The Monastery [Paperback]

Seeth Trimpert (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 6, 2004

The Monastery, 1st Place winner of the 2003 Florida State Association of the NationalLeague of American Pen Women - Unpublished Novel category, is a timely tale ofuntimely reincarnation; a story of men and women, of love and history, ofreligion and, perhaps, fantasy.¿ Time travel with a twist. Rebecca Kincaid, middle-aged,educated, wife, mother, is one morning finally too discouraged to face anotherday. While she sleeps, her soul, adrift on a sea of despair, lifts anchor andrides the tide of time onto the shores of another life.¿ At once, Cecilia, young and beautiful heir tothis wayward spirit, simply appears, dazed and confused in a medieval forest,incarnated before her time. Thus begins a bizarre summer forlittle-known Indian psychiatrist and paranormal researcher, Gurinder Chopak and his British colleague, Nigel Haversham.¿ While Chopak endeavors to unravel thebaffling labyrinth of events separated by nearly six centuries, he andHaversham watch helplessly the incredible mingling of two disparate lives in akaleidoscopic swirl of events, destined to leave one woman with an awesomechoice.¿ Will she pursue to its end ameaningless existence or will she step boldly into the exhilarating passion anddangerous adventure of the next?¿¿

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About the Author

Seeth Miko Trimpert, a Registered Nurse and technical writer, hasthrice been recognized by the National League of American Pen Women (NLAPW) forher fiction work - once in 1999 for her short story The Widow, again in 2001 for her novel Hard Over, and yet again in 2003 for her newest work, The Monastery, which won 1stPlace in the Florida State Association of the NLAPW's unpublished novelcategory.Married to a military officer andthe mother of three grown children, she has lived and traveled throughout North America, Europe and the WesternPacific.¿ Currently, she and her husbanddivide their time between their home on the Withlacoochee River and their sailboat in Key West.¿ The Monastery is her secondnovel.¿ Her first, Bear Crossing, was published by 1stBooks Library in 2003.

Product Details

• Paperback: 296 pages
• Publisher: AuthorHouse (April 6, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1414065876
• ISBN-13: 978-1414065878
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,401,036 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)