{"id":909,"date":"2014-07-07T01:33:23","date_gmt":"2014-07-07T01:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anthonykalberg.com\/?page_id=909"},"modified":"2023-07-18T17:53:39","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T17:53:39","slug":"a-chasing-of-the-wind-book","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/anthonykalberg.com\/books\/a-chasing-of-the-wind-book\/","title":{"rendered":"A Chasing of the Wind"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"vce-row-container\" data-vce-boxed-width=\"true\"><div class=\"vce-row vce-row--col-gap-30 vce-row-equal-height vce-row-content--middle\" id=\"el-fcc53e7d\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-fcc53e7d\"><div class=\"vce-content-background-container\"><\/div><div class=\"vce-row-content\" data-vce-element-content=\"true\"><div class=\"vce-col vce-col--md-auto vce-col--xs-1 vce-col--xs-last vce-col--xs-first vce-col--sm-last vce-col--sm-first vce-col--md-last vce-col--lg-last vce-col--xl-last vce-col--md-first vce-col--lg-first vce-col--xl-first\" id=\"el-9ec3242a\"><div class=\"vce-col-inner\" data-vce-do-apply=\"border margin background  el-9ec3242a\"><div class=\"vce-col-content\" data-vce-element-content=\"true\" data-vce-do-apply=\"padding el-9ec3242a\"><div class=\"vce-text-block\"><div class=\"vce-text-block-wrapper vce\" id=\"el-263b68f4\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-263b68f4\"><h1><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">A Chasing of the Wind<\/span><\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vce-row-container\" data-vce-boxed-width=\"true\"><div class=\"vce-row vce-row--col-gap-30 vce-row-equal-height vce-row-content--top\" id=\"el-79dfefb5\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-79dfefb5\"><div class=\"vce-row-content\" data-vce-element-content=\"true\"><div class=\"vce-col vce-col--md-auto vce-col--xs-1 vce-col--xs-last vce-col--xs-first vce-col--sm-last vce-col--sm-first vce-col--md-first vce-col--lg-first vce-col--xl-first\" id=\"el-b7eb7598\"><div class=\"vce-col-inner\" data-vce-do-apply=\"border margin background  el-b7eb7598\"><div class=\"vce-col-content\" data-vce-element-content=\"true\" data-vce-do-apply=\"padding el-b7eb7598\"><div class=\"vce-single-image-container vce-single-image--align-center\"><div class=\"vce vce-single-image-wrapper\" id=\"el-61bbe83b\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-61bbe83b\"><figure><div class=\"vce-single-image-figure-inner\" style=\"width: 437px;\"><div class=\"vce-single-image-inner vce-single-image--absolute\" style=\"width: 100%; padding-bottom: 137.3%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"vce-single-image\"  width=\"437\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anthonykalberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Book-Front-Cover-001-437x600.jpg 437w, https:\/\/anthonykalberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Book-Front-Cover-001-320x439.jpg 320w\" src=\"https:\/\/anthonykalberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Book-Front-Cover-001-437x600.jpg\" data-img-src=\"https:\/\/anthonykalberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Book-Front-Cover-001.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"936\"  alt=\"\" title=\"Book Front Cover 001\" \/><\/div><\/div><figcaption hidden=\"\"><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vce-single-image-container vce-single-image--align-center\"><div class=\"vce vce-single-image-wrapper\" id=\"el-9664f6d1\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-9664f6d1\"><figure><div class=\"vce-single-image-figure-inner\" style=\"width: 537px;\"><div class=\"vce-single-image-inner vce-single-image--absolute\" style=\"width: 100%; padding-bottom: 111.732%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"vce-single-image\"  width=\"537\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anthonykalberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Book-Back-Cover-001-537x600.jpg 537w, https:\/\/anthonykalberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Book-Back-Cover-001-320x358.jpg 320w, https:\/\/anthonykalberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Book-Back-Cover-001-480x536.jpg 480w\" src=\"https:\/\/anthonykalberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Book-Back-Cover-001-537x600.jpg\" data-img-src=\"https:\/\/anthonykalberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Book-Back-Cover-001.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"940\"  alt=\"\" title=\"Book Back Cover 001\" \/><\/div><\/div><figcaption hidden=\"\"><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vce-single-image-container vce-single-image--align-center\"><div class=\"vce vce-single-image-wrapper\" id=\"el-497d945a\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-497d945a\"><figure><div class=\"vce-single-image-figure-inner\" style=\"width: 339px;\"><div class=\"vce-single-image-inner vce-single-image--absolute\" style=\"width: 100%; padding-bottom: 176.991%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"vce-single-image\"  width=\"339\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anthonykalberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Book-Bio-Snap-001-339x600.jpg 339w, https:\/\/anthonykalberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Book-Bio-Snap-001-320x566.jpg 320w\" src=\"https:\/\/anthonykalberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Book-Bio-Snap-001-339x600.jpg\" data-img-src=\"https:\/\/anthonykalberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Book-Bio-Snap-001.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"934\"  alt=\"\" title=\"Book Bio Snap 001\" \/><\/div><\/div><figcaption hidden=\"\"><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vce-col vce-col--md-auto vce-col--xs-1 vce-col--xs-last vce-col--xs-first vce-col--sm-last vce-col--sm-first vce-col--md-last vce-col--lg-last vce-col--xl-last\" id=\"el-b89da8ea\"><div class=\"vce-col-inner\" data-vce-do-apply=\"border margin background  el-b89da8ea\"><div class=\"vce-col-content\" data-vce-element-content=\"true\" data-vce-do-apply=\"padding el-b89da8ea\"><div class=\"vce-text-block\"><div class=\"vce-text-block-wrapper vce\" id=\"el-3dc2ace2\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-3dc2ace2\"><p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Deep in the heart of the Mississippi Gulf Coast just before World War II, a brutal double murder turns the seaside and otherwise peaceful town of Port Haven upside down. But for some who run in certain circles-the political class, the cultural elites-the deaths of wealthy Sebastian DePellepoix and young roughneck Johnnie Necaise aren't such a big surprise. Taking place over a span of twenty years, A Chasing of the Wind is seen through the eyes of Cooper Austin Barnes, the enigmatic sheriff who went to the original murder scene in 1938 with his grandfather, who was Port Haven's sheriff at the time. Sworn into office after returning from World War II (where he spent most of the war years in a German prisoner-of-war camp), Cooper does his best to hold his beloved hometown together through triumph and tragedy (including a Katrina-like hurricane) while slowly gathering clues and evidence that might finally solve the murders. Filled with vivid portraits of the high-society set as well as a likable Andy Griffith sort who won't rest until he's given every last drop of energy to his family, friends, and the place he calls home, A Chasing of the Wind is a bittersweet, suspenseful tale of greed, lust, honor, loyalty...and secrets. Our first look at the mesmerizing work of Mississippi novelist Anthony W. Kalberg, A Chasing of the Wind will only add to the state's sterling literary reputation.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Prologue:<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">The smell crouched in silence. As Cooper peered through the screened door of Grasslawn, the great house on Beach Boulevard, the smell attacked with a paradox all its own; par\u00adadoxical because it reeked of both honeysuckle and rusty iron. Cooper\u2019s common sense told him the two were incompatible, but here they were one and the same. Was the honeysuckle\u2019s candied sweetness exemplary of the innate happiness of life, while the metallic rancidity of the iron was indicative of the predestined sadness that can befall it? An education began for the gangly young man on that sultry, July morning in 1938. One that would teach him life is a combination of both honeysuckle and rusty iron, each being inseparable, but inti\u00admately in tune with the other\u2019s idiosyncrasies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Cooper was not alone in his aversion to the paradox. Papa Barnes, Cooper\u2019s grandfather and the local sheriff, had the same misgivings. Together they gazed into the dim darkness of Grasslawn\u2019s entrance hall, discerning vague shadows of what lay beyond.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\u201cCome on Coop,\u201d Papa Barnes said as he opened the screened door. \u201cWe aren\u2019t gonna learn anything lollygagging on the front porch.\u201d The screened door opened with a shriek, but the house was saturated in silence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Stepping into the entrance hall, the two men stopped dead in their tracks. At the end of the hallway was a body lying face-up at the foot of an elegant curved staircase. The body\u2019s eyes screamed at Cooper and his grandfather. As they stared at the body, pencil-thin rays of sunlight crept through the folds of the thick drapery hanging at the windows. The rays scampered across the floor, illuminating what had fathered the paradoxical smell. The body lay fermenting in an im\u00admense pool of coagulated blood, which to Cooper reeked of honeysuckle and rusty iron. The fermenting blood had once given life to Sebastian DePellepoix, of the New Orleans\u2019 DePellepoixes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\u201cPapa? Is Mr. Sebastian\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\u201cDead? Afraid so. Appears he\u2019s been dead for some time.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\u201cPoor Mr. Sebastian. He was a nice man and\u2026Papa! Look at those letters! He must have scribbled them in his own blood before he died!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\u201cYank those curtains back so we can see better.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">When Cooper opened the tasseled drapery, the sunlight splashed into the hallway and revealed yet another horror. A second body, its back covered in blood, lay face down on the floor of Sebastian\u2019s richly-appointed study. His study was a gentleman\u2019s paradise resplendent with leather-bound first editions and paintings of the French countryside.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\u201cBoy, stay where you are,\u201d Papa Barnes said. \u201cLet me take a look-see.\u201d Entering the study through a soaring arched entrance, Papa Barnes knelt beside the body, gently turning its head.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\u201cSweet Lord in Heaven!\u201d Cooper replied. \u201cIt\u2019s Johnnie Necaise!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Upon discovering the murders, neither Cooper nor Papa Barnes was surprised someone had murdered Johnnie Ne\u00adcaise, but Sebastian\u2019s death seemed a senseless waste. Papa Barnes attempted to roll Johnnie\u2019s body over on its back, but he stopped suddenly. He moaned in disgust. He quickly let go of the body and put his hand to his mouth and gagged. The body was grotesquely disfigured. Papa Barnes\u2019s reaction to the disfigurement, coupled with the body\u2019s own reeking pond of garnet-colored blood, sent Cooper reeling backward. He ran to the screened door and out onto the front porch. Gag\u00adging over the balustrade, he spit up the breakfast his grand\u00admother had cooked and wiped its dripping residue from his mouth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Little did Cooper realize the smell that nauseated him that morning would follow him for the rest of his life. He would experience both happiness and sadness again and again: in the laughter of his family; in the unspoiled kisses of his wife; in a German prisoner-of-war camp; in the plead\u00ading eyes of his loved ones; in the fury of swirling waters. But all of that was yet to come. These murders were part of the present, not the future, and solving them would take Cooper on an odyssey. An odyssey that would wrap itself around the little town of Port Haven, Mississippi, and two of its most powerful families.<\/span><br><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">That odyssey would change Cooper\u2019s life forever.<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vce-row-container\" data-vce-boxed-width=\"true\"><div class=\"vce-row vce-row--col-gap-30 vce-row-equal-height vce-row-content--top\" id=\"el-9744a7dc\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-9744a7dc\"><div class=\"vce-content-background-container\"><\/div><div class=\"vce-row-content\" data-vce-element-content=\"true\"><div class=\"vce-col vce-col--md-auto vce-col--xs-1 vce-col--xs-last vce-col--xs-first vce-col--sm-last vce-col--sm-first vce-col--md-last vce-col--lg-last vce-col--xl-last vce-col--md-first vce-col--lg-first vce-col--xl-first\" id=\"el-46dc5f14\"><div class=\"vce-col-inner\" data-vce-do-apply=\"border margin background  el-46dc5f14\"><div class=\"vce-col-content\" data-vce-element-content=\"true\" data-vce-do-apply=\"padding el-46dc5f14\"><div class=\"vce-single-image-container vce-single-image--align-center\"><div class=\"vce vce-single-image-wrapper\" id=\"el-5a5c26cc\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-5a5c26cc\"><figure><div class=\"vce-single-image-figure-inner\" style=\"width: 455px;\"><div class=\"vce-single-image-inner vce-single-image--absolute\" style=\"width: 100%; 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transform: translate3d(-4560px, 0px, 0px); opacity: 1;\"><div class=\"vce-content-slide vc-slick-item vce-content-slide-background-color--empty vce-content-slide-background-hover-color--empty slick-slide slick-cloned\" id=\"clone-el-0bdf9c0b-1689698307631\" data-vce-slick-slider-id=\"el-28ae9b52\" style=\"width: 1140px;\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-slick-index=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><div class=\"vce-content-slide-inner\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-0bdf9c0b\"><div class=\"vce-testimonial vce\" id=\"clone-el-b7990d4a-1689698307632\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-b7990d4a\" style=\"--authorColor: #565656; --companyColor: #828282; --symbolColor: #DADADA;\"><div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-symbol\"><svg width=\"40px\" height=\"33px\" viewBox=\"0 0 40 33\"><path d=\"M29.480315,7.65354331 C27.5485468,10.0682535 26.5826772,12.5144233 26.5826772,14.992126 C26.5826772,16.042 26.7086602,16.9448781 26.9606299,17.7007874 C28.4304535,16.5669235 30.0262381,16 31.7480315,16 C34.0997493,16 36.0629843,16.7453994 37.6377953,18.2362205 C39.2126063,19.7270416 40,21.7322709 40,24.2519685 C40,26.6036863 39.2021077,28.5669213 37.6062992,30.1417323 C36.0104907,31.7165433 34.0577543,32.503937 31.7480315,32.503937 C28.4304296,32.503937 25.8897726,31.1391213 24.1259843,28.4094488 C22.6561606,26.1417209 21.9212598,23.3071036 21.9212598,19.9055118 C21.9212598,15.5800309 23.023611,11.7060539 25.2283465,8.28346457 C27.4330819,4.86087528 30.7611326,2.09974803 35.2125984,0 L36.4094488,2.33070866 C33.7217713,3.4645726 31.4120831,5.23883307 29.480315,7.65354331 Z M7.55905512,7.65354331 C5.62728693,10.0682535 4.66141732,12.5144233 4.66141732,14.992126 C4.66141732,16.042 4.78740031,16.9448781 5.03937008,17.7007874 C6.46719874,16.5669235 8.06298331,16 9.82677165,16 C12.1364945,16 14.0892309,16.7453994 15.6850394,18.2362205 C17.2808479,19.7270416 18.0787402,21.7322709 18.0787402,24.2519685 C18.0787402,25.805782 17.7007912,27.2125921 16.9448819,28.4724409 C16.1889726,29.7322898 15.1811087,30.7191565 13.9212598,31.4330709 C12.661411,32.1469852 11.2965953,32.503937 9.82677165,32.503937 C6.50916976,32.503937 3.96851276,31.1391213 2.20472441,28.4094488 C0.734900787,26.1417209 0,23.3071036 0,19.9055118 C0,15.5800309 1.10235118,11.7060539 3.30708661,8.28346457 C5.51182205,4.86087528 8.83987276,2.09974803 13.2913386,0 L14.488189,2.33070866 C11.8005115,3.4645726 9.49082331,5.23883307 7.55905512,7.65354331 Z\" fill=\"#DADADA\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-content\"><blockquote><h4><span style=\"color: #cccccc;\"><strong><em>\u201cI found your descriptions a bit flowery\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h4><p style=\"text-align: center; color: #565656;\"><span style=\"color: #cccccc;\"><em>I read your book today and I loved the story. My only criticism would be that I found your descriptions a bit flowery. I could tell that you searched for the right words to get your message across, but sometimes you may have gone a bit overboard. Otherwise, it\u2019s terrific and I\u2019m very proud of you. Anthony, I must admit that I almost didn\u2019t tell you what I thought, because I didn\u2019t want to hurt your feelings, but I remembered your saying it was how you could learn. I really loved your story and found tears in my eyes several times throughout the book. Also, I got a real kick out of Wyn and Dee. As a southern girl I have known several \u201cDees\u201d and even though they have aged, they are still the same cute airheads. My hometown of Clinton, TN was a hotbed of racial riots in 1958 when our high school was integrated. I was in the eighth grade then and when the school was bombed our house windows rattled. We lived about a half mile from the school. That was a really awful time, and I can only imagine how scary it was for the black kids who had to attend school. We have a museum dedicated to them now. They are known as the Clinton Twelve. You can read all about it on the internet if you wish. Once again, I want to stress that I enjoyed your book very much.<br>Big hug to you.<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-profile-wrapper vce-testimonial-title-align--center\"><div class=\"vce-testimonial-image vce-testimonial-image-shape--filled-circle\"><\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-title\"><div class=\"vce-testimonial-author\">Gretchen Morrison<\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-company\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vce-content-slide vc-slick-item vce-content-slide-background-color--empty vce-content-slide-background-hover-color--empty slick-slide\" id=\"el-e2012bcd\" data-vce-slick-slider-id=\"el-28ae9b52\" style=\"width: 1140px;\" data-slick-index=\"0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><div class=\"vce-content-slide-inner\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-e2012bcd\"><div class=\"vce-testimonial vce\" id=\"el-f8c867c0\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-f8c867c0\" style=\"--authorColor: #565656; --companyColor: #828282; --symbolColor: #DADADA;\"><div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-symbol\"><svg width=\"40px\" height=\"33px\" viewBox=\"0 0 40 33\"><path d=\"M29.480315,7.65354331 C27.5485468,10.0682535 26.5826772,12.5144233 26.5826772,14.992126 C26.5826772,16.042 26.7086602,16.9448781 26.9606299,17.7007874 C28.4304535,16.5669235 30.0262381,16 31.7480315,16 C34.0997493,16 36.0629843,16.7453994 37.6377953,18.2362205 C39.2126063,19.7270416 40,21.7322709 40,24.2519685 C40,26.6036863 39.2021077,28.5669213 37.6062992,30.1417323 C36.0104907,31.7165433 34.0577543,32.503937 31.7480315,32.503937 C28.4304296,32.503937 25.8897726,31.1391213 24.1259843,28.4094488 C22.6561606,26.1417209 21.9212598,23.3071036 21.9212598,19.9055118 C21.9212598,15.5800309 23.023611,11.7060539 25.2283465,8.28346457 C27.4330819,4.86087528 30.7611326,2.09974803 35.2125984,0 L36.4094488,2.33070866 C33.7217713,3.4645726 31.4120831,5.23883307 29.480315,7.65354331 Z M7.55905512,7.65354331 C5.62728693,10.0682535 4.66141732,12.5144233 4.66141732,14.992126 C4.66141732,16.042 4.78740031,16.9448781 5.03937008,17.7007874 C6.46719874,16.5669235 8.06298331,16 9.82677165,16 C12.1364945,16 14.0892309,16.7453994 15.6850394,18.2362205 C17.2808479,19.7270416 18.0787402,21.7322709 18.0787402,24.2519685 C18.0787402,25.805782 17.7007912,27.2125921 16.9448819,28.4724409 C16.1889726,29.7322898 15.1811087,30.7191565 13.9212598,31.4330709 C12.661411,32.1469852 11.2965953,32.503937 9.82677165,32.503937 C6.50916976,32.503937 3.96851276,31.1391213 2.20472441,28.4094488 C0.734900787,26.1417209 0,23.3071036 0,19.9055118 C0,15.5800309 1.10235118,11.7060539 3.30708661,8.28346457 C5.51182205,4.86087528 8.83987276,2.09974803 13.2913386,0 L14.488189,2.33070866 C11.8005115,3.4645726 9.49082331,5.23883307 7.55905512,7.65354331 Z\" fill=\"#DADADA\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-content\"><blockquote><h4><span style=\"color: #cccccc;\"><strong><em>\u201cNever saw that coming!\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h4><p style=\"text-align: center; color: #565656;\"><span style=\"color: #cccccc;\"><em>I finished A Chasing of the Wind! Loved every page, character, and so identified with the events of the hurricane! And the murderer! Never saw that coming! Well done and hope there is more from you! Bravo!!<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-profile-wrapper vce-testimonial-title-align--center\"><div class=\"vce-testimonial-image vce-testimonial-image-shape--filled-circle\"><\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-title\"><div class=\"vce-testimonial-author\">Kande DeGrasses Steele<\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-company\">Executive Assistant with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vce-content-slide vc-slick-item vce-content-slide-background-color--empty vce-content-slide-background-hover-color--empty slick-slide\" id=\"el-cc65ac51\" data-vce-slick-slider-id=\"el-28ae9b52\" style=\"width: 1140px;\" data-slick-index=\"1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><div class=\"vce-content-slide-inner\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-cc65ac51\"><div class=\"vce-testimonial vce\" id=\"el-54b24ad7\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-54b24ad7\" style=\"--authorColor: #565656; --companyColor: #828282; --symbolColor: #DADADA;\"><div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-symbol\"><svg width=\"40px\" height=\"33px\" viewBox=\"0 0 40 33\"><path d=\"M29.480315,7.65354331 C27.5485468,10.0682535 26.5826772,12.5144233 26.5826772,14.992126 C26.5826772,16.042 26.7086602,16.9448781 26.9606299,17.7007874 C28.4304535,16.5669235 30.0262381,16 31.7480315,16 C34.0997493,16 36.0629843,16.7453994 37.6377953,18.2362205 C39.2126063,19.7270416 40,21.7322709 40,24.2519685 C40,26.6036863 39.2021077,28.5669213 37.6062992,30.1417323 C36.0104907,31.7165433 34.0577543,32.503937 31.7480315,32.503937 C28.4304296,32.503937 25.8897726,31.1391213 24.1259843,28.4094488 C22.6561606,26.1417209 21.9212598,23.3071036 21.9212598,19.9055118 C21.9212598,15.5800309 23.023611,11.7060539 25.2283465,8.28346457 C27.4330819,4.86087528 30.7611326,2.09974803 35.2125984,0 L36.4094488,2.33070866 C33.7217713,3.4645726 31.4120831,5.23883307 29.480315,7.65354331 Z M7.55905512,7.65354331 C5.62728693,10.0682535 4.66141732,12.5144233 4.66141732,14.992126 C4.66141732,16.042 4.78740031,16.9448781 5.03937008,17.7007874 C6.46719874,16.5669235 8.06298331,16 9.82677165,16 C12.1364945,16 14.0892309,16.7453994 15.6850394,18.2362205 C17.2808479,19.7270416 18.0787402,21.7322709 18.0787402,24.2519685 C18.0787402,25.805782 17.7007912,27.2125921 16.9448819,28.4724409 C16.1889726,29.7322898 15.1811087,30.7191565 13.9212598,31.4330709 C12.661411,32.1469852 11.2965953,32.503937 9.82677165,32.503937 C6.50916976,32.503937 3.96851276,31.1391213 2.20472441,28.4094488 C0.734900787,26.1417209 0,23.3071036 0,19.9055118 C0,15.5800309 1.10235118,11.7060539 3.30708661,8.28346457 C5.51182205,4.86087528 8.83987276,2.09974803 13.2913386,0 L14.488189,2.33070866 C11.8005115,3.4645726 9.49082331,5.23883307 7.55905512,7.65354331 Z\" fill=\"#DADADA\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-content\"><blockquote><h4><span style=\"color: #cccccc;\"><strong><em>\u201cMove over Faulkner, Williams, Welty and Grisham\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h4><p style=\"text-align: center; color: #565656;\"><span style=\"color: #cccccc;\"><em>This weekend I read A Chasing of the Wind. Move over Faulkner, Williams, Welty and Grisham\u2014Mississippi has new Southern writer. I give it TWO thumbs up! When you finish you will feel like you really know all the characters\u2014and you love, hate, feel sorry for, identify with, or resemble them. There are even a couple that will repulse you and many that are so familiar you will feel like you know them. Like a good novel, the characters are revealed little by little\u2014and there are some surprises. Of course, there is hardship, trouble, tragedy and conflict (It wouldn\u2019t be a novel about the South without those, right?), however, balanced with a few good hearts of the best Southern folk. Maybe it\u2019s because Port Haven is \u201cclose to home,\u201d but the imagery conjured up vivid pictures in my mind. One suggestion\u2013 don\u2019t read it while hungry because the coastal, southern cooking descriptions will \u201chave your naval gnawing on your backbone\u201d (one of my favorite quotes from the book). I will be sending a private note to Mr. Kalberg with a few more comments, but don\u2019t want to spoil the book for the rest of you. Congratulations Andy! It\u2019s a successful adventure\u2014can\u2019t wait for the movie!<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-profile-wrapper vce-testimonial-title-align--center\"><div class=\"vce-testimonial-image vce-testimonial-image-shape--filled-circle\"><\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-title\"><div class=\"vce-testimonial-author\">Carol Szymanski<\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-company\">Fine Arts Chairman Duchesne Academy Houston TX<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vce-content-slide vc-slick-item vce-content-slide-background-color--empty vce-content-slide-background-hover-color--empty slick-slide\" id=\"el-d197ddf0\" data-vce-slick-slider-id=\"el-28ae9b52\" style=\"width: 1140px;\" data-slick-index=\"2\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><div class=\"vce-content-slide-inner\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-d197ddf0\"><div class=\"vce-testimonial vce\" id=\"el-12f72414\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-12f72414\" style=\"--authorColor: #565656; --companyColor: #828282; --symbolColor: #DADADA;\"><div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-symbol\"><svg width=\"40px\" height=\"33px\" viewBox=\"0 0 40 33\"><path d=\"M29.480315,7.65354331 C27.5485468,10.0682535 26.5826772,12.5144233 26.5826772,14.992126 C26.5826772,16.042 26.7086602,16.9448781 26.9606299,17.7007874 C28.4304535,16.5669235 30.0262381,16 31.7480315,16 C34.0997493,16 36.0629843,16.7453994 37.6377953,18.2362205 C39.2126063,19.7270416 40,21.7322709 40,24.2519685 C40,26.6036863 39.2021077,28.5669213 37.6062992,30.1417323 C36.0104907,31.7165433 34.0577543,32.503937 31.7480315,32.503937 C28.4304296,32.503937 25.8897726,31.1391213 24.1259843,28.4094488 C22.6561606,26.1417209 21.9212598,23.3071036 21.9212598,19.9055118 C21.9212598,15.5800309 23.023611,11.7060539 25.2283465,8.28346457 C27.4330819,4.86087528 30.7611326,2.09974803 35.2125984,0 L36.4094488,2.33070866 C33.7217713,3.4645726 31.4120831,5.23883307 29.480315,7.65354331 Z M7.55905512,7.65354331 C5.62728693,10.0682535 4.66141732,12.5144233 4.66141732,14.992126 C4.66141732,16.042 4.78740031,16.9448781 5.03937008,17.7007874 C6.46719874,16.5669235 8.06298331,16 9.82677165,16 C12.1364945,16 14.0892309,16.7453994 15.6850394,18.2362205 C17.2808479,19.7270416 18.0787402,21.7322709 18.0787402,24.2519685 C18.0787402,25.805782 17.7007912,27.2125921 16.9448819,28.4724409 C16.1889726,29.7322898 15.1811087,30.7191565 13.9212598,31.4330709 C12.661411,32.1469852 11.2965953,32.503937 9.82677165,32.503937 C6.50916976,32.503937 3.96851276,31.1391213 2.20472441,28.4094488 C0.734900787,26.1417209 0,23.3071036 0,19.9055118 C0,15.5800309 1.10235118,11.7060539 3.30708661,8.28346457 C5.51182205,4.86087528 8.83987276,2.09974803 13.2913386,0 L14.488189,2.33070866 C11.8005115,3.4645726 9.49082331,5.23883307 7.55905512,7.65354331 Z\" fill=\"#DADADA\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-content\"><blockquote><h4><span style=\"color: #cccccc;\"><strong><em>\u201cIt will go on the shelf next to my other 5 favorite books\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h4><p><span style=\"color: #cccccc;\"><em>Camilla stated: I am bereft \u2013 I have finished the book! It will go on the shelf next to my other 5 favorite books \u2013 Colleen McCullough\u2019s \u201cThorn Birds\u201d; James Clavell\u2019s \u201cShogun\u201d; M. M. Kaye\u2019s \u201cShadow of the Moon\u201d; Diana Gabaldon\u2019s \u201cOutlander\u201d; and Leon Uris\u2019 \u201cTrinity\u201d. Those famous authors have nothing on you. Your descriptions were so vivid that I found myself lost in Port Haven and had trouble returning to my living room. In part because of the settings, but mostly because you write so beautifully. I never even suspected the real murderer! I am an avid reader. A day doesn\u2019t go by that I don\u2019t pick up my Kindle and read. But most of the books I read, usually by well-known authors, are soon forgotten. Yours will be remembered for a very long time. Thank you, thank you!\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #cccccc;\">Hank stated: Andy, you definitely are skilled at creating a \u201ccoincidently fictitious\u201d world in my brain. This is a fabulous book. BTW, my first car was a well-used Pink-n-Gray \u201951 Rambler Convertible. With that, you resurrected a far less fictitious, yet memorable world, though one in which I now am far too old to relive. We wish many more literary successes.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-profile-wrapper vce-testimonial-title-align--center\"><div class=\"vce-testimonial-image vce-testimonial-image-shape--filled-circle\"><\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-title\"><div class=\"vce-testimonial-author\">Hank and Camilla Coolidge<\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-company\">Retired General Electric Engineer Gulfport MS<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vce-content-slide vc-slick-item vce-content-slide-background-color--empty vce-content-slide-background-hover-color--empty slick-slide slick-current slick-active\" id=\"el-e805322e\" data-vce-slick-slider-id=\"el-28ae9b52\" style=\"width: 1140px;\" data-slick-index=\"3\" aria-hidden=\"false\"><div class=\"vce-content-slide-inner\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-e805322e\"><div class=\"vce-testimonial vce\" id=\"el-2c36229e\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-2c36229e\" style=\"--authorColor: #565656; --companyColor: #828282; --symbolColor: #DADADA;\"><div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-symbol\"><svg width=\"40px\" height=\"33px\" viewBox=\"0 0 40 33\"><path d=\"M29.480315,7.65354331 C27.5485468,10.0682535 26.5826772,12.5144233 26.5826772,14.992126 C26.5826772,16.042 26.7086602,16.9448781 26.9606299,17.7007874 C28.4304535,16.5669235 30.0262381,16 31.7480315,16 C34.0997493,16 36.0629843,16.7453994 37.6377953,18.2362205 C39.2126063,19.7270416 40,21.7322709 40,24.2519685 C40,26.6036863 39.2021077,28.5669213 37.6062992,30.1417323 C36.0104907,31.7165433 34.0577543,32.503937 31.7480315,32.503937 C28.4304296,32.503937 25.8897726,31.1391213 24.1259843,28.4094488 C22.6561606,26.1417209 21.9212598,23.3071036 21.9212598,19.9055118 C21.9212598,15.5800309 23.023611,11.7060539 25.2283465,8.28346457 C27.4330819,4.86087528 30.7611326,2.09974803 35.2125984,0 L36.4094488,2.33070866 C33.7217713,3.4645726 31.4120831,5.23883307 29.480315,7.65354331 Z M7.55905512,7.65354331 C5.62728693,10.0682535 4.66141732,12.5144233 4.66141732,14.992126 C4.66141732,16.042 4.78740031,16.9448781 5.03937008,17.7007874 C6.46719874,16.5669235 8.06298331,16 9.82677165,16 C12.1364945,16 14.0892309,16.7453994 15.6850394,18.2362205 C17.2808479,19.7270416 18.0787402,21.7322709 18.0787402,24.2519685 C18.0787402,25.805782 17.7007912,27.2125921 16.9448819,28.4724409 C16.1889726,29.7322898 15.1811087,30.7191565 13.9212598,31.4330709 C12.661411,32.1469852 11.2965953,32.503937 9.82677165,32.503937 C6.50916976,32.503937 3.96851276,31.1391213 2.20472441,28.4094488 C0.734900787,26.1417209 0,23.3071036 0,19.9055118 C0,15.5800309 1.10235118,11.7060539 3.30708661,8.28346457 C5.51182205,4.86087528 8.83987276,2.09974803 13.2913386,0 L14.488189,2.33070866 C11.8005115,3.4645726 9.49082331,5.23883307 7.55905512,7.65354331 Z\" fill=\"#DADADA\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-content\"><blockquote><h4><span style=\"color: #cccccc;\"><strong><em>\u201cI marveled that you could describe some events with such detail\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h4><p><span style=\"color: #cccccc;\"><em>I apologize for taking so long to write this glowing review, but I just finished reading A Chasing of the Wind yesterday. I only read it when I was traveling. I read part of it on my way to South Carolina; another part on my way to Nashville; and finally finished during my most recent trip to Idaho! That amazingly divided the book into thirds, so I read the first third about Johnny Necaise and Necaise Crossing\u2026paused\u2026read the second third about Carol Ann and the marriage and events while Coop was away\u2026paused\u2026and finished the last third with Cecile and the denouement!<\/em><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #cccccc;\">Andy, I thoroughly enjoyed your book! The nice thing about knowing the author is that I could hear you saying the sentences, as though you were telling me, and only me, a story! Your vocabulary is awesome. I knew most of the words, but several of them left me saying, \u201cWow! Look at Andy go!\u201d Your descriptions were vivid. Many times I could actually see the scene in my mind. So many of those descriptions referred to products and events from numerous time periods long gone. I enjoyed being put in memory of Buster Brown shoes and the like. I marveled that you could describe some events with such detail, all the while praying you truly had never had such an actual experience. Your imagination is splendid\u2026a true gift from God! Your characters came alive. I detested some of them and loved others\u2026the perfect combination of good versus evil.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #cccccc;\">I\u2019m a deliberate reader. I read every word on the page\u2026no skimming over words. I got amused with myself while I was reading your action sections. I was racing through every word\u2026reading much faster than I normally do. I loved it! Your descriptions seemed to push me forward, eager to discover the next twist in the plot.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #cccccc;\">All in all, you have a treasure on your hands\u2026something of which you can be very proud. Like someone else said, I\u2019m eager to read THE NEXT ONE!!<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-profile-wrapper vce-testimonial-title-align--center\"><div class=\"vce-testimonial-image vce-testimonial-image-shape--filled-circle\"><\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-title\"><div class=\"vce-testimonial-author\">Janie Walters<\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-company\">International Professional Speaker and President of Champion Communications Madison MS<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vce-content-slide vc-slick-item vce-content-slide-background-color--empty vce-content-slide-background-hover-color--empty slick-slide\" id=\"el-83450caa\" data-vce-slick-slider-id=\"el-28ae9b52\" style=\"width: 1140px;\" data-slick-index=\"4\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><div class=\"vce-content-slide-inner\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-83450caa\"><div class=\"vce-testimonial vce\" id=\"el-c4f9bd2d\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-c4f9bd2d\" style=\"--authorColor: #565656; --companyColor: #828282; --symbolColor: #DADADA;\"><div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-symbol\"><svg width=\"40px\" height=\"33px\" viewBox=\"0 0 40 33\"><path d=\"M29.480315,7.65354331 C27.5485468,10.0682535 26.5826772,12.5144233 26.5826772,14.992126 C26.5826772,16.042 26.7086602,16.9448781 26.9606299,17.7007874 C28.4304535,16.5669235 30.0262381,16 31.7480315,16 C34.0997493,16 36.0629843,16.7453994 37.6377953,18.2362205 C39.2126063,19.7270416 40,21.7322709 40,24.2519685 C40,26.6036863 39.2021077,28.5669213 37.6062992,30.1417323 C36.0104907,31.7165433 34.0577543,32.503937 31.7480315,32.503937 C28.4304296,32.503937 25.8897726,31.1391213 24.1259843,28.4094488 C22.6561606,26.1417209 21.9212598,23.3071036 21.9212598,19.9055118 C21.9212598,15.5800309 23.023611,11.7060539 25.2283465,8.28346457 C27.4330819,4.86087528 30.7611326,2.09974803 35.2125984,0 L36.4094488,2.33070866 C33.7217713,3.4645726 31.4120831,5.23883307 29.480315,7.65354331 Z M7.55905512,7.65354331 C5.62728693,10.0682535 4.66141732,12.5144233 4.66141732,14.992126 C4.66141732,16.042 4.78740031,16.9448781 5.03937008,17.7007874 C6.46719874,16.5669235 8.06298331,16 9.82677165,16 C12.1364945,16 14.0892309,16.7453994 15.6850394,18.2362205 C17.2808479,19.7270416 18.0787402,21.7322709 18.0787402,24.2519685 C18.0787402,25.805782 17.7007912,27.2125921 16.9448819,28.4724409 C16.1889726,29.7322898 15.1811087,30.7191565 13.9212598,31.4330709 C12.661411,32.1469852 11.2965953,32.503937 9.82677165,32.503937 C6.50916976,32.503937 3.96851276,31.1391213 2.20472441,28.4094488 C0.734900787,26.1417209 0,23.3071036 0,19.9055118 C0,15.5800309 1.10235118,11.7060539 3.30708661,8.28346457 C5.51182205,4.86087528 8.83987276,2.09974803 13.2913386,0 L14.488189,2.33070866 C11.8005115,3.4645726 9.49082331,5.23883307 7.55905512,7.65354331 Z\" fill=\"#DADADA\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-content\"><blockquote><h4><span style=\"color: #cccccc;\"><strong><em>\u201cThe mystery and suspense had me turning page after page\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h4><p><span style=\"color: #cccccc;\"><em>I read your book over the weekend and I must say I am extremely impressed! The mystery and suspense had me turning page after page until the very last one! The book was so artfully written, that I was not able to figure out the cause of the murders until you revealed what occurred. Your depiction of the hurricane and its aftermath was spot on! I also love the way you described the manner in which the mother was able to move on with her life by painting, and always including either a little boy in the painting or his toys. It\u2019s amazing to me that this is your first novel! I truly hope that you will continue to write additional novels. I am officially one of your greatest fans!<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-profile-wrapper vce-testimonial-title-align--center\"><div class=\"vce-testimonial-image vce-testimonial-image-shape--filled-circle\"><\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-title\"><div class=\"vce-testimonial-author\">Bethany Pique<\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-company\">Business Administration at the University of Southern MS<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vce-content-slide vc-slick-item vce-content-slide-background-color--empty vce-content-slide-background-hover-color--empty slick-slide\" id=\"el-a4e68759\" data-vce-slick-slider-id=\"el-28ae9b52\" style=\"width: 1140px;\" data-slick-index=\"5\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><div class=\"vce-content-slide-inner\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-a4e68759\"><div class=\"vce-testimonial vce\" id=\"el-f8f4caf0\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-f8f4caf0\" style=\"--authorColor: #565656; --companyColor: #828282; --symbolColor: #DADADA;\"><div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-symbol\"><svg width=\"40px\" height=\"33px\" viewBox=\"0 0 40 33\"><path d=\"M29.480315,7.65354331 C27.5485468,10.0682535 26.5826772,12.5144233 26.5826772,14.992126 C26.5826772,16.042 26.7086602,16.9448781 26.9606299,17.7007874 C28.4304535,16.5669235 30.0262381,16 31.7480315,16 C34.0997493,16 36.0629843,16.7453994 37.6377953,18.2362205 C39.2126063,19.7270416 40,21.7322709 40,24.2519685 C40,26.6036863 39.2021077,28.5669213 37.6062992,30.1417323 C36.0104907,31.7165433 34.0577543,32.503937 31.7480315,32.503937 C28.4304296,32.503937 25.8897726,31.1391213 24.1259843,28.4094488 C22.6561606,26.1417209 21.9212598,23.3071036 21.9212598,19.9055118 C21.9212598,15.5800309 23.023611,11.7060539 25.2283465,8.28346457 C27.4330819,4.86087528 30.7611326,2.09974803 35.2125984,0 L36.4094488,2.33070866 C33.7217713,3.4645726 31.4120831,5.23883307 29.480315,7.65354331 Z M7.55905512,7.65354331 C5.62728693,10.0682535 4.66141732,12.5144233 4.66141732,14.992126 C4.66141732,16.042 4.78740031,16.9448781 5.03937008,17.7007874 C6.46719874,16.5669235 8.06298331,16 9.82677165,16 C12.1364945,16 14.0892309,16.7453994 15.6850394,18.2362205 C17.2808479,19.7270416 18.0787402,21.7322709 18.0787402,24.2519685 C18.0787402,25.805782 17.7007912,27.2125921 16.9448819,28.4724409 C16.1889726,29.7322898 15.1811087,30.7191565 13.9212598,31.4330709 C12.661411,32.1469852 11.2965953,32.503937 9.82677165,32.503937 C6.50916976,32.503937 3.96851276,31.1391213 2.20472441,28.4094488 C0.734900787,26.1417209 0,23.3071036 0,19.9055118 C0,15.5800309 1.10235118,11.7060539 3.30708661,8.28346457 C5.51182205,4.86087528 8.83987276,2.09974803 13.2913386,0 L14.488189,2.33070866 C11.8005115,3.4645726 9.49082331,5.23883307 7.55905512,7.65354331 Z\" fill=\"#DADADA\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-content\"><blockquote><h4><span style=\"color: #cccccc;\"><strong><em>\u201cI felt drawn into the book as if I were standing in the middle\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h4><p><span style=\"color: #cccccc;\"><em>I was impressed with your first novel. It held my attention, with its twists and turns, I could not stop reading when I started. The characters each had such distinct personalities that reeled me in their web of danger. I felt drawn into the book as if I were standing in the middle just watching the story unfold! The end was a complete surprise. I will read this book again one day, because I am sure I missed something!!!! Waiting on your second book\u2026<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-profile-wrapper vce-testimonial-title-align--center\"><div class=\"vce-testimonial-image vce-testimonial-image-shape--filled-circle\"><\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-title\"><div class=\"vce-testimonial-author\">Jane Ezell<\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-company\">Director George County D.H.S. (RETIRED) Lucedale Mississippi<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vce-content-slide vc-slick-item vce-content-slide-background-color--empty vce-content-slide-background-hover-color--empty slick-slide\" id=\"el-21838d4e\" data-vce-slick-slider-id=\"el-28ae9b52\" style=\"width: 1140px;\" data-slick-index=\"6\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><div class=\"vce-content-slide-inner\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-21838d4e\"><div class=\"vce-testimonial vce\" id=\"el-31364a91\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-31364a91\" style=\"--authorColor: #565656; --companyColor: #828282; --symbolColor: #DADADA;\"><div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-symbol\"><svg width=\"40px\" height=\"33px\" viewBox=\"0 0 40 33\"><path d=\"M29.480315,7.65354331 C27.5485468,10.0682535 26.5826772,12.5144233 26.5826772,14.992126 C26.5826772,16.042 26.7086602,16.9448781 26.9606299,17.7007874 C28.4304535,16.5669235 30.0262381,16 31.7480315,16 C34.0997493,16 36.0629843,16.7453994 37.6377953,18.2362205 C39.2126063,19.7270416 40,21.7322709 40,24.2519685 C40,26.6036863 39.2021077,28.5669213 37.6062992,30.1417323 C36.0104907,31.7165433 34.0577543,32.503937 31.7480315,32.503937 C28.4304296,32.503937 25.8897726,31.1391213 24.1259843,28.4094488 C22.6561606,26.1417209 21.9212598,23.3071036 21.9212598,19.9055118 C21.9212598,15.5800309 23.023611,11.7060539 25.2283465,8.28346457 C27.4330819,4.86087528 30.7611326,2.09974803 35.2125984,0 L36.4094488,2.33070866 C33.7217713,3.4645726 31.4120831,5.23883307 29.480315,7.65354331 Z M7.55905512,7.65354331 C5.62728693,10.0682535 4.66141732,12.5144233 4.66141732,14.992126 C4.66141732,16.042 4.78740031,16.9448781 5.03937008,17.7007874 C6.46719874,16.5669235 8.06298331,16 9.82677165,16 C12.1364945,16 14.0892309,16.7453994 15.6850394,18.2362205 C17.2808479,19.7270416 18.0787402,21.7322709 18.0787402,24.2519685 C18.0787402,25.805782 17.7007912,27.2125921 16.9448819,28.4724409 C16.1889726,29.7322898 15.1811087,30.7191565 13.9212598,31.4330709 C12.661411,32.1469852 11.2965953,32.503937 9.82677165,32.503937 C6.50916976,32.503937 3.96851276,31.1391213 2.20472441,28.4094488 C0.734900787,26.1417209 0,23.3071036 0,19.9055118 C0,15.5800309 1.10235118,11.7060539 3.30708661,8.28346457 C5.51182205,4.86087528 8.83987276,2.09974803 13.2913386,0 L14.488189,2.33070866 C11.8005115,3.4645726 9.49082331,5.23883307 7.55905512,7.65354331 Z\" fill=\"#DADADA\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-content\"><blockquote><h4><span style=\"color: #cccccc;\"><strong><em>\u201cIn many ways it brought me back to a place and time\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h4><p><span style=\"color: #cccccc;\"><em>Hopped aboard the Port Haven express last weekend. Realizing there are various literary components to what constitutes a good book, simplistically speaking I think the sign of a good book is that when you break from reading, you find yourself wanting to jump back into it to see what\u2019s next. As it was, I truly enjoyed the read. I especially liked those autobiographical elements you captured, whether familiar names, places, the various foods you noted, and in what is too familiar to Mississippi coastal residents, a very vivid account of a major hurricane. In many ways it brought me back to a place and time that is very familiar to my childhood memories as well. While reading I often found myself remembering back when\u2026.<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-profile-wrapper vce-testimonial-title-align--center\"><div class=\"vce-testimonial-image vce-testimonial-image-shape--filled-circle\"><\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-title\"><div class=\"vce-testimonial-author\">Don Szymanski<\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-company\">Financial Analyst Chevron North America Exploration &amp; Production Houston TX<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vce-content-slide vc-slick-item vce-content-slide-background-color--empty vce-content-slide-background-hover-color--empty slick-slide\" id=\"el-8e2f24f7\" data-vce-slick-slider-id=\"el-28ae9b52\" style=\"width: 1140px;\" data-slick-index=\"7\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><div class=\"vce-content-slide-inner\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-8e2f24f7\"><div class=\"vce-testimonial vce\" id=\"el-6495ce86\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-6495ce86\" style=\"--authorColor: #565656; --companyColor: #828282; --symbolColor: #DADADA;\"><div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-symbol\"><svg width=\"40px\" height=\"33px\" viewBox=\"0 0 40 33\"><path d=\"M29.480315,7.65354331 C27.5485468,10.0682535 26.5826772,12.5144233 26.5826772,14.992126 C26.5826772,16.042 26.7086602,16.9448781 26.9606299,17.7007874 C28.4304535,16.5669235 30.0262381,16 31.7480315,16 C34.0997493,16 36.0629843,16.7453994 37.6377953,18.2362205 C39.2126063,19.7270416 40,21.7322709 40,24.2519685 C40,26.6036863 39.2021077,28.5669213 37.6062992,30.1417323 C36.0104907,31.7165433 34.0577543,32.503937 31.7480315,32.503937 C28.4304296,32.503937 25.8897726,31.1391213 24.1259843,28.4094488 C22.6561606,26.1417209 21.9212598,23.3071036 21.9212598,19.9055118 C21.9212598,15.5800309 23.023611,11.7060539 25.2283465,8.28346457 C27.4330819,4.86087528 30.7611326,2.09974803 35.2125984,0 L36.4094488,2.33070866 C33.7217713,3.4645726 31.4120831,5.23883307 29.480315,7.65354331 Z M7.55905512,7.65354331 C5.62728693,10.0682535 4.66141732,12.5144233 4.66141732,14.992126 C4.66141732,16.042 4.78740031,16.9448781 5.03937008,17.7007874 C6.46719874,16.5669235 8.06298331,16 9.82677165,16 C12.1364945,16 14.0892309,16.7453994 15.6850394,18.2362205 C17.2808479,19.7270416 18.0787402,21.7322709 18.0787402,24.2519685 C18.0787402,25.805782 17.7007912,27.2125921 16.9448819,28.4724409 C16.1889726,29.7322898 15.1811087,30.7191565 13.9212598,31.4330709 C12.661411,32.1469852 11.2965953,32.503937 9.82677165,32.503937 C6.50916976,32.503937 3.96851276,31.1391213 2.20472441,28.4094488 C0.734900787,26.1417209 0,23.3071036 0,19.9055118 C0,15.5800309 1.10235118,11.7060539 3.30708661,8.28346457 C5.51182205,4.86087528 8.83987276,2.09974803 13.2913386,0 L14.488189,2.33070866 C11.8005115,3.4645726 9.49082331,5.23883307 7.55905512,7.65354331 Z\" fill=\"#DADADA\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-content\"><blockquote>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #cccccc;\"><strong><em>\u201cA true reread and keeper.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #cccccc;\"><em>I finished your book! I love the descriptions you used in the story. They were not only visual while reading, but I could feel the heat and humidity. The reader also could taste the fantastic local foods. The story line was woven into a fine rope that ended into a noose that was drawn tight. I loved the explanation of the title in the end. Regardless of what a person experiences, life goes on. A true reread and keeper.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-profile-wrapper vce-testimonial-title-align--center\"><div class=\"vce-testimonial-image vce-testimonial-image-shape--filled-circle\"><\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-title\"><div class=\"vce-testimonial-author\">Peggy Gunter Stone<\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-company\">Food Services Supervisor Mobile County School System Mobile AL<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vce-content-slide vc-slick-item vce-content-slide-background-color--empty vce-content-slide-background-hover-color--empty slick-slide\" id=\"el-1bbde8d9\" data-vce-slick-slider-id=\"el-28ae9b52\" style=\"width: 1140px;\" data-slick-index=\"8\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><div class=\"vce-content-slide-inner\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-1bbde8d9\"><div class=\"vce-testimonial vce\" id=\"el-a2be4a0d\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-a2be4a0d\" style=\"--authorColor: #565656; --companyColor: #828282; --symbolColor: #DADADA;\"><div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-symbol\"><svg width=\"40px\" height=\"33px\" viewBox=\"0 0 40 33\"><path d=\"M29.480315,7.65354331 C27.5485468,10.0682535 26.5826772,12.5144233 26.5826772,14.992126 C26.5826772,16.042 26.7086602,16.9448781 26.9606299,17.7007874 C28.4304535,16.5669235 30.0262381,16 31.7480315,16 C34.0997493,16 36.0629843,16.7453994 37.6377953,18.2362205 C39.2126063,19.7270416 40,21.7322709 40,24.2519685 C40,26.6036863 39.2021077,28.5669213 37.6062992,30.1417323 C36.0104907,31.7165433 34.0577543,32.503937 31.7480315,32.503937 C28.4304296,32.503937 25.8897726,31.1391213 24.1259843,28.4094488 C22.6561606,26.1417209 21.9212598,23.3071036 21.9212598,19.9055118 C21.9212598,15.5800309 23.023611,11.7060539 25.2283465,8.28346457 C27.4330819,4.86087528 30.7611326,2.09974803 35.2125984,0 L36.4094488,2.33070866 C33.7217713,3.4645726 31.4120831,5.23883307 29.480315,7.65354331 Z M7.55905512,7.65354331 C5.62728693,10.0682535 4.66141732,12.5144233 4.66141732,14.992126 C4.66141732,16.042 4.78740031,16.9448781 5.03937008,17.7007874 C6.46719874,16.5669235 8.06298331,16 9.82677165,16 C12.1364945,16 14.0892309,16.7453994 15.6850394,18.2362205 C17.2808479,19.7270416 18.0787402,21.7322709 18.0787402,24.2519685 C18.0787402,25.805782 17.7007912,27.2125921 16.9448819,28.4724409 C16.1889726,29.7322898 15.1811087,30.7191565 13.9212598,31.4330709 C12.661411,32.1469852 11.2965953,32.503937 9.82677165,32.503937 C6.50916976,32.503937 3.96851276,31.1391213 2.20472441,28.4094488 C0.734900787,26.1417209 0,23.3071036 0,19.9055118 C0,15.5800309 1.10235118,11.7060539 3.30708661,8.28346457 C5.51182205,4.86087528 8.83987276,2.09974803 13.2913386,0 L14.488189,2.33070866 C11.8005115,3.4645726 9.49082331,5.23883307 7.55905512,7.65354331 Z\" fill=\"#DADADA\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-content\"><blockquote>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #cccccc;\"><strong><em>\u201cI could almost smell the salt air\u2026made me homesick.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #cccccc;\"><em>Loved it! A page turner! Loved the setting and reference to familiar places. I thought the characters were well developed. And loved the setting in the Merry Mansion. Good story. Kept me interested. I could almost smell the salt air\u2026made me homesick. My reading at work is legal in nature, so when I read for pleasure I am thrilled to find a good story with lots of attention paid to relationships and conversation among the characters. Good job! Another novel please!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-profile-wrapper vce-testimonial-title-align--center\"><div class=\"vce-testimonial-image vce-testimonial-image-shape--filled-circle\"><\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-title\"><div class=\"vce-testimonial-author\">Shelby Gallagher Parker<\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-company\">Senior Oil &amp; Gas Lease Analyst Houston TX<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vce-content-slide vc-slick-item vce-content-slide-background-color--empty vce-content-slide-background-hover-color--empty slick-slide\" id=\"el-dcd15cab\" data-vce-slick-slider-id=\"el-28ae9b52\" style=\"width: 1140px;\" data-slick-index=\"9\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><div class=\"vce-content-slide-inner\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-dcd15cab\"><div class=\"vce-testimonial vce\" id=\"el-d77ce30e\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-d77ce30e\" style=\"--authorColor: #565656; --companyColor: #828282; --symbolColor: #DADADA;\"><div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-symbol\"><svg width=\"40px\" height=\"33px\" viewBox=\"0 0 40 33\"><path d=\"M29.480315,7.65354331 C27.5485468,10.0682535 26.5826772,12.5144233 26.5826772,14.992126 C26.5826772,16.042 26.7086602,16.9448781 26.9606299,17.7007874 C28.4304535,16.5669235 30.0262381,16 31.7480315,16 C34.0997493,16 36.0629843,16.7453994 37.6377953,18.2362205 C39.2126063,19.7270416 40,21.7322709 40,24.2519685 C40,26.6036863 39.2021077,28.5669213 37.6062992,30.1417323 C36.0104907,31.7165433 34.0577543,32.503937 31.7480315,32.503937 C28.4304296,32.503937 25.8897726,31.1391213 24.1259843,28.4094488 C22.6561606,26.1417209 21.9212598,23.3071036 21.9212598,19.9055118 C21.9212598,15.5800309 23.023611,11.7060539 25.2283465,8.28346457 C27.4330819,4.86087528 30.7611326,2.09974803 35.2125984,0 L36.4094488,2.33070866 C33.7217713,3.4645726 31.4120831,5.23883307 29.480315,7.65354331 Z M7.55905512,7.65354331 C5.62728693,10.0682535 4.66141732,12.5144233 4.66141732,14.992126 C4.66141732,16.042 4.78740031,16.9448781 5.03937008,17.7007874 C6.46719874,16.5669235 8.06298331,16 9.82677165,16 C12.1364945,16 14.0892309,16.7453994 15.6850394,18.2362205 C17.2808479,19.7270416 18.0787402,21.7322709 18.0787402,24.2519685 C18.0787402,25.805782 17.7007912,27.2125921 16.9448819,28.4724409 C16.1889726,29.7322898 15.1811087,30.7191565 13.9212598,31.4330709 C12.661411,32.1469852 11.2965953,32.503937 9.82677165,32.503937 C6.50916976,32.503937 3.96851276,31.1391213 2.20472441,28.4094488 C0.734900787,26.1417209 0,23.3071036 0,19.9055118 C0,15.5800309 1.10235118,11.7060539 3.30708661,8.28346457 C5.51182205,4.86087528 8.83987276,2.09974803 13.2913386,0 L14.488189,2.33070866 C11.8005115,3.4645726 9.49082331,5.23883307 7.55905512,7.65354331 Z\" fill=\"#DADADA\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-content\"><blockquote><h4><span style=\"color: #cccccc;\"><strong><em>\u201cWhen will we see the sequel?\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h4><p style=\"text-align: center; color: #565656;\"><span style=\"color: #cccccc;\"><em>Hey Andy, you may be wondering why you haven\u2019t heard anything from me about your book. WELL, I just read it! Started when I was in Gulfport last week for the Gulf Park College reunion. Started it at Chuck\u2019s, almost finished it, but finally made it through Hurricane Cecile last evening, your handling of which is close to brilliant! I was absolutely engrossed, and am waiting for little Bailey to reappear\u2026..in your next novel, maybe? The conclusion of your story was wonderfully disturbing. I was not quite ready for that! I\u2019d forgotten about those missing items\u2026..read that part at Chuck\u2019s. Kinda liked it that way. Double impact, if you know what I mean. Really, the book is wonderfully put together and especially intense if you know the Mississippi Gulf Coast. I, of course, associated old Mrs. Sternberg with you know who\u2026\u2026whether that was the intention or not! I was hoping I would really enjoy the book, because if I didn\u2019t, what the hell would I say to you??? BUT, never fear, I was right there with it the whole way. Congrats! When will we see the sequel?????<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-profile-wrapper vce-testimonial-title-align--center\"><div class=\"vce-testimonial-image vce-testimonial-image-shape--filled-circle\"><\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-title\"><div class=\"vce-testimonial-author\">Nels Anderson<\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-company\">PROFESSOR OF THEATER AND STAGE DESIGN AT LSU<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vce-content-slide vc-slick-item vce-content-slide-background-color--empty vce-content-slide-background-hover-color--empty slick-slide\" id=\"el-19f95b65\" data-vce-slick-slider-id=\"el-28ae9b52\" style=\"width: 1140px;\" data-slick-index=\"10\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><div class=\"vce-content-slide-inner\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-19f95b65\"><div class=\"vce-testimonial vce\" id=\"el-fc7fa788\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-fc7fa788\" style=\"--authorColor: #565656; --companyColor: #828282; --symbolColor: #DADADA;\"><div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-symbol\"><svg width=\"40px\" height=\"33px\" viewBox=\"0 0 40 33\"><path d=\"M29.480315,7.65354331 C27.5485468,10.0682535 26.5826772,12.5144233 26.5826772,14.992126 C26.5826772,16.042 26.7086602,16.9448781 26.9606299,17.7007874 C28.4304535,16.5669235 30.0262381,16 31.7480315,16 C34.0997493,16 36.0629843,16.7453994 37.6377953,18.2362205 C39.2126063,19.7270416 40,21.7322709 40,24.2519685 C40,26.6036863 39.2021077,28.5669213 37.6062992,30.1417323 C36.0104907,31.7165433 34.0577543,32.503937 31.7480315,32.503937 C28.4304296,32.503937 25.8897726,31.1391213 24.1259843,28.4094488 C22.6561606,26.1417209 21.9212598,23.3071036 21.9212598,19.9055118 C21.9212598,15.5800309 23.023611,11.7060539 25.2283465,8.28346457 C27.4330819,4.86087528 30.7611326,2.09974803 35.2125984,0 L36.4094488,2.33070866 C33.7217713,3.4645726 31.4120831,5.23883307 29.480315,7.65354331 Z M7.55905512,7.65354331 C5.62728693,10.0682535 4.66141732,12.5144233 4.66141732,14.992126 C4.66141732,16.042 4.78740031,16.9448781 5.03937008,17.7007874 C6.46719874,16.5669235 8.06298331,16 9.82677165,16 C12.1364945,16 14.0892309,16.7453994 15.6850394,18.2362205 C17.2808479,19.7270416 18.0787402,21.7322709 18.0787402,24.2519685 C18.0787402,25.805782 17.7007912,27.2125921 16.9448819,28.4724409 C16.1889726,29.7322898 15.1811087,30.7191565 13.9212598,31.4330709 C12.661411,32.1469852 11.2965953,32.503937 9.82677165,32.503937 C6.50916976,32.503937 3.96851276,31.1391213 2.20472441,28.4094488 C0.734900787,26.1417209 0,23.3071036 0,19.9055118 C0,15.5800309 1.10235118,11.7060539 3.30708661,8.28346457 C5.51182205,4.86087528 8.83987276,2.09974803 13.2913386,0 L14.488189,2.33070866 C11.8005115,3.4645726 9.49082331,5.23883307 7.55905512,7.65354331 Z\" fill=\"#DADADA\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-content\"><blockquote><h4><span style=\"color: #cccccc;\"><strong><em>\u201cI crave more and the cupboard is bare.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h4><p style=\"text-align: center; color: #565656;\"><span style=\"color: #cccccc;\"><em>OMG, I just finished \u201cA Chasing of the Wind\u201d! Its wonderful! A great read! Now the problem being, I crave more and the cupboard is bare. Having lived in New Orleans and having visited the Mississippi Gulf Coast, it brought back so many memories of days gone by! I was born in the \u201940s, not the \u201930s, but there are so many things I can relate to. I\u2019ve rode on the Crescent Limited so many times when it was still on its run along the Gulf Coast, when L&amp;N ran the line as far as Mobile, and then it switched to Southern R&amp;R. I too rode out Betsy, Camille and Katrina in New Orleans. I grew up hearing the story of my mom\u2019s aunt who died in a hurricane, trapped in the eaves of a barn. Thank goodness I know nothing of murder! The ending was a shocker! Who\u2019d a thought? As Bogey said at the end ofCasablanca, I hope this is the start of a beautiful friendship \u2014 that is, I hope there are many more novels to come from your clever mind! YOU HAVE TO WRITE MORE. You did not answer my question \u2013 do you have your own publishing company? Who actually printed the book? Its beautiful! My late Uncle Hank was a printer and he taught me that a book that has the stitching on the spine is a very good book. I\u2019m so proud of you! Hugs, Jeanie (a.k.a. Old Aunt Pittypat)<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-profile-wrapper vce-testimonial-title-align--center\"><div class=\"vce-testimonial-image vce-testimonial-image-shape--filled-circle\"><\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-title\"><div class=\"vce-testimonial-author\">Jeanie Attendhofer<\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-company\">WRITER, WORLD TRAVELER, AND GONE WITH THE WIND AFICIONADO<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vce-content-slide vc-slick-item vce-content-slide-background-color--empty vce-content-slide-background-hover-color--empty slick-slide\" id=\"el-0bdf9c0b\" data-vce-slick-slider-id=\"el-28ae9b52\" style=\"width: 1140px;\" data-slick-index=\"11\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><div class=\"vce-content-slide-inner\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-0bdf9c0b\"><div class=\"vce-testimonial vce\" id=\"el-b7990d4a\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-b7990d4a\" style=\"--authorColor: #565656; --companyColor: #828282; --symbolColor: #DADADA;\"><div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-symbol\"><svg width=\"40px\" height=\"33px\" viewBox=\"0 0 40 33\"><path d=\"M29.480315,7.65354331 C27.5485468,10.0682535 26.5826772,12.5144233 26.5826772,14.992126 C26.5826772,16.042 26.7086602,16.9448781 26.9606299,17.7007874 C28.4304535,16.5669235 30.0262381,16 31.7480315,16 C34.0997493,16 36.0629843,16.7453994 37.6377953,18.2362205 C39.2126063,19.7270416 40,21.7322709 40,24.2519685 C40,26.6036863 39.2021077,28.5669213 37.6062992,30.1417323 C36.0104907,31.7165433 34.0577543,32.503937 31.7480315,32.503937 C28.4304296,32.503937 25.8897726,31.1391213 24.1259843,28.4094488 C22.6561606,26.1417209 21.9212598,23.3071036 21.9212598,19.9055118 C21.9212598,15.5800309 23.023611,11.7060539 25.2283465,8.28346457 C27.4330819,4.86087528 30.7611326,2.09974803 35.2125984,0 L36.4094488,2.33070866 C33.7217713,3.4645726 31.4120831,5.23883307 29.480315,7.65354331 Z M7.55905512,7.65354331 C5.62728693,10.0682535 4.66141732,12.5144233 4.66141732,14.992126 C4.66141732,16.042 4.78740031,16.9448781 5.03937008,17.7007874 C6.46719874,16.5669235 8.06298331,16 9.82677165,16 C12.1364945,16 14.0892309,16.7453994 15.6850394,18.2362205 C17.2808479,19.7270416 18.0787402,21.7322709 18.0787402,24.2519685 C18.0787402,25.805782 17.7007912,27.2125921 16.9448819,28.4724409 C16.1889726,29.7322898 15.1811087,30.7191565 13.9212598,31.4330709 C12.661411,32.1469852 11.2965953,32.503937 9.82677165,32.503937 C6.50916976,32.503937 3.96851276,31.1391213 2.20472441,28.4094488 C0.734900787,26.1417209 0,23.3071036 0,19.9055118 C0,15.5800309 1.10235118,11.7060539 3.30708661,8.28346457 C5.51182205,4.86087528 8.83987276,2.09974803 13.2913386,0 L14.488189,2.33070866 C11.8005115,3.4645726 9.49082331,5.23883307 7.55905512,7.65354331 Z\" fill=\"#DADADA\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-content\"><blockquote><h4><span style=\"color: #cccccc;\"><strong><em>\u201cI found your descriptions a bit flowery\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h4><p style=\"text-align: center; color: #565656;\"><span style=\"color: #cccccc;\"><em>I read your book today and I loved the story. My only criticism would be that I found your descriptions a bit flowery. I could tell that you searched for the right words to get your message across, but sometimes you may have gone a bit overboard. Otherwise, it\u2019s terrific and I\u2019m very proud of you. Anthony, I must admit that I almost didn\u2019t tell you what I thought, because I didn\u2019t want to hurt your feelings, but I remembered your saying it was how you could learn. I really loved your story and found tears in my eyes several times throughout the book. Also, I got a real kick out of Wyn and Dee. As a southern girl I have known several \u201cDees\u201d and even though they have aged, they are still the same cute airheads. My hometown of Clinton, TN was a hotbed of racial riots in 1958 when our high school was integrated. I was in the eighth grade then and when the school was bombed our house windows rattled. We lived about a half mile from the school. That was a really awful time, and I can only imagine how scary it was for the black kids who had to attend school. We have a museum dedicated to them now. They are known as the Clinton Twelve. You can read all about it on the internet if you wish. Once again, I want to stress that I enjoyed your book very much.<br>Big hug to you.<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-profile-wrapper vce-testimonial-title-align--center\"><div class=\"vce-testimonial-image vce-testimonial-image-shape--filled-circle\"><\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-title\"><div class=\"vce-testimonial-author\">Gretchen Morrison<\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-company\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vce-content-slide vc-slick-item vce-content-slide-background-color--empty vce-content-slide-background-hover-color--empty slick-slide slick-cloned\" id=\"clone-el-e2012bcd-1689698307631\" data-vce-slick-slider-id=\"el-28ae9b52\" style=\"width: 1140px;\" data-slick-index=\"12\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><div class=\"vce-content-slide-inner\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-e2012bcd\"><div class=\"vce-testimonial vce\" id=\"clone-el-f8c867c0-1689698307632\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-f8c867c0\" style=\"--authorColor: #565656; --companyColor: #828282; --symbolColor: #DADADA;\"><div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-symbol\"><svg width=\"40px\" height=\"33px\" viewBox=\"0 0 40 33\"><path d=\"M29.480315,7.65354331 C27.5485468,10.0682535 26.5826772,12.5144233 26.5826772,14.992126 C26.5826772,16.042 26.7086602,16.9448781 26.9606299,17.7007874 C28.4304535,16.5669235 30.0262381,16 31.7480315,16 C34.0997493,16 36.0629843,16.7453994 37.6377953,18.2362205 C39.2126063,19.7270416 40,21.7322709 40,24.2519685 C40,26.6036863 39.2021077,28.5669213 37.6062992,30.1417323 C36.0104907,31.7165433 34.0577543,32.503937 31.7480315,32.503937 C28.4304296,32.503937 25.8897726,31.1391213 24.1259843,28.4094488 C22.6561606,26.1417209 21.9212598,23.3071036 21.9212598,19.9055118 C21.9212598,15.5800309 23.023611,11.7060539 25.2283465,8.28346457 C27.4330819,4.86087528 30.7611326,2.09974803 35.2125984,0 L36.4094488,2.33070866 C33.7217713,3.4645726 31.4120831,5.23883307 29.480315,7.65354331 Z M7.55905512,7.65354331 C5.62728693,10.0682535 4.66141732,12.5144233 4.66141732,14.992126 C4.66141732,16.042 4.78740031,16.9448781 5.03937008,17.7007874 C6.46719874,16.5669235 8.06298331,16 9.82677165,16 C12.1364945,16 14.0892309,16.7453994 15.6850394,18.2362205 C17.2808479,19.7270416 18.0787402,21.7322709 18.0787402,24.2519685 C18.0787402,25.805782 17.7007912,27.2125921 16.9448819,28.4724409 C16.1889726,29.7322898 15.1811087,30.7191565 13.9212598,31.4330709 C12.661411,32.1469852 11.2965953,32.503937 9.82677165,32.503937 C6.50916976,32.503937 3.96851276,31.1391213 2.20472441,28.4094488 C0.734900787,26.1417209 0,23.3071036 0,19.9055118 C0,15.5800309 1.10235118,11.7060539 3.30708661,8.28346457 C5.51182205,4.86087528 8.83987276,2.09974803 13.2913386,0 L14.488189,2.33070866 C11.8005115,3.4645726 9.49082331,5.23883307 7.55905512,7.65354331 Z\" fill=\"#DADADA\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-content\"><blockquote><h4><span style=\"color: #cccccc;\"><strong><em>\u201cNever saw that coming!\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h4><p style=\"text-align: center; color: #565656;\"><span style=\"color: #cccccc;\"><em>I finished A Chasing of the Wind! Loved every page, character, and so identified with the events of the hurricane! And the murderer! Never saw that coming! Well done and hope there is more from you! Bravo!!<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-profile-wrapper vce-testimonial-title-align--center\"><div class=\"vce-testimonial-image vce-testimonial-image-shape--filled-circle\"><\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-title\"><div class=\"vce-testimonial-author\">Kande DeGrasses Steele<\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-company\">Executive Assistant with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vce-content-slide vc-slick-item vce-content-slide-background-color--empty vce-content-slide-background-hover-color--empty slick-slide slick-cloned\" id=\"clone-el-cc65ac51-1689698307631\" data-vce-slick-slider-id=\"el-28ae9b52\" style=\"width: 1140px;\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-slick-index=\"13\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><div class=\"vce-content-slide-inner\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-cc65ac51\"><div class=\"vce-testimonial vce\" id=\"clone-el-54b24ad7-1689698307632\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-54b24ad7\" style=\"--authorColor: #565656; --companyColor: #828282; --symbolColor: #DADADA;\"><div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-symbol\"><svg width=\"40px\" height=\"33px\" viewBox=\"0 0 40 33\"><path d=\"M29.480315,7.65354331 C27.5485468,10.0682535 26.5826772,12.5144233 26.5826772,14.992126 C26.5826772,16.042 26.7086602,16.9448781 26.9606299,17.7007874 C28.4304535,16.5669235 30.0262381,16 31.7480315,16 C34.0997493,16 36.0629843,16.7453994 37.6377953,18.2362205 C39.2126063,19.7270416 40,21.7322709 40,24.2519685 C40,26.6036863 39.2021077,28.5669213 37.6062992,30.1417323 C36.0104907,31.7165433 34.0577543,32.503937 31.7480315,32.503937 C28.4304296,32.503937 25.8897726,31.1391213 24.1259843,28.4094488 C22.6561606,26.1417209 21.9212598,23.3071036 21.9212598,19.9055118 C21.9212598,15.5800309 23.023611,11.7060539 25.2283465,8.28346457 C27.4330819,4.86087528 30.7611326,2.09974803 35.2125984,0 L36.4094488,2.33070866 C33.7217713,3.4645726 31.4120831,5.23883307 29.480315,7.65354331 Z M7.55905512,7.65354331 C5.62728693,10.0682535 4.66141732,12.5144233 4.66141732,14.992126 C4.66141732,16.042 4.78740031,16.9448781 5.03937008,17.7007874 C6.46719874,16.5669235 8.06298331,16 9.82677165,16 C12.1364945,16 14.0892309,16.7453994 15.6850394,18.2362205 C17.2808479,19.7270416 18.0787402,21.7322709 18.0787402,24.2519685 C18.0787402,25.805782 17.7007912,27.2125921 16.9448819,28.4724409 C16.1889726,29.7322898 15.1811087,30.7191565 13.9212598,31.4330709 C12.661411,32.1469852 11.2965953,32.503937 9.82677165,32.503937 C6.50916976,32.503937 3.96851276,31.1391213 2.20472441,28.4094488 C0.734900787,26.1417209 0,23.3071036 0,19.9055118 C0,15.5800309 1.10235118,11.7060539 3.30708661,8.28346457 C5.51182205,4.86087528 8.83987276,2.09974803 13.2913386,0 L14.488189,2.33070866 C11.8005115,3.4645726 9.49082331,5.23883307 7.55905512,7.65354331 Z\" fill=\"#DADADA\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-content\"><blockquote><h4><span style=\"color: #cccccc;\"><strong><em>\u201cMove over Faulkner, Williams, Welty and Grisham\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h4><p style=\"text-align: center; color: #565656;\"><span style=\"color: #cccccc;\"><em>This weekend I read A Chasing of the Wind. Move over Faulkner, Williams, Welty and Grisham\u2014Mississippi has new Southern writer. I give it TWO thumbs up! When you finish you will feel like you really know all the characters\u2014and you love, hate, feel sorry for, identify with, or resemble them. There are even a couple that will repulse you and many that are so familiar you will feel like you know them. Like a good novel, the characters are revealed little by little\u2014and there are some surprises. Of course, there is hardship, trouble, tragedy and conflict (It wouldn\u2019t be a novel about the South without those, right?), however, balanced with a few good hearts of the best Southern folk. Maybe it\u2019s because Port Haven is \u201cclose to home,\u201d but the imagery conjured up vivid pictures in my mind. One suggestion\u2013 don\u2019t read it while hungry because the coastal, southern cooking descriptions will \u201chave your naval gnawing on your backbone\u201d (one of my favorite quotes from the book). I will be sending a private note to Mr. Kalberg with a few more comments, but don\u2019t want to spoil the book for the rest of you. Congratulations Andy! It\u2019s a successful adventure\u2014can\u2019t wait for the movie!<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-profile-wrapper vce-testimonial-title-align--center\"><div class=\"vce-testimonial-image vce-testimonial-image-shape--filled-circle\"><\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-title\"><div class=\"vce-testimonial-author\">Carol Szymanski<\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-company\">Fine Arts Chairman Duchesne Academy Houston TX<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vce-content-slide vc-slick-item vce-content-slide-background-color--empty vce-content-slide-background-hover-color--empty slick-slide slick-cloned\" id=\"clone-el-d197ddf0-1689698307631\" data-vce-slick-slider-id=\"el-28ae9b52\" style=\"width: 1140px;\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-slick-index=\"14\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><div class=\"vce-content-slide-inner\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-d197ddf0\"><div class=\"vce-testimonial vce\" id=\"clone-el-12f72414-1689698307632\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-12f72414\" style=\"--authorColor: #565656; --companyColor: #828282; --symbolColor: #DADADA;\"><div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-symbol\"><svg width=\"40px\" height=\"33px\" viewBox=\"0 0 40 33\"><path d=\"M29.480315,7.65354331 C27.5485468,10.0682535 26.5826772,12.5144233 26.5826772,14.992126 C26.5826772,16.042 26.7086602,16.9448781 26.9606299,17.7007874 C28.4304535,16.5669235 30.0262381,16 31.7480315,16 C34.0997493,16 36.0629843,16.7453994 37.6377953,18.2362205 C39.2126063,19.7270416 40,21.7322709 40,24.2519685 C40,26.6036863 39.2021077,28.5669213 37.6062992,30.1417323 C36.0104907,31.7165433 34.0577543,32.503937 31.7480315,32.503937 C28.4304296,32.503937 25.8897726,31.1391213 24.1259843,28.4094488 C22.6561606,26.1417209 21.9212598,23.3071036 21.9212598,19.9055118 C21.9212598,15.5800309 23.023611,11.7060539 25.2283465,8.28346457 C27.4330819,4.86087528 30.7611326,2.09974803 35.2125984,0 L36.4094488,2.33070866 C33.7217713,3.4645726 31.4120831,5.23883307 29.480315,7.65354331 Z M7.55905512,7.65354331 C5.62728693,10.0682535 4.66141732,12.5144233 4.66141732,14.992126 C4.66141732,16.042 4.78740031,16.9448781 5.03937008,17.7007874 C6.46719874,16.5669235 8.06298331,16 9.82677165,16 C12.1364945,16 14.0892309,16.7453994 15.6850394,18.2362205 C17.2808479,19.7270416 18.0787402,21.7322709 18.0787402,24.2519685 C18.0787402,25.805782 17.7007912,27.2125921 16.9448819,28.4724409 C16.1889726,29.7322898 15.1811087,30.7191565 13.9212598,31.4330709 C12.661411,32.1469852 11.2965953,32.503937 9.82677165,32.503937 C6.50916976,32.503937 3.96851276,31.1391213 2.20472441,28.4094488 C0.734900787,26.1417209 0,23.3071036 0,19.9055118 C0,15.5800309 1.10235118,11.7060539 3.30708661,8.28346457 C5.51182205,4.86087528 8.83987276,2.09974803 13.2913386,0 L14.488189,2.33070866 C11.8005115,3.4645726 9.49082331,5.23883307 7.55905512,7.65354331 Z\" fill=\"#DADADA\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-content\"><blockquote><h4><span style=\"color: #cccccc;\"><strong><em>\u201cIt will go on the shelf next to my other 5 favorite books\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h4><p><span style=\"color: #cccccc;\"><em>Camilla stated: I am bereft \u2013 I have finished the book! It will go on the shelf next to my other 5 favorite books \u2013 Colleen McCullough\u2019s \u201cThorn Birds\u201d; James Clavell\u2019s \u201cShogun\u201d; M. M. Kaye\u2019s \u201cShadow of the Moon\u201d; Diana Gabaldon\u2019s \u201cOutlander\u201d; and Leon Uris\u2019 \u201cTrinity\u201d. Those famous authors have nothing on you. Your descriptions were so vivid that I found myself lost in Port Haven and had trouble returning to my living room. In part because of the settings, but mostly because you write so beautifully. I never even suspected the real murderer! I am an avid reader. A day doesn\u2019t go by that I don\u2019t pick up my Kindle and read. But most of the books I read, usually by well-known authors, are soon forgotten. Yours will be remembered for a very long time. Thank you, thank you!\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #cccccc;\">Hank stated: Andy, you definitely are skilled at creating a \u201ccoincidently fictitious\u201d world in my brain. This is a fabulous book. BTW, my first car was a well-used Pink-n-Gray \u201951 Rambler Convertible. With that, you resurrected a far less fictitious, yet memorable world, though one in which I now am far too old to relive. We wish many more literary successes.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-profile-wrapper vce-testimonial-title-align--center\"><div class=\"vce-testimonial-image vce-testimonial-image-shape--filled-circle\"><\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-title\"><div class=\"vce-testimonial-author\">Hank and Camilla Coolidge<\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-company\">Retired General Electric Engineer Gulfport MS<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vce-content-slide vc-slick-item vce-content-slide-background-color--empty vce-content-slide-background-hover-color--empty slick-slide slick-cloned\" id=\"clone-el-e805322e-1689698307631\" data-vce-slick-slider-id=\"el-28ae9b52\" style=\"width: 1140px;\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-slick-index=\"15\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><div class=\"vce-content-slide-inner\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-e805322e\"><div class=\"vce-testimonial vce\" id=\"clone-el-2c36229e-1689698307632\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-2c36229e\" style=\"--authorColor: #565656; --companyColor: #828282; --symbolColor: #DADADA;\"><div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-symbol\"><svg width=\"40px\" height=\"33px\" viewBox=\"0 0 40 33\"><path d=\"M29.480315,7.65354331 C27.5485468,10.0682535 26.5826772,12.5144233 26.5826772,14.992126 C26.5826772,16.042 26.7086602,16.9448781 26.9606299,17.7007874 C28.4304535,16.5669235 30.0262381,16 31.7480315,16 C34.0997493,16 36.0629843,16.7453994 37.6377953,18.2362205 C39.2126063,19.7270416 40,21.7322709 40,24.2519685 C40,26.6036863 39.2021077,28.5669213 37.6062992,30.1417323 C36.0104907,31.7165433 34.0577543,32.503937 31.7480315,32.503937 C28.4304296,32.503937 25.8897726,31.1391213 24.1259843,28.4094488 C22.6561606,26.1417209 21.9212598,23.3071036 21.9212598,19.9055118 C21.9212598,15.5800309 23.023611,11.7060539 25.2283465,8.28346457 C27.4330819,4.86087528 30.7611326,2.09974803 35.2125984,0 L36.4094488,2.33070866 C33.7217713,3.4645726 31.4120831,5.23883307 29.480315,7.65354331 Z M7.55905512,7.65354331 C5.62728693,10.0682535 4.66141732,12.5144233 4.66141732,14.992126 C4.66141732,16.042 4.78740031,16.9448781 5.03937008,17.7007874 C6.46719874,16.5669235 8.06298331,16 9.82677165,16 C12.1364945,16 14.0892309,16.7453994 15.6850394,18.2362205 C17.2808479,19.7270416 18.0787402,21.7322709 18.0787402,24.2519685 C18.0787402,25.805782 17.7007912,27.2125921 16.9448819,28.4724409 C16.1889726,29.7322898 15.1811087,30.7191565 13.9212598,31.4330709 C12.661411,32.1469852 11.2965953,32.503937 9.82677165,32.503937 C6.50916976,32.503937 3.96851276,31.1391213 2.20472441,28.4094488 C0.734900787,26.1417209 0,23.3071036 0,19.9055118 C0,15.5800309 1.10235118,11.7060539 3.30708661,8.28346457 C5.51182205,4.86087528 8.83987276,2.09974803 13.2913386,0 L14.488189,2.33070866 C11.8005115,3.4645726 9.49082331,5.23883307 7.55905512,7.65354331 Z\" fill=\"#DADADA\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-content\"><blockquote><h4><span style=\"color: #cccccc;\"><strong><em>\u201cI marveled that you could describe some events with such detail\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h4><p><span style=\"color: #cccccc;\"><em>I apologize for taking so long to write this glowing review, but I just finished reading A Chasing of the Wind yesterday. I only read it when I was traveling. I read part of it on my way to South Carolina; another part on my way to Nashville; and finally finished during my most recent trip to Idaho! That amazingly divided the book into thirds, so I read the first third about Johnny Necaise and Necaise Crossing\u2026paused\u2026read the second third about Carol Ann and the marriage and events while Coop was away\u2026paused\u2026and finished the last third with Cecile and the denouement!<\/em><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #cccccc;\">Andy, I thoroughly enjoyed your book! The nice thing about knowing the author is that I could hear you saying the sentences, as though you were telling me, and only me, a story! Your vocabulary is awesome. I knew most of the words, but several of them left me saying, \u201cWow! Look at Andy go!\u201d Your descriptions were vivid. Many times I could actually see the scene in my mind. So many of those descriptions referred to products and events from numerous time periods long gone. I enjoyed being put in memory of Buster Brown shoes and the like. I marveled that you could describe some events with such detail, all the while praying you truly had never had such an actual experience. Your imagination is splendid\u2026a true gift from God! Your characters came alive. I detested some of them and loved others\u2026the perfect combination of good versus evil.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #cccccc;\">I\u2019m a deliberate reader. I read every word on the page\u2026no skimming over words. I got amused with myself while I was reading your action sections. I was racing through every word\u2026reading much faster than I normally do. I loved it! Your descriptions seemed to push me forward, eager to discover the next twist in the plot.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #cccccc;\">All in all, you have a treasure on your hands\u2026something of which you can be very proud. Like someone else said, I\u2019m eager to read THE NEXT ONE!!<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-profile-wrapper vce-testimonial-title-align--center\"><div class=\"vce-testimonial-image vce-testimonial-image-shape--filled-circle\"><\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-title\"><div class=\"vce-testimonial-author\">Janie Walters<\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-company\">International Professional Speaker and President of Champion Communications Madison MS<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vce-content-slide vc-slick-item vce-content-slide-background-color--empty vce-content-slide-background-hover-color--empty slick-slide slick-cloned\" id=\"clone-el-83450caa-1689698307631\" data-vce-slick-slider-id=\"el-28ae9b52\" style=\"width: 1140px;\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-slick-index=\"16\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><div class=\"vce-content-slide-inner\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-83450caa\"><div class=\"vce-testimonial vce\" id=\"clone-el-c4f9bd2d-1689698307632\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-c4f9bd2d\" style=\"--authorColor: #565656; --companyColor: #828282; --symbolColor: #DADADA;\"><div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-symbol\"><svg width=\"40px\" height=\"33px\" viewBox=\"0 0 40 33\"><path d=\"M29.480315,7.65354331 C27.5485468,10.0682535 26.5826772,12.5144233 26.5826772,14.992126 C26.5826772,16.042 26.7086602,16.9448781 26.9606299,17.7007874 C28.4304535,16.5669235 30.0262381,16 31.7480315,16 C34.0997493,16 36.0629843,16.7453994 37.6377953,18.2362205 C39.2126063,19.7270416 40,21.7322709 40,24.2519685 C40,26.6036863 39.2021077,28.5669213 37.6062992,30.1417323 C36.0104907,31.7165433 34.0577543,32.503937 31.7480315,32.503937 C28.4304296,32.503937 25.8897726,31.1391213 24.1259843,28.4094488 C22.6561606,26.1417209 21.9212598,23.3071036 21.9212598,19.9055118 C21.9212598,15.5800309 23.023611,11.7060539 25.2283465,8.28346457 C27.4330819,4.86087528 30.7611326,2.09974803 35.2125984,0 L36.4094488,2.33070866 C33.7217713,3.4645726 31.4120831,5.23883307 29.480315,7.65354331 Z M7.55905512,7.65354331 C5.62728693,10.0682535 4.66141732,12.5144233 4.66141732,14.992126 C4.66141732,16.042 4.78740031,16.9448781 5.03937008,17.7007874 C6.46719874,16.5669235 8.06298331,16 9.82677165,16 C12.1364945,16 14.0892309,16.7453994 15.6850394,18.2362205 C17.2808479,19.7270416 18.0787402,21.7322709 18.0787402,24.2519685 C18.0787402,25.805782 17.7007912,27.2125921 16.9448819,28.4724409 C16.1889726,29.7322898 15.1811087,30.7191565 13.9212598,31.4330709 C12.661411,32.1469852 11.2965953,32.503937 9.82677165,32.503937 C6.50916976,32.503937 3.96851276,31.1391213 2.20472441,28.4094488 C0.734900787,26.1417209 0,23.3071036 0,19.9055118 C0,15.5800309 1.10235118,11.7060539 3.30708661,8.28346457 C5.51182205,4.86087528 8.83987276,2.09974803 13.2913386,0 L14.488189,2.33070866 C11.8005115,3.4645726 9.49082331,5.23883307 7.55905512,7.65354331 Z\" fill=\"#DADADA\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-content\"><blockquote><h4><span style=\"color: #cccccc;\"><strong><em>\u201cThe mystery and suspense had me turning page after page\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h4><p><span style=\"color: #cccccc;\"><em>I read your book over the weekend and I must say I am extremely impressed! The mystery and suspense had me turning page after page until the very last one! The book was so artfully written, that I was not able to figure out the cause of the murders until you revealed what occurred. Your depiction of the hurricane and its aftermath was spot on! I also love the way you described the manner in which the mother was able to move on with her life by painting, and always including either a little boy in the painting or his toys. It\u2019s amazing to me that this is your first novel! I truly hope that you will continue to write additional novels. I am officially one of your greatest fans!<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-profile-wrapper vce-testimonial-title-align--center\"><div class=\"vce-testimonial-image vce-testimonial-image-shape--filled-circle\"><\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-title\"><div class=\"vce-testimonial-author\">Bethany Pique<\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-company\">Business Administration at the University of Southern MS<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vce-content-slide vc-slick-item vce-content-slide-background-color--empty vce-content-slide-background-hover-color--empty slick-slide slick-cloned\" id=\"clone-el-a4e68759-1689698307631\" data-vce-slick-slider-id=\"el-28ae9b52\" style=\"width: 1140px;\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-slick-index=\"17\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><div class=\"vce-content-slide-inner\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-a4e68759\"><div class=\"vce-testimonial vce\" id=\"clone-el-f8f4caf0-1689698307632\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-f8f4caf0\" style=\"--authorColor: #565656; --companyColor: #828282; --symbolColor: #DADADA;\"><div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-symbol\"><svg width=\"40px\" height=\"33px\" viewBox=\"0 0 40 33\"><path d=\"M29.480315,7.65354331 C27.5485468,10.0682535 26.5826772,12.5144233 26.5826772,14.992126 C26.5826772,16.042 26.7086602,16.9448781 26.9606299,17.7007874 C28.4304535,16.5669235 30.0262381,16 31.7480315,16 C34.0997493,16 36.0629843,16.7453994 37.6377953,18.2362205 C39.2126063,19.7270416 40,21.7322709 40,24.2519685 C40,26.6036863 39.2021077,28.5669213 37.6062992,30.1417323 C36.0104907,31.7165433 34.0577543,32.503937 31.7480315,32.503937 C28.4304296,32.503937 25.8897726,31.1391213 24.1259843,28.4094488 C22.6561606,26.1417209 21.9212598,23.3071036 21.9212598,19.9055118 C21.9212598,15.5800309 23.023611,11.7060539 25.2283465,8.28346457 C27.4330819,4.86087528 30.7611326,2.09974803 35.2125984,0 L36.4094488,2.33070866 C33.7217713,3.4645726 31.4120831,5.23883307 29.480315,7.65354331 Z M7.55905512,7.65354331 C5.62728693,10.0682535 4.66141732,12.5144233 4.66141732,14.992126 C4.66141732,16.042 4.78740031,16.9448781 5.03937008,17.7007874 C6.46719874,16.5669235 8.06298331,16 9.82677165,16 C12.1364945,16 14.0892309,16.7453994 15.6850394,18.2362205 C17.2808479,19.7270416 18.0787402,21.7322709 18.0787402,24.2519685 C18.0787402,25.805782 17.7007912,27.2125921 16.9448819,28.4724409 C16.1889726,29.7322898 15.1811087,30.7191565 13.9212598,31.4330709 C12.661411,32.1469852 11.2965953,32.503937 9.82677165,32.503937 C6.50916976,32.503937 3.96851276,31.1391213 2.20472441,28.4094488 C0.734900787,26.1417209 0,23.3071036 0,19.9055118 C0,15.5800309 1.10235118,11.7060539 3.30708661,8.28346457 C5.51182205,4.86087528 8.83987276,2.09974803 13.2913386,0 L14.488189,2.33070866 C11.8005115,3.4645726 9.49082331,5.23883307 7.55905512,7.65354331 Z\" fill=\"#DADADA\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-content\"><blockquote><h4><span style=\"color: #cccccc;\"><strong><em>\u201cI felt drawn into the book as if I were standing in the middle\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h4><p><span style=\"color: #cccccc;\"><em>I was impressed with your first novel. It held my attention, with its twists and turns, I could not stop reading when I started. The characters each had such distinct personalities that reeled me in their web of danger. I felt drawn into the book as if I were standing in the middle just watching the story unfold! The end was a complete surprise. I will read this book again one day, because I am sure I missed something!!!! Waiting on your second book\u2026<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-profile-wrapper vce-testimonial-title-align--center\"><div class=\"vce-testimonial-image vce-testimonial-image-shape--filled-circle\"><\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-title\"><div class=\"vce-testimonial-author\">Jane Ezell<\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-company\">Director George County D.H.S. (RETIRED) Lucedale Mississippi<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vce-content-slide vc-slick-item vce-content-slide-background-color--empty vce-content-slide-background-hover-color--empty slick-slide slick-cloned\" id=\"clone-el-21838d4e-1689698307631\" data-vce-slick-slider-id=\"el-28ae9b52\" style=\"width: 1140px;\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-slick-index=\"18\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><div class=\"vce-content-slide-inner\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-21838d4e\"><div class=\"vce-testimonial vce\" id=\"clone-el-31364a91-1689698307632\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-31364a91\" style=\"--authorColor: #565656; --companyColor: #828282; --symbolColor: #DADADA;\"><div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-symbol\"><svg width=\"40px\" height=\"33px\" viewBox=\"0 0 40 33\"><path d=\"M29.480315,7.65354331 C27.5485468,10.0682535 26.5826772,12.5144233 26.5826772,14.992126 C26.5826772,16.042 26.7086602,16.9448781 26.9606299,17.7007874 C28.4304535,16.5669235 30.0262381,16 31.7480315,16 C34.0997493,16 36.0629843,16.7453994 37.6377953,18.2362205 C39.2126063,19.7270416 40,21.7322709 40,24.2519685 C40,26.6036863 39.2021077,28.5669213 37.6062992,30.1417323 C36.0104907,31.7165433 34.0577543,32.503937 31.7480315,32.503937 C28.4304296,32.503937 25.8897726,31.1391213 24.1259843,28.4094488 C22.6561606,26.1417209 21.9212598,23.3071036 21.9212598,19.9055118 C21.9212598,15.5800309 23.023611,11.7060539 25.2283465,8.28346457 C27.4330819,4.86087528 30.7611326,2.09974803 35.2125984,0 L36.4094488,2.33070866 C33.7217713,3.4645726 31.4120831,5.23883307 29.480315,7.65354331 Z M7.55905512,7.65354331 C5.62728693,10.0682535 4.66141732,12.5144233 4.66141732,14.992126 C4.66141732,16.042 4.78740031,16.9448781 5.03937008,17.7007874 C6.46719874,16.5669235 8.06298331,16 9.82677165,16 C12.1364945,16 14.0892309,16.7453994 15.6850394,18.2362205 C17.2808479,19.7270416 18.0787402,21.7322709 18.0787402,24.2519685 C18.0787402,25.805782 17.7007912,27.2125921 16.9448819,28.4724409 C16.1889726,29.7322898 15.1811087,30.7191565 13.9212598,31.4330709 C12.661411,32.1469852 11.2965953,32.503937 9.82677165,32.503937 C6.50916976,32.503937 3.96851276,31.1391213 2.20472441,28.4094488 C0.734900787,26.1417209 0,23.3071036 0,19.9055118 C0,15.5800309 1.10235118,11.7060539 3.30708661,8.28346457 C5.51182205,4.86087528 8.83987276,2.09974803 13.2913386,0 L14.488189,2.33070866 C11.8005115,3.4645726 9.49082331,5.23883307 7.55905512,7.65354331 Z\" fill=\"#DADADA\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-content\"><blockquote><h4><span style=\"color: #cccccc;\"><strong><em>\u201cIn many ways it brought me back to a place and time\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h4><p><span style=\"color: #cccccc;\"><em>Hopped aboard the Port Haven express last weekend. Realizing there are various literary components to what constitutes a good book, simplistically speaking I think the sign of a good book is that when you break from reading, you find yourself wanting to jump back into it to see what\u2019s next. As it was, I truly enjoyed the read. I especially liked those autobiographical elements you captured, whether familiar names, places, the various foods you noted, and in what is too familiar to Mississippi coastal residents, a very vivid account of a major hurricane. In many ways it brought me back to a place and time that is very familiar to my childhood memories as well. While reading I often found myself remembering back when\u2026.<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-profile-wrapper vce-testimonial-title-align--center\"><div class=\"vce-testimonial-image vce-testimonial-image-shape--filled-circle\"><\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-title\"><div class=\"vce-testimonial-author\">Don Szymanski<\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-company\">Financial Analyst Chevron North America Exploration &amp; Production Houston TX<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vce-content-slide vc-slick-item vce-content-slide-background-color--empty vce-content-slide-background-hover-color--empty slick-slide slick-cloned\" id=\"clone-el-8e2f24f7-1689698307632\" data-vce-slick-slider-id=\"el-28ae9b52\" style=\"width: 1140px;\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-slick-index=\"19\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><div class=\"vce-content-slide-inner\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-8e2f24f7\"><div class=\"vce-testimonial vce\" id=\"clone-el-6495ce86-1689698307632\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-6495ce86\" style=\"--authorColor: #565656; --companyColor: #828282; --symbolColor: #DADADA;\"><div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-symbol\"><svg width=\"40px\" height=\"33px\" viewBox=\"0 0 40 33\"><path d=\"M29.480315,7.65354331 C27.5485468,10.0682535 26.5826772,12.5144233 26.5826772,14.992126 C26.5826772,16.042 26.7086602,16.9448781 26.9606299,17.7007874 C28.4304535,16.5669235 30.0262381,16 31.7480315,16 C34.0997493,16 36.0629843,16.7453994 37.6377953,18.2362205 C39.2126063,19.7270416 40,21.7322709 40,24.2519685 C40,26.6036863 39.2021077,28.5669213 37.6062992,30.1417323 C36.0104907,31.7165433 34.0577543,32.503937 31.7480315,32.503937 C28.4304296,32.503937 25.8897726,31.1391213 24.1259843,28.4094488 C22.6561606,26.1417209 21.9212598,23.3071036 21.9212598,19.9055118 C21.9212598,15.5800309 23.023611,11.7060539 25.2283465,8.28346457 C27.4330819,4.86087528 30.7611326,2.09974803 35.2125984,0 L36.4094488,2.33070866 C33.7217713,3.4645726 31.4120831,5.23883307 29.480315,7.65354331 Z M7.55905512,7.65354331 C5.62728693,10.0682535 4.66141732,12.5144233 4.66141732,14.992126 C4.66141732,16.042 4.78740031,16.9448781 5.03937008,17.7007874 C6.46719874,16.5669235 8.06298331,16 9.82677165,16 C12.1364945,16 14.0892309,16.7453994 15.6850394,18.2362205 C17.2808479,19.7270416 18.0787402,21.7322709 18.0787402,24.2519685 C18.0787402,25.805782 17.7007912,27.2125921 16.9448819,28.4724409 C16.1889726,29.7322898 15.1811087,30.7191565 13.9212598,31.4330709 C12.661411,32.1469852 11.2965953,32.503937 9.82677165,32.503937 C6.50916976,32.503937 3.96851276,31.1391213 2.20472441,28.4094488 C0.734900787,26.1417209 0,23.3071036 0,19.9055118 C0,15.5800309 1.10235118,11.7060539 3.30708661,8.28346457 C5.51182205,4.86087528 8.83987276,2.09974803 13.2913386,0 L14.488189,2.33070866 C11.8005115,3.4645726 9.49082331,5.23883307 7.55905512,7.65354331 Z\" fill=\"#DADADA\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-content\"><blockquote>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #cccccc;\"><strong><em>\u201cA true reread and keeper.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #cccccc;\"><em>I finished your book! I love the descriptions you used in the story. They were not only visual while reading, but I could feel the heat and humidity. The reader also could taste the fantastic local foods. The story line was woven into a fine rope that ended into a noose that was drawn tight. I loved the explanation of the title in the end. Regardless of what a person experiences, life goes on. A true reread and keeper.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-profile-wrapper vce-testimonial-title-align--center\"><div class=\"vce-testimonial-image vce-testimonial-image-shape--filled-circle\"><\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-title\"><div class=\"vce-testimonial-author\">Peggy Gunter Stone<\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-company\">Food Services Supervisor Mobile County School System Mobile AL<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vce-content-slide vc-slick-item vce-content-slide-background-color--empty vce-content-slide-background-hover-color--empty slick-slide slick-cloned\" id=\"clone-el-1bbde8d9-1689698307632\" data-vce-slick-slider-id=\"el-28ae9b52\" style=\"width: 1140px;\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-slick-index=\"20\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><div class=\"vce-content-slide-inner\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-1bbde8d9\"><div class=\"vce-testimonial vce\" id=\"clone-el-a2be4a0d-1689698307632\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-a2be4a0d\" style=\"--authorColor: #565656; --companyColor: #828282; --symbolColor: #DADADA;\"><div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-symbol\"><svg width=\"40px\" height=\"33px\" viewBox=\"0 0 40 33\"><path d=\"M29.480315,7.65354331 C27.5485468,10.0682535 26.5826772,12.5144233 26.5826772,14.992126 C26.5826772,16.042 26.7086602,16.9448781 26.9606299,17.7007874 C28.4304535,16.5669235 30.0262381,16 31.7480315,16 C34.0997493,16 36.0629843,16.7453994 37.6377953,18.2362205 C39.2126063,19.7270416 40,21.7322709 40,24.2519685 C40,26.6036863 39.2021077,28.5669213 37.6062992,30.1417323 C36.0104907,31.7165433 34.0577543,32.503937 31.7480315,32.503937 C28.4304296,32.503937 25.8897726,31.1391213 24.1259843,28.4094488 C22.6561606,26.1417209 21.9212598,23.3071036 21.9212598,19.9055118 C21.9212598,15.5800309 23.023611,11.7060539 25.2283465,8.28346457 C27.4330819,4.86087528 30.7611326,2.09974803 35.2125984,0 L36.4094488,2.33070866 C33.7217713,3.4645726 31.4120831,5.23883307 29.480315,7.65354331 Z M7.55905512,7.65354331 C5.62728693,10.0682535 4.66141732,12.5144233 4.66141732,14.992126 C4.66141732,16.042 4.78740031,16.9448781 5.03937008,17.7007874 C6.46719874,16.5669235 8.06298331,16 9.82677165,16 C12.1364945,16 14.0892309,16.7453994 15.6850394,18.2362205 C17.2808479,19.7270416 18.0787402,21.7322709 18.0787402,24.2519685 C18.0787402,25.805782 17.7007912,27.2125921 16.9448819,28.4724409 C16.1889726,29.7322898 15.1811087,30.7191565 13.9212598,31.4330709 C12.661411,32.1469852 11.2965953,32.503937 9.82677165,32.503937 C6.50916976,32.503937 3.96851276,31.1391213 2.20472441,28.4094488 C0.734900787,26.1417209 0,23.3071036 0,19.9055118 C0,15.5800309 1.10235118,11.7060539 3.30708661,8.28346457 C5.51182205,4.86087528 8.83987276,2.09974803 13.2913386,0 L14.488189,2.33070866 C11.8005115,3.4645726 9.49082331,5.23883307 7.55905512,7.65354331 Z\" fill=\"#DADADA\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-content\"><blockquote>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #cccccc;\"><strong><em>\u201cI could almost smell the salt air\u2026made me homesick.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #cccccc;\"><em>Loved it! A page turner! Loved the setting and reference to familiar places. I thought the characters were well developed. And loved the setting in the Merry Mansion. Good story. Kept me interested. I could almost smell the salt air\u2026made me homesick. My reading at work is legal in nature, so when I read for pleasure I am thrilled to find a good story with lots of attention paid to relationships and conversation among the characters. Good job! Another novel please!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-profile-wrapper vce-testimonial-title-align--center\"><div class=\"vce-testimonial-image vce-testimonial-image-shape--filled-circle\"><\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-title\"><div class=\"vce-testimonial-author\">Shelby Gallagher Parker<\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-company\">Senior Oil &amp; Gas Lease Analyst Houston TX<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vce-content-slide vc-slick-item vce-content-slide-background-color--empty vce-content-slide-background-hover-color--empty slick-slide slick-cloned\" id=\"clone-el-dcd15cab-1689698307632\" data-vce-slick-slider-id=\"el-28ae9b52\" style=\"width: 1140px;\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-slick-index=\"21\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><div class=\"vce-content-slide-inner\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-dcd15cab\"><div class=\"vce-testimonial vce\" id=\"clone-el-d77ce30e-1689698307632\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-d77ce30e\" style=\"--authorColor: #565656; --companyColor: #828282; --symbolColor: #DADADA;\"><div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-symbol\"><svg width=\"40px\" height=\"33px\" viewBox=\"0 0 40 33\"><path d=\"M29.480315,7.65354331 C27.5485468,10.0682535 26.5826772,12.5144233 26.5826772,14.992126 C26.5826772,16.042 26.7086602,16.9448781 26.9606299,17.7007874 C28.4304535,16.5669235 30.0262381,16 31.7480315,16 C34.0997493,16 36.0629843,16.7453994 37.6377953,18.2362205 C39.2126063,19.7270416 40,21.7322709 40,24.2519685 C40,26.6036863 39.2021077,28.5669213 37.6062992,30.1417323 C36.0104907,31.7165433 34.0577543,32.503937 31.7480315,32.503937 C28.4304296,32.503937 25.8897726,31.1391213 24.1259843,28.4094488 C22.6561606,26.1417209 21.9212598,23.3071036 21.9212598,19.9055118 C21.9212598,15.5800309 23.023611,11.7060539 25.2283465,8.28346457 C27.4330819,4.86087528 30.7611326,2.09974803 35.2125984,0 L36.4094488,2.33070866 C33.7217713,3.4645726 31.4120831,5.23883307 29.480315,7.65354331 Z M7.55905512,7.65354331 C5.62728693,10.0682535 4.66141732,12.5144233 4.66141732,14.992126 C4.66141732,16.042 4.78740031,16.9448781 5.03937008,17.7007874 C6.46719874,16.5669235 8.06298331,16 9.82677165,16 C12.1364945,16 14.0892309,16.7453994 15.6850394,18.2362205 C17.2808479,19.7270416 18.0787402,21.7322709 18.0787402,24.2519685 C18.0787402,25.805782 17.7007912,27.2125921 16.9448819,28.4724409 C16.1889726,29.7322898 15.1811087,30.7191565 13.9212598,31.4330709 C12.661411,32.1469852 11.2965953,32.503937 9.82677165,32.503937 C6.50916976,32.503937 3.96851276,31.1391213 2.20472441,28.4094488 C0.734900787,26.1417209 0,23.3071036 0,19.9055118 C0,15.5800309 1.10235118,11.7060539 3.30708661,8.28346457 C5.51182205,4.86087528 8.83987276,2.09974803 13.2913386,0 L14.488189,2.33070866 C11.8005115,3.4645726 9.49082331,5.23883307 7.55905512,7.65354331 Z\" fill=\"#DADADA\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-content\"><blockquote><h4><span style=\"color: #cccccc;\"><strong><em>\u201cWhen will we see the sequel?\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h4><p style=\"text-align: center; color: #565656;\"><span style=\"color: #cccccc;\"><em>Hey Andy, you may be wondering why you haven\u2019t heard anything from me about your book. WELL, I just read it! Started when I was in Gulfport last week for the Gulf Park College reunion. Started it at Chuck\u2019s, almost finished it, but finally made it through Hurricane Cecile last evening, your handling of which is close to brilliant! I was absolutely engrossed, and am waiting for little Bailey to reappear\u2026..in your next novel, maybe? The conclusion of your story was wonderfully disturbing. I was not quite ready for that! I\u2019d forgotten about those missing items\u2026..read that part at Chuck\u2019s. Kinda liked it that way. Double impact, if you know what I mean. Really, the book is wonderfully put together and especially intense if you know the Mississippi Gulf Coast. I, of course, associated old Mrs. Sternberg with you know who\u2026\u2026whether that was the intention or not! I was hoping I would really enjoy the book, because if I didn\u2019t, what the hell would I say to you??? BUT, never fear, I was right there with it the whole way. Congrats! When will we see the sequel?????<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-profile-wrapper vce-testimonial-title-align--center\"><div class=\"vce-testimonial-image vce-testimonial-image-shape--filled-circle\"><\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-title\"><div class=\"vce-testimonial-author\">Nels Anderson<\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-company\">PROFESSOR OF THEATER AND STAGE DESIGN AT LSU<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vce-content-slide vc-slick-item vce-content-slide-background-color--empty vce-content-slide-background-hover-color--empty slick-slide slick-cloned\" id=\"clone-el-19f95b65-1689698307632\" data-vce-slick-slider-id=\"el-28ae9b52\" style=\"width: 1140px;\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-slick-index=\"22\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><div class=\"vce-content-slide-inner\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-19f95b65\"><div class=\"vce-testimonial vce\" id=\"clone-el-fc7fa788-1689698307632\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-fc7fa788\" style=\"--authorColor: #565656; --companyColor: #828282; --symbolColor: #DADADA;\"><div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-symbol\"><svg width=\"40px\" height=\"33px\" viewBox=\"0 0 40 33\"><path d=\"M29.480315,7.65354331 C27.5485468,10.0682535 26.5826772,12.5144233 26.5826772,14.992126 C26.5826772,16.042 26.7086602,16.9448781 26.9606299,17.7007874 C28.4304535,16.5669235 30.0262381,16 31.7480315,16 C34.0997493,16 36.0629843,16.7453994 37.6377953,18.2362205 C39.2126063,19.7270416 40,21.7322709 40,24.2519685 C40,26.6036863 39.2021077,28.5669213 37.6062992,30.1417323 C36.0104907,31.7165433 34.0577543,32.503937 31.7480315,32.503937 C28.4304296,32.503937 25.8897726,31.1391213 24.1259843,28.4094488 C22.6561606,26.1417209 21.9212598,23.3071036 21.9212598,19.9055118 C21.9212598,15.5800309 23.023611,11.7060539 25.2283465,8.28346457 C27.4330819,4.86087528 30.7611326,2.09974803 35.2125984,0 L36.4094488,2.33070866 C33.7217713,3.4645726 31.4120831,5.23883307 29.480315,7.65354331 Z M7.55905512,7.65354331 C5.62728693,10.0682535 4.66141732,12.5144233 4.66141732,14.992126 C4.66141732,16.042 4.78740031,16.9448781 5.03937008,17.7007874 C6.46719874,16.5669235 8.06298331,16 9.82677165,16 C12.1364945,16 14.0892309,16.7453994 15.6850394,18.2362205 C17.2808479,19.7270416 18.0787402,21.7322709 18.0787402,24.2519685 C18.0787402,25.805782 17.7007912,27.2125921 16.9448819,28.4724409 C16.1889726,29.7322898 15.1811087,30.7191565 13.9212598,31.4330709 C12.661411,32.1469852 11.2965953,32.503937 9.82677165,32.503937 C6.50916976,32.503937 3.96851276,31.1391213 2.20472441,28.4094488 C0.734900787,26.1417209 0,23.3071036 0,19.9055118 C0,15.5800309 1.10235118,11.7060539 3.30708661,8.28346457 C5.51182205,4.86087528 8.83987276,2.09974803 13.2913386,0 L14.488189,2.33070866 C11.8005115,3.4645726 9.49082331,5.23883307 7.55905512,7.65354331 Z\" fill=\"#DADADA\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-content\"><blockquote><h4><span style=\"color: #cccccc;\"><strong><em>\u201cI crave more and the cupboard is bare.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h4><p style=\"text-align: center; color: #565656;\"><span style=\"color: #cccccc;\"><em>OMG, I just finished \u201cA Chasing of the Wind\u201d! Its wonderful! A great read! Now the problem being, I crave more and the cupboard is bare. Having lived in New Orleans and having visited the Mississippi Gulf Coast, it brought back so many memories of days gone by! I was born in the \u201940s, not the \u201930s, but there are so many things I can relate to. I\u2019ve rode on the Crescent Limited so many times when it was still on its run along the Gulf Coast, when L&amp;N ran the line as far as Mobile, and then it switched to Southern R&amp;R. I too rode out Betsy, Camille and Katrina in New Orleans. I grew up hearing the story of my mom\u2019s aunt who died in a hurricane, trapped in the eaves of a barn. Thank goodness I know nothing of murder! The ending was a shocker! Who\u2019d a thought? As Bogey said at the end ofCasablanca, I hope this is the start of a beautiful friendship \u2014 that is, I hope there are many more novels to come from your clever mind! YOU HAVE TO WRITE MORE. You did not answer my question \u2013 do you have your own publishing company? Who actually printed the book? Its beautiful! My late Uncle Hank was a printer and he taught me that a book that has the stitching on the spine is a very good book. I\u2019m so proud of you! Hugs, Jeanie (a.k.a. Old Aunt Pittypat)<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-profile-wrapper vce-testimonial-title-align--center\"><div class=\"vce-testimonial-image vce-testimonial-image-shape--filled-circle\"><\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-title\"><div class=\"vce-testimonial-author\">Jeanie Attendhofer<\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-company\">WRITER, WORLD TRAVELER, AND GONE WITH THE WIND AFICIONADO<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vce-content-slide vc-slick-item vce-content-slide-background-color--empty vce-content-slide-background-hover-color--empty slick-slide slick-cloned\" id=\"clone-el-0bdf9c0b-1689698307632\" data-vce-slick-slider-id=\"el-28ae9b52\" style=\"width: 1140px;\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-slick-index=\"23\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><div class=\"vce-content-slide-inner\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-0bdf9c0b\"><div class=\"vce-testimonial vce\" id=\"clone-el-b7990d4a-1689698307632\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-b7990d4a\" style=\"--authorColor: #565656; --companyColor: #828282; --symbolColor: #DADADA;\"><div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-symbol\"><svg width=\"40px\" height=\"33px\" viewBox=\"0 0 40 33\"><path d=\"M29.480315,7.65354331 C27.5485468,10.0682535 26.5826772,12.5144233 26.5826772,14.992126 C26.5826772,16.042 26.7086602,16.9448781 26.9606299,17.7007874 C28.4304535,16.5669235 30.0262381,16 31.7480315,16 C34.0997493,16 36.0629843,16.7453994 37.6377953,18.2362205 C39.2126063,19.7270416 40,21.7322709 40,24.2519685 C40,26.6036863 39.2021077,28.5669213 37.6062992,30.1417323 C36.0104907,31.7165433 34.0577543,32.503937 31.7480315,32.503937 C28.4304296,32.503937 25.8897726,31.1391213 24.1259843,28.4094488 C22.6561606,26.1417209 21.9212598,23.3071036 21.9212598,19.9055118 C21.9212598,15.5800309 23.023611,11.7060539 25.2283465,8.28346457 C27.4330819,4.86087528 30.7611326,2.09974803 35.2125984,0 L36.4094488,2.33070866 C33.7217713,3.4645726 31.4120831,5.23883307 29.480315,7.65354331 Z M7.55905512,7.65354331 C5.62728693,10.0682535 4.66141732,12.5144233 4.66141732,14.992126 C4.66141732,16.042 4.78740031,16.9448781 5.03937008,17.7007874 C6.46719874,16.5669235 8.06298331,16 9.82677165,16 C12.1364945,16 14.0892309,16.7453994 15.6850394,18.2362205 C17.2808479,19.7270416 18.0787402,21.7322709 18.0787402,24.2519685 C18.0787402,25.805782 17.7007912,27.2125921 16.9448819,28.4724409 C16.1889726,29.7322898 15.1811087,30.7191565 13.9212598,31.4330709 C12.661411,32.1469852 11.2965953,32.503937 9.82677165,32.503937 C6.50916976,32.503937 3.96851276,31.1391213 2.20472441,28.4094488 C0.734900787,26.1417209 0,23.3071036 0,19.9055118 C0,15.5800309 1.10235118,11.7060539 3.30708661,8.28346457 C5.51182205,4.86087528 8.83987276,2.09974803 13.2913386,0 L14.488189,2.33070866 C11.8005115,3.4645726 9.49082331,5.23883307 7.55905512,7.65354331 Z\" fill=\"#DADADA\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-content\"><blockquote><h4><span style=\"color: #cccccc;\"><strong><em>\u201cI found your descriptions a bit flowery\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h4><p style=\"text-align: center; color: #565656;\"><span style=\"color: #cccccc;\"><em>I read your book today and I loved the story. My only criticism would be that I found your descriptions a bit flowery. I could tell that you searched for the right words to get your message across, but sometimes you may have gone a bit overboard. Otherwise, it\u2019s terrific and I\u2019m very proud of you. Anthony, I must admit that I almost didn\u2019t tell you what I thought, because I didn\u2019t want to hurt your feelings, but I remembered your saying it was how you could learn. I really loved your story and found tears in my eyes several times throughout the book. Also, I got a real kick out of Wyn and Dee. As a southern girl I have known several \u201cDees\u201d and even though they have aged, they are still the same cute airheads. My hometown of Clinton, TN was a hotbed of racial riots in 1958 when our high school was integrated. I was in the eighth grade then and when the school was bombed our house windows rattled. We lived about a half mile from the school. That was a really awful time, and I can only imagine how scary it was for the black kids who had to attend school. We have a museum dedicated to them now. They are known as the Clinton Twelve. You can read all about it on the internet if you wish. Once again, I want to stress that I enjoyed your book very much.<br>Big hug to you.<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-profile-wrapper vce-testimonial-title-align--center\"><div class=\"vce-testimonial-image vce-testimonial-image-shape--filled-circle\"><\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-title\"><div class=\"vce-testimonial-author\">Gretchen Morrison<\/div><div class=\"vce-testimonial-company\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vce-content-slider-arrow vce-content-slider-arrows-color--D8D8D8 vce-content-slider-arrows-color-hover--B5B5B5 vce-content-slider-next-arrow slick-arrow\" style=\"\"><span class=\"vcv-ui-icon-material vcv-ui-icon-material-navigate_next\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vce-row-container\" data-vce-boxed-width=\"true\"><div class=\"vce-row vce-row--col-gap-30 vce-row-equal-height vce-row-content--top\" id=\"el-ea39f17c\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-ea39f17c\"><div class=\"vce-row-content\" data-vce-element-content=\"true\"><div class=\"vce-col vce-col--md-auto vce-col--xs-1 vce-col--xs-last vce-col--xs-first vce-col--sm-last vce-col--sm-first vce-col--md-last vce-col--lg-last vce-col--xl-last vce-col--md-first vce-col--lg-first vce-col--xl-first\" id=\"el-d7725ea9\"><div class=\"vce-col-inner\" data-vce-do-apply=\"border margin background  el-d7725ea9\"><div class=\"vce-col-content\" data-vce-element-content=\"true\" data-vce-do-apply=\"padding el-d7725ea9\"><div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Chasing of the WindDeep in the heart of the Mississippi Gulf Coast just before World War II, a brutal double murder turns the seaside and otherwise peaceful town of Port Haven upside down. 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