Local Author Pens Baseball Themed Novel
Local Author Pens Baseball Themed Novel – Chuck Walsh – A Splintered Dream
Columbia’s Chuck Walsh has written five novels. His first with a sports theme has been out for a few weeks. A Splintered Dream details the fictional story of Cape Jeffers and his pursuit of a dream. WLTX http://www.wltx.com/videos/sports/local/2015/06/05/28587939/
Rockaway Athletic Club book signing: June 20, 2015, 5-8pm https://plus.google.com/104731288758936979994/about?gl=us&hl=en
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Every woman’s ‘dream man,’ every man’s icon—baseball, fame, love and fortune found, lost and given back a hundred fold. In the same league as The Natural with Redford and The Rookie with Quaid. Unforgettable.
A Splintered Dream is a story of starting over. Driven, with rich characters, strong in faith and unyielding determination, this book is definitely a page-turner.
Cape Jeffers, a small town hero whose lifelong dream was to play for the New York Yankees, endured a life-altering tragedy, splintering those dreams into so many pieces that it appeared they could never be reassembled…
Cape had the perfect life. Playing in front of adoring fans in minor league stadiums throughout the south, just one step shy of being promoted to the Major Leagues, married to the girl of his dreams, a $10 million signing bonus and a clear-cut path to the Hall of Fame, but it all came crashing down when his wife died giving birth to their child. He then found out the man he trusted with his finances had been arrested for fraud and mismanagement of funds. Cape’s signing bonus depleted, he had no choice but to give up the game and raise his daughter alone. But in the heart of his child, he found that dreams could spark to life from the ashes, and that’s where the real story of triumph began.
This is the “come-back-kid” of all stories. The reader will cheer, laugh, cry and stand in ovation whether a baseball fan, or simply in need of a hero.
Chuck Walsh is a graduate of the University of South Carolina. He discovered a passion for writing in 2004 and, since then, has written human-interest articles for a dozen publications and co-authored Faces of Freedom (featured on Sean Hannity’s book list), which recognizes the noble lives of U.S. soldiers who died while fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. His novels, A Month of Tomorrows (2014) and A Passage Back (2015) are published by Vinspire Publishing; Shadows on Iron (2014) and Backwoods Justice (2015) by Champagne Books. www.chuckwalshwriter.com Represented by Loiacono Literary Agency www.loiaconoliteraryagency.com Published by A-Argus Better Book Publishers http://a-argusbooks.com/home.htm