Return to Tiffany's - Antil, Jerome Mark
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In the opening of the titular love story, Jerry, rather appropriately, is enamored. It's 1966, and the 20-something is a groomsman for a friend's Long Island wedding. He catches a glimpse of one of the bridesmaids-Pamela, as it turns out-and is immediately smitten. The nearly 7-foot-tall groomsman is coupled with Pamela, the tallest of the women, for the ceremony, and they even get caught in a photo together with a passing Robert F. Kennedy. But after the wedding, Pamela heads back to Paris, where she works as a model. Ten years pass, and Jerry has the opportunity to spend an evening with…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
In the opening of the titular love story, Jerry, rather appropriately, is enamored. It's 1966, and the 20-something is a groomsman for a friend's Long Island wedding. He catches a glimpse of one of the bridesmaids-Pamela, as it turns out-and is immediately smitten. The nearly 7-foot-tall groomsman is coupled with Pamela, the tallest of the women, for the ceremony, and they even get caught in a photo together with a passing Robert F. Kennedy. But after the wedding, Pamela heads back to Paris, where she works as a model. Ten years pass, and Jerry has the opportunity to spend an evening with Pamela, an unforgettable encounter before the two reunite decades later. Antil's tale grows more endearing as the couple's romance becomes more familiar. Jerry, for example, initially idolizes Pamela, whose modeling days were spent mingling with celebrities, but as he gets to know her (favorite movies and books), it's an unquestionably strong connection between real people. The remaining trio of tales in the collection delves further back into Antil's history, each revolving around Christmas with his family. The hilarious "Richard Leaves the Choir Breathless" spotlights 6-year-old Jerry's older brother, Dick, who's in trouble so often at Roman Catholic school he's mastered the art of sleeping while standing in the corner. His performance for the school's Christmas pageant is, not surprisingly, a showstopper. "Postwar Shortages and Shortfalls" is likewise amusing when a holiday gift for the children's mother leads to a mishap at a bank that may traumatize the family with embarrassment. The book ends with "A Cazenovia Christmas Past," the gloomiest of the bunch. In it, preteen Jerry and his siblings are shocked when their father is diagnosed with tuberculosis and leaves the family to stay at a sanatorium. Not sure when his dad will return, if at all, Jerry may miss out on the joy of the childhood he's experiencing, including a summer job and young love with the new girl at school, Judy. Winsome stories of love and unbreakable bonds, notwithstanding tragedy or years of separation.
Autorenporträt
International award-winning author Jerome Mark Antil brings the vibrant New Orleans and Acadiana to life on every page of this novel - The Bayou Moon. Experience New Orleans and visit a culture first painted by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in his poem, Evangeline, about the tragic beginnings of the Cajun French and their journey into Louisiana's Acadiana. Look no further than The Bayou Moon. The area's life, culture, food and music are perfectly woven into the story to create a fantastically immersive narrative tapestry; Jerome Mark Antil allows the reader to walk the streets, the st. Charles Avenue, the Canal Street alongside his characters and see the world through their eyes. The Bayou Moon is a faultless mix of everything from sex and crime to life and death, but the overwhelming themes are that of hope and love. When it comes to love the author shows practically every form of love possible in the world, from family/friends love and romantic love to the love of life and experiences.The novel shows the friendship between a group of unlikely friends, a man close to death, an illiterate Cajun French yardman and two of the most successful women in Southern Louisiana. With a wide spectrum of personalities on the surface it appears that they wouldn't complement each other. And yet Antil has developed the characters to be multidimensional and connected through their hope and love each other. Jerome Mark Antil showcases a wide range of emotional turmoil, especially within Peck's story, which no doubt will charm sympathy from the reader and the overwhelming desire for Peck and the others to achieve everything they desire.Antil set this novel apart from all others by how he handles two different yet intertwining stories. Just when the reader thinks that the story is going to go one direction Jerome Mark Antil skillfully twists the tale to another direction keeping the reader on tenterhooks as to what will happen next.From both an Acadian and Irish heritage - Jerome Mark Antil is a consummate researcher who spoon feeds his story backdrops with such historical accuracy his fiction leaves lasting messages. Born the seventh child of a seventh son of a seventh son he was named Jerome after the librarian, Saint Jerome and Mark, after the wit and adventure of Mark Twain - Jerry, as he goes by - wears the honors well and writes what he knows - as Hemingway would encourage - and as he entertains with a talent for storytelling, he's earned from more than a dozen novels.