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Summer Capricorn - Price: $15.95
(11 Reviews)
by Terry Row, ISBN: 978-0978603656
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It's the story of late-twenties Adam Nicholas, who abandoned classical music as a way of life in favor of a “real” job in computers, but the early-1980s recession in Silicon Valley interferes with his plans. Before he can lead the life he wants, there are two other experiences he must first choose, directions for which his new diploma leaves him completely unprepared: an apprenticeship at a goat farm and organic gardening center, and a low-wage job as a Psychiatric Aide at a mental hospital. In the process of learning to care for the livestock at the farm and the patients at the hospital, he learns quite a bit about himself.
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Biography :
TERRY ROW began professional life as a musician. An outstanding oboe player, he attended the Juilliard School and the California Institute of the Arts. Early in his career, he performed throughout the United States and Europe in orchestras, chamber ensembles, and as a soloist. He made a dozen recordings and toured North America during five years as a member of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. At the age of thirty, he chose a new direction for his life, returning to school and becoming a computer consultant and expert on relational database design, living and working in San Francisco, San Jose, and Los Angeles. Now living in Santa Barbara, he remains a lifelong avocationist, pursuing independent studies in writing, literature, poetry, bookbinding, history, cinema, photography, music, travel, eclipse-chasing, astronomy, chess, numismatics, gardening, and bird watching. Summer Capricorn is his first full-length work of fiction.
Book Review :
Summer Capricorn is a wonderful story of life's balances, of loss and gain, from the point of view of a man who comes to terms with them during the summer months that become the transition between two eras of his life. Set in northern California, principally on an organic goat farm and in a mental hospital, it is a story told with honesty, authenticity, in even the smallest expression. Mr. Row's command of descriptive detail allowed me to see clearly through Adam's eyes and to connect solidly with his every moment and thought. Anyone who ever has gone through a powerful life-altering transition or contemplated the natural cycle of life and death will understand and appreciate the ideas and feelings explored here. It is a remarkable first book. I look forward to reading his next.
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