This book, Grandly Told Tales and The Donahue's of Solebury, opens up depicting a cynical man living alone in the Bronx, New York City. Although not at odds with the human race, he has developed his own sense of right and wrong but pretty much leaves humanity alone. He is much too guarded against human relations and covets his "alone-ness" with his dog Lucy far too much. To be totally honest here, that is a true depiction of who I was and where I was at the time. To be more, if not brutally, honest with this cathartic ...
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This book, Grandly Told Tales and The Donahue's of Solebury, opens up depicting a cynical man living alone in the Bronx, New York City. Although not at odds with the human race, he has developed his own sense of right and wrong but pretty much leaves humanity alone. He is much too guarded against human relations and covets his "alone-ness" with his dog Lucy far too much. To be totally honest here, that is a true depiction of who I was and where I was at the time. To be more, if not brutally, honest with this cathartic attempt at making you like me, I eventually moved from the Bronx into a very small cabin in upstate New York. That is where I first started to write this book and from that place, I find myself where I am today. The hero of the book is Joe Donahue, an ex-Marine who has seen too much, lived too long, suffered a bit, and regrettably has done his share of not-so-good deeds in life. He is retired after thirty years of construction-work, has a disability income from the VA, and social security income. He has just enough money to get by so he takes "daily work - daily pay" jobs every now and then to make ends meet. He drinks too much, smokes too much, and enjoys laughing at himself about his screwy diet of eggs-n-beer for breakfast. His social life is zero and his only interests are refurbishing his house and reading. I guess that what I just said is pretty much in line with the truth except for the fact that I did not go to the war zone in Vietnam. So that you know where my heart is, I did volunteer to go. I will forever salute those compatriots of mine who did not come home and I will never forget them. Semper Fi! I wrote this book because I always wanted to be the man thatyou will find in these pages. To some degree, perhaps I am already him. When I peer deeply into my soul however, I know that I lack many of the good character traits that I have bestowed upon our hero Joe Donahue. I think you should know further that I lack the deleterious character traits that he has as well. Sadly, I must admit to first hand knowledge about much of the unsavory shenanigans that you will find in this story but I guess I am one of the lucky ones; I'm alive. I am uniquely qualified to write this story and I have the scars to prove it. This is a "good vs. evil" tale that depicts situations woven around a story line of despair leading to hand-clapping victory for the good guys. In it, I seek to entertain the reader with romance, high intrigue, mystery, and globetrotting adventure. Our hero emerges victorious but not without paying a price. In short, this is a rags-to-riches story, the frog that would be king, and yes, maybe even a little bit of the prince and the pauper too. I enjoyed writing it but please know that I resided in the land known as isolation while living it. It is not a good place to hang your hat. I hope you enjoy reading my heart. Joe Doherty
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