THE EXTRAORDINARY DAYS SERIES
by Polly Becks
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BLURB:
In
the late spring of 1991, a flood and fire of historic proportions tore through
the pretty resort town of Obergrande, New York, in the central region of the
Adirondack mountains.
The twin disasters
destroyed a large part of the east side of the town that bordered the Hudson
River and Lake Obergrande.
In the aftermath, a new
dam was built, and that damaged part of the town “drowned,” covered by the new,
larger lake.
During that terrible
flood, five kindergarten girls were trapped in their drowning school, huddled
together as the water rose higher, rescued just in the nick of time. The
nightmare bonded them, and three others like them, to each other for life.
These are their
stories.
Excerpt:
At more or less the same moment, about seven-hundred-fifty
miles south of the same destination, another man who, by coincidence, used to
ride a motorcycle was, also by coincidence, eyeing directions to the same
place.
His hands shaking.
Behind him, a woman was loading up the car, an old Mustang.
She put the last of their bags in, making sure the snacks
were in reach of both of the front seats, then shut the car door.
She came up behind him, wrapped her arms around his waist,
and put her chin on his shoulder.
“You ready?”
The man swallowed dryly. “I’ll never be ready.”
“Well, are you ready enough?”
He sighed. “Yeah.”
The woman released him and turned him around. She put her
forefinger and thumb under his chin and lifted it until he was looking at her,
his eyes bloodshot and nervous.
“We don’t have to do this, ya know.”
He sighed again. “I know.”
The woman eyed him for a long moment. Then she gently
brought her hand around behind his neck, pulled his head down and kissed him.
“You can do this. We can do this.”
A third sigh. “Yeah.”
“Well, then, let’s go,” the woman said decisively. “It’s
eleven hours total, but we’re gonna stop at that place in Scranton—the one you
liked—”
“Let’s go,” he said decisively. “You wanna drive first or
second?”
“I’ll start out,” she said, catching the keys as he lobbed
them gently to her and heading for the driver’s side. “You sleep—you don’t look
like you did last night. You were tossin’ and turnin’ the whole time.”
“Can’t imagine why.”
“Well, fortunately I’m used to your nightmares, so I slept
real well. I’ll wake you when we stop for lunch in Frederick, then you can
drive to Scranton. Tomorrow the ride’s only, like, four hours—”
“Let’s go,” he said irritably, climbing into the car and
pulling the door shut.
The first of the series.... and this is going to be a good series to say the least!! Each book has it own story line in some fashion but yet tie together. The series gives you a little of everything which makes for a interesting fun read! A nice read that you can settle in with! Absolutely have enjoyed this set!
*Received for an honest review*
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Polly Becks has
been making her living writing for more than twenty years, as well as working
as an editor, curriculum developer, and teaching secondary-school Spanish. She
has more than 350 books to her credit, mostly educational materials, as well as
professionally published fiction in both the adult and YA market in a variety
of genres, plus more than 30 Children’s books. She is excited about exploring
the digital literature frontier and is honored to be the launch series for
GMLTJoseph, LLC. - See more at:
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