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"She's cute as a button and sweet as apple pie, but don't let her fool you. She's a stone cold killer zombie from outer space."
Thursday's Child is a unique novel, a romance that blows romantic conventions sky-high - as much literary fiction as romance, The story is set in Manhattan at the end of the 1980's, amid the dynamic worlds of high finance, publishing houses, major law firms, and the burgeoning hiigh tech industry. The Thursday's Child who lies at its heart, Adele Jansen, has (in the words of the old rhyme about birthdays) far to go. Gifted, ambitious, and determined, she takes one step off the career track for an impromptu excursion with a man as fascinating as he is mysterious. But that one small step draws her gradually into an oddyssey. The core of the story is a heroic and intimate love story that provides all of the satisfactions of a typical romance. The materials of the narrative are contemporary, even commonplace. But the breadth of Adele's experiences, the intensity of her reflections upon them, and the scope of realistic detail in which the story is grounded, give the narrative a power and authority that is rare in any novel. Ultimately, her journey takes on epic, mythical undertones, the exact nature of which is not revealed until the final chapters. The result is a novel of genuine strength and authenticity, populated with vivid and unforgettable characters, and a story of unique sweep and grandeur.
Thursday's Child is a unique novel, a romance that blows romantic conventions sky-high - as much literary fiction as romance, The story is set in Manhattan at the end of the 1980's, amid the dynamic worlds of high finance, publishing houses, major law firms, and the burgeoning hiigh tech industry. The Thursday's Child who lies at its heart, Adele Jansen, has (in the words of the old rhyme about birthdays) far to go. Gifted, ambitious, and determined, she takes one step off the career track for an impromptu excursion with a man as fascinating as he is mysterious. But that one small step draws her gradually into an oddyssey. The core of the story is a heroic and intimate love story that provides all of the satisfactions of a typical romance. The materials of the narrative are contemporary, even commonplace. But the breadth of Adele's experiences, the intensity of her reflections upon them, and the scope of realistic detail in which the story is grounded, give the narrative a power and authority that is rare in any novel. Ultimately, her journey takes on epic, mythical undertones, the exact nature of which is not revealed until the final chapters. The result is a novel of genuine strength and authenticity, populated with vivid and unforgettable characters, and a story of unique sweep and grandeur.
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From the Author:
There is a story behind this pricy, earlier edition of Thursday's Child. The book was originally written between 1989 and 1991. It was my first novel.
It started life as a personal experiment, simply to write a short romance of the Harlequin Romance type, and ideally sell it to that publisher. However, I began to enrich the story with some additional dimensions, the characters took shape and made demands of their own, and at the end of the day, the book had completely outgrown the Harlequin formula. But I did have what I thought was a pretty good yarn.
I found an agent and submitted the book in 1992. (My agent suggested as a practical matter that I use a female pseudonym, since then as now the field is dominated by woman writers.) It was received appreciatively and respectfully. But no one wanted to take the commercial risk implicit in a book that does not fit easily into any genre. Ultimately, the novel didn't place. I put it in the trunk, and went on living.
Years passed. In 2008, I took my own chance. The edition presented here is the result of my own attempt to publish and market it. However, the problems of hard copy distribution proved insuperable.
Amazon and Kindle distribution are by far the best option for a book with the unique qualities of Thursday's Child. The new Kindle edition, published with my regular author's name (Joseph Wurtenbaugh) and revised to return the setting to 1989, is the one I would strongly recommend to the interested reader. You will find it to be, as I said above, a pretty good yarn.
About the Author:
It started life as a personal experiment, simply to write a short romance of the Harlequin Romance type, and ideally sell it to that publisher. However, I began to enrich the story with some additional dimensions, the characters took shape and made demands of their own, and at the end of the day, the book had completely outgrown the Harlequin formula. But I did have what I thought was a pretty good yarn.
I found an agent and submitted the book in 1992. (My agent suggested as a practical matter that I use a female pseudonym, since then as now the field is dominated by woman writers.) It was received appreciatively and respectfully. But no one wanted to take the commercial risk implicit in a book that does not fit easily into any genre. Ultimately, the novel didn't place. I put it in the trunk, and went on living.
Years passed. In 2008, I took my own chance. The edition presented here is the result of my own attempt to publish and market it. However, the problems of hard copy distribution proved insuperable.
Amazon and Kindle distribution are by far the best option for a book with the unique qualities of Thursday's Child. The new Kindle edition, published with my regular author's name (Joseph Wurtenbaugh) and revised to return the setting to 1989, is the one I would strongly recommend to the interested reader. You will find it to be, as I said above, a pretty good yarn.
'Joseph Wurtenbaugh' is the writing name of Frank Dudley Berry, Jr. Mr. Berry is a retired criminal law professional and entrepreneurial lawyer.
Mr. Berry's first novel was 'Thursday's Child', an epic love story that infused a conventional romance formula with a rich novel of ideas. The result is one of the most unusual stories that the casual reader is ever likely to encounter - a narrative that manages to construct a modern epic and a heroic love story out of the most mundane materials of everyday life.
His second novel, 'A Prophet Without Honor', is a tightly controlled excursion into the realm of contrafactual history. Written in epistolary form and voiced in a completely different manner that 'Thursday's Child, the book nonetheless has the same epic scope as the first.
Mr. Berry has also published three Kindle Select novellas - 'The Old Soul','Warm Moonlight', and 'Newton in the New Age'. The novellas have the same variety in subject, theme, and voice as the novels. 'The Old Soul' is a cross between science fiction and scientific fiction, with the most unusual protagonist any reader is likely to encounter. It was an Amazon Editor's Choice in the second half of 2012.
'Warm Moonlight' is a story of personal redemption, set in New England circa 1900-1920, and with a soupcon of the supernatural. It has been translated into German and added to the Amazon catalog.
'Newton in the New Age' is a modern domestic comedy.
Mr. Berry's notes on these pieces can be found at this blog - "grealistink.typepad.com/
wurtenbaughfiction".
Mr. Berry's first novel was 'Thursday's Child', an epic love story that infused a conventional romance formula with a rich novel of ideas. The result is one of the most unusual stories that the casual reader is ever likely to encounter - a narrative that manages to construct a modern epic and a heroic love story out of the most mundane materials of everyday life.
His second novel, 'A Prophet Without Honor', is a tightly controlled excursion into the realm of contrafactual history. Written in epistolary form and voiced in a completely different manner that 'Thursday's Child, the book nonetheless has the same epic scope as the first.
Mr. Berry has also published three Kindle Select novellas - 'The Old Soul','Warm Moonlight', and 'Newton in the New Age'. The novellas have the same variety in subject, theme, and voice as the novels. 'The Old Soul' is a cross between science fiction and scientific fiction, with the most unusual protagonist any reader is likely to encounter. It was an Amazon Editor's Choice in the second half of 2012.
'Warm Moonlight' is a story of personal redemption, set in New England circa 1900-1920, and with a soupcon of the supernatural. It has been translated into German and added to the Amazon catalog.
'Newton in the New Age' is a modern domestic comedy.
Mr. Berry's notes on these pieces can be found at this blog - "grealistink.typepad.com/
wurtenbaughfiction".
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- PublisherG Realist I
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 0979021715
- ISBN 13 9780979021718
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages624
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