James Andrew Freeman, author of 21 other books announces his return to the publishing scene with the release of Covid ’19 True Fictions: Stories Before; During and After—When Mostly Good Things Happened (published by Xlibris). The Bucks County Community College teacher’s book is a collection of interconnected, life-affirming short stories, new and revised, peopled by car detailers, carpet cleaners, hospice volunteers, soldiers, teachers, fishermen and just plain real-life fictional folks that show how people can survive almost anything.
James Andrew Freeman, author of 21 other books announces his return to the publishing scene with the release of Covid ’19 True Fictions: Stories Before; During and After—When Mostly Good Things Happened (published by Xlibris). The Bucks County Community College teacher’s book is a collection of interconnected, life-affirming short stories, new and revised, peopled by car detailers, carpet cleaners, hospice volunteers, soldiers, teachers, fishermen and just plain real-life fictional folks that show how people can survive almost anything.
An excerpt from the book reads:
“If you want to go fast, Devon thought, suddenly inexplicably afraid, go alone. They pushed their overburdened carts in a small row, Kathy leading so as to take up less width space as others milled in un-neat rows of walking, flowing only one way on each aisle of sparse groceries, red arrows reading “This way only” punctuating the Acme’s yellow linoleum tile floor.”
If you want to go far, go with your family and friends, Devon thought, cued up in their busy checkout aisle, plexiglass blocking the checker from the many mouths and faces and noses of the public. A lady with two carts pushed her many groceries onto the conveyor belt, seeming harried and at wit’s end, she sandwiched between her two carts. A four pack of Scott toilet paper fell to the tile floor right in front of be-masked Kathy, his bride, who bent to pick it up.”
“This book's theme of love and redemption comes shining through every linked story which make this collection stand out among the competition. They provide answers to age-old questions about what matters most in life,” Freeman says. When asked what he wants readers to take away from the book, he answers, “I want readers to reflect on what matters in life and death and to reassert their own values. Art is directly connected to the Divine.”
The book is available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble.