A Cross Estate - Softcover

William Thomas Kinsella

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1424166888 ISBN 13: 9781424166886

Publisher: PublishAmerica, 2007

Synopsis

Had he been heir to a throne, Jack Conroy could not have felt the weight of expectation more. He’d go to Wall Street as his father had. But two things in particular about college complicate the family plan. First, Jack discovers an affinity for landscape design. Second, he’s discovered Veronica Cashmiris. Jack’s parents assume Veronica is a college infatuation that will yield to a call to service now that their son’s graduated. “It takes a lot of money to float the boat of our freedom,” his father is fond of saying. Veronica is no passing fancy, though, and believes she knows a Jack his parents don’t. Her Jack will do better in the small business environment of an expanding regional landscape company than on Wall Street. But the intuition of Veronica and inclination of Jack give way to the world-wise advice of Jack’s parents. When Jack dies in the madness of 9/11, Veronica’s torment is that she didn’t do enough to stop him from going to Wall Street. His parents’ torment? That they urged him to. It is not until Veronica gives birth to Jack’s son that the pain of death yields to the joy of life and reconciliation and healing start.

About this title

From the Publisher:

A Cross Estate won the Allbooks Editors Choice Award 2008 in the Fiction Category

Review:

In A CROSS ESTATE William Kinsella weaves a wonderfully heartfelt tale before the background of the World Trade Center tragedy. It is the story of how guilt gets internalized and how blame is unconsciously applied when someone dear is suddenly and unexpectedly taken from us. Thousand of people were affected by the horror of 9/11, and in every terrible demise there are stories of pain and separation, grief and closure. A CROSS ESTATE is one of these stories, and it conveys in an exciting, even poetical, way, how love alone is the great healer in the human dynamic. To me there is no better story than one of sadness, discovery, and love, and this is one to remember. -- Best Selling Author Dennis Smith(Report From Engine Co.82 /San Francisco Is Burning -- The Untold Story of the 1906 Earthquake and Fires)

Kinsella clearly has ability;a promising novel.... -- Kirkus Discoveries Reviews-Chuck Shelton

About this edition

• Publisher: PublishAmerica
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1424166888
• ISBN 13: 9781424166886
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 259