The Colonel
A Longbourn's Songbird Novel
by Beau North
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Pub Date Jul 09 2019 | Archive Date Jul 07 2019
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Description
“This isn’t a love story, but the end of one. The story of two ships forever passing in the night. This is the story of my father and the woman he spent most of his adult life loving, a woman who was never really his.”
1950:
After letting his chance at love with Elizabeth Bennet slip through his fingers a second time, Richard Fitzwilliam loses himself in women, whiskey, and war as he tries to forget what he left behind. Putting oceans, continents, and decades between himself and his heartbreak, Richard seeks his future, only to be pulled back to the past again and again.
2002:
Shaken by recent events, Ben Fitzwilliam has left everything familiar behind, walking away from his relationship, his Manhattan apartment, his career as a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist to return to his family home in Annapolis, Maryland. Struggling to navigate a world that makes less and less sense, Ben finds purpose where he least expected it: in his father’s private letters. With the help of Annapolis PD Officer Keisha Barnes, Ben attempts to uncover his father’s secrets, heal the rifts those secrets caused, and find the answers he seeks on far shores.
Spanning decades, continents, wars abroad and wars at home, The Colonel is the anticipated companion to Longbourn’s Songbird. It is the second in a series but could be read as a stand-alone novel.
Advance Praise
“Emotional and evocative, The Colonel explores how an unresolved past will continue bearing on one’s future until it’s finally dealt with. Beau North’s gorgeous writing is unflinchingly honest in peeling back the messy, complicated family dynamics that run through the story, and she will make you feel exactly what the characters are feeling—all the joy, pain, jealousy, confusion, and love that define their lives.” - Sarah Pesce, Lopt & Cropt
“In The Colonel, Beau North weaves a tale of love and war, pain and forgiveness through the lives of Richard Fitzwilliam and his son, Ben. Alternating between post-WWII and post-9/11 America, the novel immerses us in the experiences of both father and son as they wrestle with the aftermath of war. We are also treated to the perspectives of the many people who love Richard, including Elizabeth and Will Darcy. (The Colonel is a sequel to North's fabulous Longbourn's Songbird, but could be read as a stand-alone novel, too.) Ultimately, The Colonel is a love story in the grandest sense, celebrating the many kinds of love that give meaning and purpose to existence. I highly recommend this book!” - Author Christina Morland
Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9780578525693 |
| PRICE | $4.99 (USD) |
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