King of the Forest - Hardcover

Lucinda Marcoux

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0982198302 ISBN 13: 9780982198308

Publisher: Pear Tree Publishing, 2009

Synopsis

King of the Forest by Lucinda Marcoux is a Family Saga Novel, which is a novel that tells the story of a tragic event that takes place in the life of one family. It was my pleasure to work on this book with the author. The day that I met Lucinda, my family was going through a tragic moment ourselves. We had just been informed that one of our favorite cousins had just passed away from breast cancer. It was too late to cancel our meeting and Lucinda walked into a home filled with sadness and grief. All of this made her story more relevant to me. Lucinda s story is one of a brother and sister and the life and love shared between them. It is a story known to many, but no matter how often it is told, it is never understood until it hits you and your family. The purpose of a Family Saga Novel is two-fold. One is to help the family deal with the pain by telling their story, and two, is to help other families reading the book to know that they are not alone. Lucinda s book fulfills both of these objectives because she has such a deep love of her family and her brother. The book rings true with both her family and the reader. You are not alone as Lucinda speaks from her heart and mind. Lucinda has a medical background and the story not only tells of the pain in her soul but also the science behind the medicine. The book does not overdose the reader with technical terms but walks you through the complex issues with a helping hand and gives you a shoulder to cry on.

About this title

About the Author:

Lucinda Marcoux holds a Bachelor s degree in Health Management and Policy from the University of New Hampshire and over twenty-five years of management positions in the health care field. Her diversified career covers work in acute care, rehabilitative care, long-term care, assisted living care, and work with the American Cancer Society. Due to this extensive experience, Lucinda is able to provide a unique picture of a medical dilemma from both a personal as well as professional perspective. The author lives in New Hampshire with her husband and her cat named Boris. She is a mother of a son and a daughter and the proud memere of two granddaughters.

Review:

King of the Forest seduces the reader. A new young literary voice emerges in these pages with a compelling tale. It is a love story. In a literary world weary of dysfunctional families, Lucinda Marcoux gives us a family where love transcends the sadness of loss, where bonds between brother and sister become the instruments that heal even as medicine fails. What a wonder of writing when the reader is at once filled with tears and joy! This is a story that causes us to look anew at our own lives and losses and to find meanings that we have missed. --Jeffrey Colman Salloway, Ph.D.,Department of Health Management and Policy at University of New Hampshire

In the end, all illness is personal, is memoir or biography. A patient is not a just a diagnosis, but a living and breathing narrative that weaves in brothers and sisters, parents and children. And Lucinda Marcoux does a compelling job of telling the tale of the life she shared with her late brother. --Dana Jennings, author of Sing Me Back Home: Love, Death and Country Music and four other books

King of the Forest is a powerfully moving story, which is based on the author's actual relationship with her brother; and because it is based on a true story, it is rich in authenticity. I am impressed by what an achievement it is, and I am impressed by how the skillful mingling of style and content is sustained throughout to arrive at an unforgettable coda. --Charles Terry, former Chair of the Department of English, Phillips Exeter Academy

About this edition

• Publisher: Pear Tree Publishing
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0982198302
• ISBN 13: 9780982198308
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224