New
Michigan author Joseph Patrick33 brings a story that, though
fictional, offers considered views on what happens to our youth as
they experience the choices and decisions facing them in schools and
in sports that alter their future behavior.
Shelby
Township, MI, USA -- Coming of age and contemporary sports can
produce both benefits and conflicts that have lasting consequences in
crossing that bridge into adulthood.
New
Michigan author Joseph Patrick33 brings a story that, though
fictional, offers considered views on what happens to our youth as
they experience the choices and decisions facing them in schools and
in sports that alter their future behavior. His debut novel is 'TIL
THE END: A Novel of Murder, Addiction, and Lies (ISBN
978-0997521603), Lexie Enterprises, 216 pages available on Amazon
$13.99 paperback, $21.99 hardcover, $5.99 Kindle or the author's
website: http://www.tiltheend.net.
View
the trailer here: http://bit.ly/TilTheEndTrailer
Looking
at the contemporary increased incidence of violence throughout the
country and the globe begs investigation as to etiology or cause of
the progression of hate, racism, and senseless deaths. A lesson too
often forgotten is to turn to history as recorded by the great minds
of the past, but equally significant is to find contemporary
literature that opens some much-needed windows of insight.
The
close bonding that occurs among team players has very positive
aspects of learning self-confidence, healthy goal orientation,
polished performance as individuals and with teammates; it also can
create rules of conduct that include committed bonding to the point
of looking out for each other, even if that means altered behavior
off the field. This 'brotherhood' can allow secrecy about events that
should be shared with authorities but is withheld because of the
bonding agreement.
Joseph
Patrick33 has penned a timely and cogent novel that stands on its own
as a tense coming of age story of four high school football stars who
risk the benefits of their talent - athletic scholarships, state
championships, big money, the dreams of playing in the NFL - by
keeping a secret about a tragic event that eventually shreds their
individual personal lives and invites alcoholism, drug abuse,
involvement in drug cartels, the deaths of two and untimely ending of
thwarted lives.
'TIL
THE END may be Joseph Patrick33's debut novel, but the release of
this immensely readable book turns our attention to facts too often
neglecting discussion. The author does share that his first novel
'may be fiction, but within that fiction are the keys to facts that
every reader will discover and find universals within the events of
the story and the characters that ring true to each of our life
journeys.' And that is one of the many reasons this new author is
important to watch.
The
setting is Detroit, Michigan, the timeframe 1988-1993, the stage is
the football field, and the players are four fast friends and
teammates whose lives are inextricably altered by a major error that
is tragic. Joseph Patrick33 invites us into this story by saying,
''Young boys dream and old ones ponder. They think about what could
be ahead for them and as they get older, it's not uncommon to wonder
about what might have been. That is a constant feeling that all
football players have and never entirely shake. They recall the
victories and defeats, but mostly they think about those games they
should have won. It will always be engrained and the memories will
carry over to countless discussions over endless beers 'til the end
of their days. In the playing years, in those games, so many great
traits are developed: leadership, teamwork, and a razor-sharp
competitive edge. However, dark habits can begin to take root. It all
shapes young men into the old men they become."
Amazon
Top 100 Reviewer Grady Harp states, "The book allows us entry
into the interstices of coming of age, promises of glory, the dark
finger of fate, and the impact of misjudged bonds of a lie and
strange dissolution of dreams as tainted by those factors we all
recognize as deterrents to a happy life. This is not only an
important debut novel: this is a very finely written important novel
about choices."
About
Joseph Patrick33
Joseph
Patrick33 is a Michigan author who grew up in Shelby Township, a
suburb of Detroit. He earned his bachelor degree and master's degree
from Wayne State University, and his advanced degree from the
University of Detroit. He is concerned about the futures of young
people in today's challenging society of addiction and consequences
of actions that lead away from a happy successful and rewarding life.
Media
Contact: For a review copy of 'TIL THE END: A Novel of
Murder, Addiction, and Lies or to arrange an interview with
Joseph Patrick33 contact Scott Lorenz of Westwind Book Marketing at
http://www.book-marketing-expert.com
or by phone at 734-667-2090.
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