Lemmon's Journey

by Philip Oyok

Overview

Lemmon Grandee is sad and bitter about life. He is fighting the retirement blues and mourning the sudden loss of his wife. Lonesome and heartbroken, his friend and neighbors fear the worse. Suicide seems like the perfect antidote for him. Things change when while cleaning out his late wifes studio, he uncovers hidden letters from his runaway daughter, Gloria, currently living a new life in New York City with her eight-year old son. Lemmon suddenly finds the spark of life he thought he had long lost. He gets on a bus headed to New York with the intention of rekindling his relationship with his daughter and see about convincing her to return home. Who knows? It just might bring an end to the nightmarish dreams plaguing him latelydreams that foretell of a dark future awaiting him and his lost family. A story of love and death, pain and loss, and the courage to find second chances in life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781496996299
Publisher:	AuthorHouse
Publication date:	12/02/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	226
File size:	271 KB

About the Author

Philip Oyok was born in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. He worked in the security division of a multinational French oil company, chasing after sea pirates and militant insurgents in the Niger-Delta region before quitting to start his second life as a storyteller. His first book, The Artist at Work and Other Short Stories, came out in 2010. Since then he has published other works under the pseudonym Damien Dsoul.