was involved in what was now being called, "Andy's War," working together to solve the problems facing the community.
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About the author, Carolyn J. Fosdick
Carolyn, Carol, a native Coloradoan, earned her B.A. at Colorado State University and her M.A. at the University of Santa Barbara, both degrees being in art and education. She and her husband raised three children on their small ranch, while both teaching in the nearby community of Dove Creek, Colorado. She also is a professional artist, focusing on Western Art. After thirty-three years in the classroom, Carol retired and began to write. She is a member of the Western Writers of America and a charter member of the History Channel Club.
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