Strike
by Joseph Bakewell
Price: $4.99 USD. 76000 words.
Published on March 14, 2012. Fiction.
In the winter of 1912, Italian textile workers in Lawrence Mass. began the Bread and Roses Strike.
This is a story of how the Flanagans and the Petrellas coped with the changes forced upon them, and how Paddy Flanagan and Maria Petrella were thrown together by the strike and then torn apart. It tells how they fought time distance and cultural barriers in an effort to regain each other's arms.
Location: United States
Member Since: Aug. 24, 2010
Joseph Bakewell
Biography
I have been writing for more years than I care to admit to. I've attended workshops and conferences almost every year including the Stone Coast Conference in Maine, Poets' and Writers' Conference at Vermont College, and the Colgate Writers' Conference in Hamilton, NY. I'm a member of the New Hampshire Writers' Project.
I've self-published four novels, the latest, Will's War, a coming of age story set inside Nazi Germany. My current work, Strike, now complete, is being published as an e-book, and a new one, Prep School, is in process.
Born in New York City, and raised in that area, I'm married, have four adult children, and live in Boxford, MA. My sports include skiing, snow shoeing, cycling, and hiking. All of which take an occasional back seat to snow removal or house repair.
I've self-published four novels, the latest, Will's War, a coming of age story set inside Nazi Germany. My current work, Strike, now complete, is being published as an e-book, and a new one, Prep School, is in process.
Born in New York City, and raised in that area, I'm married, have four adult children, and live in Boxford, MA. My sports include skiing, snow shoeing, cycling, and hiking. All of which take an occasional back seat to snow removal or house repair.
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Books
Will's War
by Joseph Bakewell
Price: $6.99 USD. 72380 words. Published on May 10, 2011. Fiction.
A young-American relies on others when making important decisions. Before WW2, he studies German, during the war, he interrogates German POWs. He agrees to help Partisans in Yugoslavia by impersonating a German officer. Things goes wrong, and he finds himself inside Nazi Germany, an officer, but constantly in fear of discovery. Escape plans are complicated when he falls in love with a war widow.
Price: $6.99 USD. 72380 words. Published on May 10, 2011. Fiction.
A young-American relies on others when making important decisions. Before WW2, he studies German, during the war, he interrogates German POWs. He agrees to help Partisans in Yugoslavia by impersonating a German officer. Things goes wrong, and he finds himself inside Nazi Germany, an officer, but constantly in fear of discovery. Escape plans are complicated when he falls in love with a war widow.
A Bird Named Enza
by Joseph Bakewell
Price: $4.95 USD. 78760 words. Published on December 6, 2010. Fiction.
Jack Sullivan is willing to work hard for a better life than typically afforded to an Irish-American in 1917. He meets Maureen Valentine from uptown at a party. Against the advice of his family, he pursues her. They fall in love and secretly plan to marry, but Fiona, Maureen’s mother, sees Jack as an interloper, a crude intrusion on her plans for Maureen to marry into a higher class.
Price: $4.95 USD. 78760 words. Published on December 6, 2010. Fiction.
Jack Sullivan is willing to work hard for a better life than typically afforded to an Irish-American in 1917. He meets Maureen Valentine from uptown at a party. Against the advice of his family, he pursues her. They fall in love and secretly plan to marry, but Fiona, Maureen’s mother, sees Jack as an interloper, a crude intrusion on her plans for Maureen to marry into a higher class.