Kirjahaku

For most, life is a series of seasons. The cold dark bitterness of a hard winter is in fair exchange for the inevitable warmth of the spring when all things seem possible and some good and cheer can be realized. Perhaps.But for some, they are born into an endless winter. The warmth and comfort of spring eludes them, seemingly for a lifetime. Promise can be masked by a life void of care and kindness.So it was with Rob Gregory and Pamela Freeman, whose lives converge one summer night in a tavern in the little town of Minster, Ohio. It was a meeting of chosen opportunity, leading to decades of more random, fleeting moments of possibility alternating between promise and regret.Mating For Life brings the two eighteen-year-olds together months after graduation from high school in 1972. Several intense weeks bring them to the brink of an eternal union, but only the degrees to which each of them can call upon the strength of the human spirit will determine the eventual verdict of that heady time of love and risk they once knew.Adversity can seem to some a thing that appears misplaced in the life of a gentle soul. Peace can seem to others a feather just beyond the grasp as it flutters away in a constant breeze.Mating For Life is a recognition that disjointed circumstances and chance play a larger role in our lives than we would prefer or wish for in our search for explanations and orderliness.

Author Terry Pellman takes you through an exhausting maze of danger, treachery and moral angst .Why Averton? Who would bring death and destruction to such a place? Kelly Hastings was looking forward to a quiet retirement after a stellar career with the Averton Police Department. The Chief of Detectives was enjoying his recent remarriage, having put his wandering eye to rest. He has found that the elementary school principal he married was eager and willing to ensure that his libido was well taken care of. If only she were not haunted by self -doubts regarding her own levels of passion. Their lives are shaken when Averton, Ohio becomes the target of bombings and murder. Kelly must deal with the fact that his mentor, the Chief of Police, is in failing health, leaving him to carry much of the burden of a small city reeling in fear and suspicion. A close friend to Kelly complicates matters by coordinating a local defense organization whose actions and capabilities quickly take on a level of seriousness that alarms him. And when similar bombings take place in other American cities with similar characteristics to Averton, the local defense cadre begins to extend its reach.Kelly must deal with further tragedy and loss, the crosscurrents of anxiety among the residents, and divided loyalties. But the last things he expected was yet another erotic temptation that would alter his life forever. The question remains: Why Averton?

Walter Long avoids the pain of loss by closing himself off from all others. To escape unpleasant memories, he fills each waking moment with work or reading.Marjorie Evans is his younger sister, a schoolteacher who copes with life's trials through optimism and faith. After her marriage ends in an annulment, she returns to the family home for the summer and endeavors to bring her brother back into the world.In contrast with the cautious Marjorie is Paula Morgan, Marjorie's friend and coworker. Paula lives for the moment, and revels in her own sensuality. These lives converge one evening at dinner in the remote house on Weston Road. The events of that night leave Walter at the mercy of his memories, and with a choice between hope and regret.