Probably a B-29 would fly them to New York; on back pay they might honeymoon in the Adirondacks; then, by train--the Black Diamond--to Ithaca; they would rent an apartment overlooking Cayuga. Sometimes he would see his mother. He would obtain architectural jobs. There must be clever ways to produce models. Maybe papier mâché or wood.
He remembered his dad ... remembered the island of poplars, shadows on the island, swans, the carved white tomb reflected in the Petit Lac ... he remembered a fire in a Caen stone fireplace, Jeannette on her bike, her hair streaming in the wind.
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If you enjoyed this book, another novel by Paul Alexander Bartlett is
WHEN THE OWL CRIES
This book is available in a variety of free downloadable formats from Project Gutenberg: [https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40245].
What reviewers had to say about When the Owl Cries:
"As you turn the pages you ask, what next? That is the immemorial appeal of the thriller. But what gives the story stature as a work of creative art is that Mr. Bartlett has been at pains to populate it with believable characters who are stirred by intensely personal concerns." Charles Poore, N.Y. Times
"The book charms with its expert knowledge of place and people." Paul Engle, Chicago Tribune
"Vivid, impressive, highly pictorial. What makes it a pleasure to read is its marvelous vignettes of Mexican ways of life." Lon Tinkle, Dallas News