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Julianne Lipscomb is thrilled to have her family visit for their annual gathering in the small town of Helen, Georgia. While sibling rivalries arise, it is Harvey, Julianne's husband, who is the center of attention. Harvey is fading away with age, but in the tempest that is their gathering, it is Harvey and his secret past that upset the gathering at the Lipscomb home.
One morning, lost in thought, Harvey admits that he has lost a son years earlier. Harvey's confession is the beginning of many startling confessions. Harvey has other families, other demons. But in the chaos of Julianne's daughters' marital difficulties, Harvey's problems are temporarily pushed to the side. Problems never settled come back to haunt, and for the Lipscomb family, the youngest family members are the ones to suffer the greatest later on.
Aaron, years older now and wandering from city to city, isn't sure if his grandfather ever did anything inappropriate, but he's positive Graham Oggy, his father's boss, has. While Aaron has learned to deal with his being a victim, he struggles to not become the victimizer. He has good people around him, supportive people, but they have their own issues, their own problems to deal with. While time has passed, nothing has healed, either for him or his parents, who have drifted apart over the course of a couple of decades of denial, twisted prerogatives, and their inability to cope with the dips in the road as they chase success.
For Hadley, Aaron's cousin, life is just as difficult. Hadley's parents have divorced, due in large part to Aaron's father, who, without having intended to, was promoted to a role Hadley's father believed was rightfully his. Step in Graham Oggy. Mr. Oggy is a philanthropic man with a fondness for young boys and an ability to make business stars of middle management. Taking nothing else into consideration, Mr. Oggy promotes Michael, Aaron's father, so he can be closer to Aaron. But in the process, Mr. Oggy destroys Hadley's family; James, Hadley's father, is devastated by the loss of his next promotion, and goes into a downward spiral from which he never recovers.
Yet in the end, when all hope is seemingly lost, it is Hadley, the youngest of the Lipscomb women, who seeks, and ultimately accepts, the truth of who Harvey was, and most importantly, who they, the Lipscombs, are.
One morning, lost in thought, Harvey admits that he has lost a son years earlier. Harvey's confession is the beginning of many startling confessions. Harvey has other families, other demons. But in the chaos of Julianne's daughters' marital difficulties, Harvey's problems are temporarily pushed to the side. Problems never settled come back to haunt, and for the Lipscomb family, the youngest family members are the ones to suffer the greatest later on.
Aaron, years older now and wandering from city to city, isn't sure if his grandfather ever did anything inappropriate, but he's positive Graham Oggy, his father's boss, has. While Aaron has learned to deal with his being a victim, he struggles to not become the victimizer. He has good people around him, supportive people, but they have their own issues, their own problems to deal with. While time has passed, nothing has healed, either for him or his parents, who have drifted apart over the course of a couple of decades of denial, twisted prerogatives, and their inability to cope with the dips in the road as they chase success.
For Hadley, Aaron's cousin, life is just as difficult. Hadley's parents have divorced, due in large part to Aaron's father, who, without having intended to, was promoted to a role Hadley's father believed was rightfully his. Step in Graham Oggy. Mr. Oggy is a philanthropic man with a fondness for young boys and an ability to make business stars of middle management. Taking nothing else into consideration, Mr. Oggy promotes Michael, Aaron's father, so he can be closer to Aaron. But in the process, Mr. Oggy destroys Hadley's family; James, Hadley's father, is devastated by the loss of his next promotion, and goes into a downward spiral from which he never recovers.
Yet in the end, when all hope is seemingly lost, it is Hadley, the youngest of the Lipscomb women, who seeks, and ultimately accepts, the truth of who Harvey was, and most importantly, who they, the Lipscombs, are.
Product Details
BN ID: | 2940156794065 |
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Publisher: | MidTown Publishing Inc. |
Publication date: | 12/02/2016 |
Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
Format: | NOOK Book |
Pages: | 304 |
File size: | 5 MB |
About the Author
Cully Perlman was born in Miami and has travelled the world. He has been to every state in the U.S., including Alaska and Hawaii, and in his youth has worked in Yellowstone National Park and Glacier National Park as a cook. After cooking his way around the U.S., he went back to school and acquired a BA in English Literature from Florida International University, an MA in Literature in English from Georgia State University, a dual MBA in Market Strategy and International Business from Regis University, and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Tampa. Throughout his life, Cully has been a nomad, a lifestyle he picked up having lived in Spain with his mother and brother at an early age, but the writing life has been his lighthouse during this time, and has always drawn him to the blank page.
Cully Perlman’s fiction and nonfiction has been published in Bull Men’s Fiction, The St. Petersburg Review, Real South Magazine, Avatar Review, Creative Loafing, Connotation Press, The Good Men Project, Pioneertown, El Portal, and more. He was a 2013 semifinalist for his novel-in- progress, Los Beautiful, as well as on the short list of finalists for the 2012 William Faulkner – William Wisdom Competition for his novel, The Losses. He has been a finalist in Glimmer Train’s Very Short Story Contest, won the Writer’s Digest Dear Lucky Agent contest for a novel, and received an honorable mention in Glimmer Train's Fiction Open. Cully lives in Colorado with his wife, Susan, two daughters, and his attack dog, Kane, who, well, attacks. He snowboards (Cully, not Kane), hikes, camps, fishes, reads, and does other cool stuff that will be left unmentioned. He’s also a project manager for large digital engagements.
Cully Perlman’s fiction and nonfiction has been published in Bull Men’s Fiction, The St. Petersburg Review, Real South Magazine, Avatar Review, Creative Loafing, Connotation Press, The Good Men Project, Pioneertown, El Portal, and more. He was a 2013 semifinalist for his novel-in- progress, Los Beautiful, as well as on the short list of finalists for the 2012 William Faulkner – William Wisdom Competition for his novel, The Losses. He has been a finalist in Glimmer Train’s Very Short Story Contest, won the Writer’s Digest Dear Lucky Agent contest for a novel, and received an honorable mention in Glimmer Train's Fiction Open. Cully lives in Colorado with his wife, Susan, two daughters, and his attack dog, Kane, who, well, attacks. He snowboards (Cully, not Kane), hikes, camps, fishes, reads, and does other cool stuff that will be left unmentioned. He’s also a project manager for large digital engagements.
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