Honor Thy Father - Couverture rigide

Losness, Howard Allen

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0595901484 ISBN 13 : 9780595901487

Editeur : iUniverse, 2007

Synopsis

The life of 10-year-old Sylvia is limited to living on the beach of Santa Cruz, California, sleeping under cardboard boxes at night and surviving each day by begging and stealing from unsuspecting tourists and selling miniature sand dollars to vendors on the boardwalk that she finds on the beach.

When she is traumatized after witnessing her drunken father strangle her prostitute mother on the beach one night, a young couple from Oregon take pity on the little girl and take her home with them to raise her as their own.

Fifteen years later they receive a disturbing telephone call form a stranger, demanding an unreasonable ransom with the threat of taking Sylvia's life if they don't give in to his demands.

This is the beginning of a series of events that will alter her life forever.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The life of 10-year-old Sylvia is limited to living on the beach of Santa Cruz, California, sleeping under cardboard boxes at night and surviving each day by begging and stealing from unsuspecting tourists and selling miniature sand dollars to vendors on the boardwalk that she finds on the beach.When she is traumatized after witnessing her drunken father strangle her prostitute mother on the beach one night, a young couple from Oregon take pity on the little girl and take her home with them to raise her as their own.Fifteen years later they receive a disturbing telephone call form a stranger, demanding an unreasonable ransom with the threat of taking Sylvia's life if they don't give in to his demands.This is the beginning of a series of events that will alter her life forever.

Biographie de l'auteur

Howard Losness is a retired commercial real estate broker who started and successfully ran his company for over forty years. He has a Masters degree in Clinical Psychology, is an accomplished artist and the author of twelve novels, a book of short stories, and two youth novels and has written and illustrated seven children?s books. For recreation, he plays tennis several times a week.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: iUniverse
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0595901484
• ISBN 13: 9780595901487
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 312
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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