A political Field of Dreams. A moderate US president is struggling to lead amidst the country’s dysfunctional polarization when he stumbles upon a centuries-old saloon where he can drink at a nightly party with every former president, living or dead. He relishes this escape and the camaraderie with his new drinking buddies who understand his problems and sympathize with him.
Presidential Spirits
by Dan Coonan
ISBN: 9781597132121
paperback
(408 pages)
“The spirituals always signified that something important was going on; something extraordinary that needed God’s special attention.”
A young boy seeks friendship in a forbidden place where he learns valuable lessons in acceptance, forgiveness, and the indomitable human spirit.
Rye Hill
by Robin Cannon
Published by Goose River Press
paperback ISBN: 978-1-59713-160-5
(176 pages)
Tilly Fig is about the life of a teenage girl and her best friend. It is a story of love, friendship…and murder.
Tilly Fig
by Robin Cannon
Published by Goose River Press
paperback ISBN: 978-1-59713-149-0
(242 pages)
As Tilly and Skeet prepare to embark upon a new future together, something devastating stops them cold. Would it ever come to be, especially after the shocking news they have just received?
Fireflies at Nightfall
by Robin Cannon
Published by Goose River Press
paperback ISBN: 978-1-59713-172-8
(172 pages)
Hester Pennix, the legendary schoolmarm; Devon Finley, the improvident med student; Ludmilla Dandridge, the doubting professor; and Henry Fleming, the Civil War soldier; are just some of the characters who populate John Hagan’s second collection of short stories, Ties That Inspire.
Ties That Inspire
by John Hagan
Published by Goose River Press
paperback ISBN: 978-1-59713-170-4
(248 pages)
Explores themes that include friends and heroes, epiphany, coming of age, futile pursuit, lost love, arcane experience, and ironies of life. Although fictional, these characteristics provide feasible realistic slices of life, coupled with plausible resolutions.
A Long Farewell
by John Hagan
Published by Goose River Press
paperback ISBN: 978-1-59713-081-3
We follow explorer Fletch Highfield as he sets off on his latest expedition in search of the lost bird of the Amazon. A storm just offshore sweeps Fletch from the ship and lands him in an undiscovered valley where Fletch finds new companions, community, and connection to the world in this story of adventure and imagination.
The Curious Adventures of Fletch Highfield
by J. F. Tuttle
paperback ISBN: 9781597132022
(142 pages)
The author’s journey through years of depression is chronicled through Wiley Hornbuckle in this novel where biography and fiction overlap. It is a spiritual journey; a story of survival and peace. It is about the grace of God and the wealth of suffering. Gratefully, it is a story of hope.
There Is No Final Tear
by Marcus A Moore
Published by Goose River Press
paperback ISBN: 978-1-59713-185-8
(272 pages)
Maine Passages is a collection of stories about a boy growing up under the influence of his Maine environment. In a sense it is a period piece as the stories reveal middle class society of the 1940s to the early 1960s.
Maine Passages
by David S. Holt
Published by Goose River Press
paperback ISBN: 978-1-59713-160-5
(165 pages)
Allie thought they had the kind of unbreakable love that most believe only exists in the movies. Unfortunately, time was not on their side. Trent passed away suddenly, and unexpectedly, and the course of her life altered forever. When she begins settling into the new life she’s created, once again, tragedy comes rearing its ugly head. This time, even her own safety could be in jeopardy. As she becomes embroiled with the situation, it will test every fiber of her being. Unbeknownst to Allie, everything…and everyone…she thinks she knows is about to come into question.
Allie
by Jackie Adams
This idea of this book is to really open the eyes of readers and tell them what the Civil Rights Era actually was like. Sometimes the hardship of that time period is under emphasized and would like to bring that to the forefront of literature. It is to educate people on perils and tribulations that was the Civil Rights Era.
Children of Innocence
by Allison Claire
A must-read for anyone drawn to the Maine Coast, Between the Notched Pines offers a world rich in magic and wonder, drawing on the mystery of a long-guarded secret while illuminating our interconnectedness as human beings.
Between the Notched Pines
by Hunter Nichols
New police officer Helen discovers there is more to her seaside town of Kilvellie, Scotland, than sea glass and ice cream. The glass is evidence of wartime tragedy. But seeking justice for decades-old misdeeds could simply prolong a deep dispute.
It Began with the Marbles
by Jane Ross Potter
The sequel to Presidential Spirits.
If you thought the story ended with the McFaddens leaving Washington on Marine One and Thomas Jefferson stranded in the White House Blue Room, you are sorely mistaken. That was merely the beginning of the story . . .
In ANOTHER ROUND, Coonan puts us right back in the Presidential Spirits Saloon with a new political thriller that picks up right where his acclaimed debut novel left off. Coonan’s cast of memorable and endearing characters return, including all the presidents. Oh, and throw in the first female Commander in Chief in our nation’s history. Can Danny McFadden and the political movement he galvanized bring about meaningful change to the country’s political dysfunction? You’ll love finding out what’s next for McFadden, the Alliance, the country . . . and the Saloon. You may wish this wasn’t just a charming fictional tale. A country can dream, can’t it?
Another Round of Presidential Spirits by Dan Coonan
Angry Archie Thrasher and the Others is an outgrowth from writing case studies for a book on narrative problem solving for school leaders. Written as short stories, those case studies fully described characters, settings, events and issues to capture the human side of the complicated personnel, student and constituent concerns that arise in school systems. I enjoyed the process so much that after finishing the book I explored writing short stories with a variety of themes and perspectives.
Angry Archie Thrasher and the Others by J. Michael Wilhelm