Connie and Russ
by John Barnes
Price: $0.99 USD. 180 words.
Published on August 3, 2011. Nonfiction.
Connie and Russ meet in 1920's Paris, fall in love and marry. He's ordered back to the United States. Connie becomes pregnant and depressed while Russ's career soars. Russ abandons the family to return five year's later. His career stalls while Connie's career takes off.
Location: United States
Member Since: Aug. 01, 2011
John Barnes
Biography
John Barnes is an Economics graduate of Harvard College, a 10-year veteran of ad agencies J.Walter Thompson and Young&Rubicam and spent 20 years with AT&T, the final five years in Asia and Europe. He's served on the Volunteer Board of Directors of the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Frostig School for children with learning disabilities. At age 62, he completed doctoral work in Critical Theory and Modern Languages and now writes full time in Indio, California.
Where to find John Barnes online
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Where to buy in print
Books
Retirement: One man's adventures exploring life's final frontier
by John Barnes
Price: $0.99 USD. 60290 words. Published on August 1, 2011. Fiction.
The need to make sense of old age lies at the heart of this provocative novel. A handful of old men in a 55+ retirement community deal with women, adultery, deception, happiness, death, third marriages, sex, sickness, success, adult children, failure, friendship, love and loss. The story is occasionally tender and not always pretty, but its honesty will stay with you and make you think.
Price: $0.99 USD. 60290 words. Published on August 1, 2011. Fiction.
The need to make sense of old age lies at the heart of this provocative novel. A handful of old men in a 55+ retirement community deal with women, adultery, deception, happiness, death, third marriages, sex, sickness, success, adult children, failure, friendship, love and loss. The story is occasionally tender and not always pretty, but its honesty will stay with you and make you think.