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A chance meeting between a middle-aged woman, a widower, and a semi-orphaned child in the city of Zurich, Switzerland, brings together three people who grapple with a past of loss and betrayal. Six-year-old Karla, whose mother died in a car crash, has a hard time accepting the loss. Anna, her aunt and guardian, struggles with her former husband’s deception and her shattered confidence in men, and Jonas, artist and teacher, mourns the death of his wife.

While trying to help Karla, a talented but troubled child, Anna and Jonas develop feelings for each other that go beyond friendship. The budding romance, however, hits a snag when Anna discovers a sinister secret in Jonas’s past. While the two adults have come to an impasse, young Karla takes matters into her own hands. Together with a friend, she develops a plan to bring the two uncooperative adults back together. The plan…

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Performed by Scott Beaudin

Get to know the writer:

 1. What is your novel about?

A 14-year-old boy wants to help his dying father play catch with his idol,
Mickey Mantle.

2. What genres would you say this story is in?

Young adult fiction.

3. How would you describe this story in two words?

Family, baseball.

4. What movie have you seen the most in your life?

It’s a Wonderful Life followed closely by American Graffiti.

5. What is your favorite song? (Or, what song have you listened to the most times in your life?)

Bluebird by Buffalo Springfield.

6. Do you have an all-time favorite novel?

Dandelion Wine

7. What motivated you to write this story?

Family.

8. If you could have dinner with one person (dead or alive), who would
that be?

Ray Bradbury followed closely by George Lucas.

9. Apart from writing, what else…

BUY on Amazon

Performed by Scott Beaudin

Get to know the writer:

 1. What is your novel about?

A 14-year-old boy wants to help his dying father play catch with his idol,
Mickey Mantle.

2. What genres would you say this story is in?

Young adult fiction.

3. How would you describe this story in two words?

Family, baseball.

4. What movie have you seen the most in your life?

It’s a Wonderful Life followed closely by American Graffiti.

5. What is your favorite song? (Or, what song have you listened to the most times in your life?)

Bluebird by Buffalo Springfield.

6. Do you have an all-time favorite novel?

Dandelion Wine

7. What motivated you to write this story?

Family.

8. If you could have dinner with one person (dead or alive), who would
that be?

Ray Bradbury followed closely by George Lucas.

9. Apart from writing, what else…