Jesse Sings: Searching for Family

by Victor Hess

Overview

Eight-year old Jesse Hall and his pregnant mother move to the "Eden of America," a small rural town in Ohio, to escape an abusive father addicted to gambling and alcohol.There, Jesse is bullied by the most popular school kid, denied a church experience by a self-righteous preacher, and threatened with foster care by a well-meaning social worker.Can Jesse fulfill his dream of a normal family with his own parents and brothers and sisters? See what he does with the help of a fatherless eight-year old girl, the lovely Five and Dime clerk, and a mummified corpse.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780999564011
Publisher:	Victor Hess
Publication date:	11/01/2017
Series:	Searching for Family , #1
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.58(d)

About the Author

Victor Hess' first novel, Jesse Sings, is the first of three books centered on the world of Jesse Hall. Jesse Sings was acknowledged as a finalist in the William Faulkner-William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition in 2015 (Novel-In-Progress category.) Victor's work has also received Honorable Mention in a Glimmer Train Competition and a finalist in the 2017 William Faulkner-William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition. As a former businessman and before that a bomb Disposal instructor in the U.S. Army, he now lives near New Orleans with his wife and dog where he writes full time. To find out more visit him at www.victorhess.com.