He is that someone everyone rejects as a friend.
One day he can only hope and tables will turn.
Until that day arrives
and his loneliness evaporates he will remain
the one who stands
on the outside always looking in.
Reprinted with permission from the author
ARE YOU CURIOUS ABOUT THE FENCE-POST LETTERS?
On the next page, you’ll see the letters Lee painted on the 109 fence-post signs. The message Lee wanted to convey made use of all the letters and punctuation marks found on the signs, just not in the same order he painted them.
Hint: The first word is My.
The code is fairly easy to crack, but if you must, look on the back for the deciphered message.
Lee’s Message to the World
My name is Lee Oliver Winekoop. I am proud to say my father is Nelson Oliver Sambourg. I may be south of center, but at least I’m whole.
Other Books by Florence Osmund
The Coach House (2012 B.R.A.G. Medallion honoree)
This book is not only thought evoking but also a genuine pleasure to read.
—BestChickLit
1945 Chicago. Newlyweds Marie Marchetti and her husband, Richard, have the perfect life together. Or at least it seems until Marie discovers cryptic receipts hidden in their basement and a gun in Richard's desk drawer. When she learns he secretly attends a mobster’s funeral, her suspicions are confirmed. And when she inadvertently interrupts a meeting between Richard and his so-called business associates in their home, he causes her to fall down the basement steps, compelling Marie to run for her life.
Ending up in Atchison, Kansas, Marie quickly sets up a new life for herself. She meets Karen Franklin, a woman who will become her lifelong best friend, and rents a coach house apartment behind a three-story Victorian home. Ironically, it is the discovery of the identity of her real father and his ethnicity that unexpectedly changes her life more than Richard ever could.
Daughters (sequel to The Coach House, 2013 B.R.A.G. Medallion honoree)
Civil rights, gender roles, and political postures are carefully, realistically, and sensitively present in this story. —Pens and Needles
Twenty-four-year-old Marie Marchetti has just discovered her father’s identity, the father she never knew. She hopes the invitation from him to spend two weeks with her newfound family over Thanksgiving will help uncover vital truths about herself. Discovering who her father is also means discovering her own ethnicity, and her strong need to understand who she really is and where she belongs drives her to seek peace and truth in her life.
A lot happens as a result of Marie’s visit. But the most life-altering consequence of it unexpectedly grows out of an encounter with a twelve-year-old girl named Rachael.
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Author’s website: http://florenceosmund.com/buy_the_authors_books
Retail stores: Through distributors Ingram and Baker & Taylor
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
After more than three decades of working in corporate America, Florence Osmund retired to write books. She earned her master’s degree from Lake Forest Graduate School of Management and forged an active career in administrative and human resource management. She currently resides in Chicago where she enjoys all the things that great city has to offer and (of course) reading and writing.
If you are a new or aspiring author, Florence invites you to visit her website where she offers considerable writing advice, book promotion and marketing strategies, and many helpful website links.
Contact Information
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.florenceosmund.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/florenceosmundbooks
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/florenceosmund
Table of Contents
DISCLAIMER
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
1 | Special Doesn’t Cut It
2 | Best in Class
3 | “Don’t Expect Him to Change”
4 | Friends of Dorothy
5 | Breaking Away
6 | Uncle Nelson Is Dead
7 | No Trespassing
8 | Ebenezer Scrooge
9 | “You Can’t Stay Here”
10 | Learning to Drive
11 | “Ditch the Rich Boy”
12 | “I Kid You Not”
13 | Reclaiming the Passion
14 | “You Need to Leave”
15 | Bittersweet Victory
16 | “What Do You Want from Me?”
17 | Watermelon Stains
18 | “He’s Not Who You Think”
19 | Disowned
20 | Just Who’s Normal?
21 | “You’re Under Arrest”
22 | A Brother’s Faith
23 | Linked by Blood
24 | Sweet, Like Honey
25 | Alone
26 | Bulldog
27 | Fueling the Fire
28 | Unauthorized Entry
29 | Promised Land
30 | Five Years Behind Bars
31 | Fifteen Steps
32 | Feeling Whole
ARE YOU CURIOUS ABOUT THE FENCE-POST LETTERS?
Lee’s Message to the World
Other Books by Florence Osmund
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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