As they
face an uncertain future, will the strength of their love survive?
OCTOBER DAFFODIL
Richard Malloy
Released Feb 15, 2017
Soul Mate Publishing
Every
autumn after the first frost, hundreds of resplendent daffodils bloom behind
the old gristmill. Teens Dick Ladson and Callie Ewing will always remember the
moonlit haven where they loved, hoped, and dreamt.
In October
1960, they defy Callie’s controlling mother, vowing to share a life together.
“Let’s lie in the mill flowers ’til it’s time for you to go,” Callie whispers,
her words garbled with sobs. They exchange poignant goodbyes, hoping his
enlistment in the Army will provide the means for their marriage. As they face
an uncertain future, will the strength of their love survive?
A
late-bloomer in the world of writing, author Richard Malloy never dotted
a fictional ‘i’ before the age of
fifty. As a youngster, he bounced around southern Indiana like a chaotic
Ping-pong ball, always landing on the poor side of the tracks everywhere from
the now ghost hamlet of Ewing to the Indiana Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Children’s
Home near Knightstown and many spots in between. At seventeen, he struck out on
his own and enlisted in the U.S. Army.
Following
his military service, he worked in construction, eventually becoming a factory
supervisor while raising his family. Reaching middle age, his lifelong dream of
trying to learn the art of writing finally came to light.
Learning
that the future of the company he worked for was in question after all his
struggles to keep it afloat, he stared out the office window into the gloomy,
rainy weather and muttered, ‘Sometimes on
a rainy day, I’d just like to chuck it all’ . . . and that was the start of
his first poem, Rainy Day.
After
the publication of his poem, The
Spiraling, Richard began writing his first novel, October Daffodil, and he plans to write many more stories.
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