Amazon.com: Aspen Heir (9781420815542): Marlene Browne, Robert C. Tourville: Books

Book Description

Publication Date: January 31, 2005

"An actual earth of value to construct one..." Added to Making a Republic in Gloom on Watchhouse Point (Charles Olson)

A contemporary retelling of the transformational myth of Amor ("Cupid") and Psyche ("Butterfly") set in Manhattan, Palm Beach, Vermont, and Aspen, Aspen Heir explores the theme of ‘80s/‘90s style glamour and glitz meeting ‘60s spiritual richness through a pair of Boomers: a man, "Craig," and a woman, "Kate," who meet under extraordinary circumstances, when their ostensibly opposite worlds collide. At the confluence of Kate’s deepening despair and the charity of serendipity on a solo weekend ski trip to Vermont, she meets Craig, the soulful, penniless, ski-teacher poet. Lightening strikes the rod of their polarities and, with dramatic irony on the order of O. Henry’s, Gift of the Magi, a transcendent journey of life, love, heartbreak and redemption begins for both.

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A contemporary retelling of the transformational myth of Amor ("Cupid") and Psyche ("Butterfly") set in Manhattan, Palm Beach, Vermont, and Aspen, Aspen Heir explores the theme of ‘80s/‘90s style glamour and glitz meeting ‘60s spiritual richness through a pair of Boomers: a man, "Craig," and a woman, "Kate," who meet under extraordinary circumstances, when their ostensibly opposite worlds collide. At the confluence of Kate’s deepening despair and the charity of serendipity on a solo weekend ski trip to Vermont, she meets Craig, the soulful, penniless, ski-teacher poet. Lightening strikes the rod of their polarities and, with dramatic irony on the order of O. Henry’s, Gift of the Magi, a transcendent journey of life, love, heartbreak and redemption begins for both.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

Kate, a nice-looking, well-married, childless, New York City attorney living in a beautiful East Side condo, is a member of the Armani-clad, urban glitterati. She’s is in her early forties and her husband is the scion of a very wealthy family. By careful design, Kate, a child of the ‘60s and ‘70s, managed to secure for herself a chic and opulent lifestyle of the privileged few. Despite some very nice fringe benefits, Kate’s life has become empty and nothing is what she thought it would be. Her marriage is dead and her career is hopelessly unrewarding. With each passing year, Kate feels increasingly downcast, forlorn, and dispirited. She is desperately lonely in spite of her superficially perfect orchestration of things personal and professional. Kate mourns her soul’s loss, and doubts any future opportunity for joy in her self-constructed gilded cage.

Craig, an unmarried, devastating-to-the-eye kind of handsome, Ivy-Leaguer in his early fifties, ski-teaches for a living. A sensual, mystical man in the mold of Emerson and Thoreau, Craig lives a Spartan life in the Green Mountains of Vermont. He has a thorough knowledge of mythology and philosophy and reads the classics and Romantic and Black Mountain School poetry for inspiration and pleasure. He exemplifies one who exalts internal values over the external. Part sage, part martyr, and fully uncelebrated poet, Craig radiates the Zeitgeist of the ‘60s, the era that shaped him—and so many others. A solitary visionary with a pure spirit, Craig’s an initiate to the awesome mystery of love who’s still searching for a true companion who shares his sensibilities.

From the Author

Offering thoughts for reflection and dreams for the heart, this soulful tale of romantic adventure and spiritual evolution will, in an unforgettable way, touch your psyche if you’ve reached adulthood in the last five decades--whether you crave the finest money can buy or dig The Dead, Dylan, and Kerouac--particularly as you contemplate where you’ve been with nostalgia; where you’re at with honesty; and where you’re headed with heartfelt hope and true understanding.

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More About the Author

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Marlene M. Browne, is a graduate of Boston College and Emory University School of Law. Admitted to the bars of New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Colorado and member of the ABA Family Law Section and the Family Law Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association, Ms. Browne developed an encyclopedic domestic relations law practice involving extensive trial, postjudgment, and appellate matters.

Ms. Browne appears on National radio and TV and writes regularly for Forbes.com on the subjects of divorce and money. She has recently co-written, with her mom, Dr. Marie H. Browne, two self-help books for Adams Media, released in 2007. Ms. Browne is the author of four other books and resides with her husband, Chris, a captain for Continental Airlines.