Roxanne Bocyck

Catherine's Dream (eBook, ePUB)

A Story of Spirit and Courage

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Inspired by real events, Roxanne Bocyck's debut novel Catherine's Dream is a testament to the power and possibility of nurturing one's dreams against all odds and overcoming fear and doubt with faith and determination.

Catherine Soból is a Polish peasant woman in the early 1900s, who lives on an orchard outside of Kraków, Poland, and dreams of being an artist. Raised by an iron fist, Catherine is an old-world girl with new world aspirations. But how will she pursue her dreams of artistry when she must conceal her drawings from her father, a pragmatic peasant-farmer, who demands she work to support the family? In fact, much to Catherine's dismay, he plans to marry her to a local village boy and settle into a life of security on the small apple orchard that is her dowry.

Over and above her personal turmoil, the Great War has ended but the fighting over Poland's border with Ukraine continues. Tension rises in Catherine's family when she falls in love with Józef, a young, local blacksmith who creates beautiful jewelry and encourages her to follow her heart despite her family's resistance to her artistic dreams. But the plans others force upon her, along with Józef's disappearance - and probable death - on the war front, send her life skidding in a direction she must now tolerate but is unable live wholeheartedly.

Sold as a bride to a crude lout of a man and shipped off to a mountain town in backwoods America, Catherine faces the cold winds of bad chance and other forces that seek to control her destiny, and learns that knowing what she wants, taking risks, and having faith are the keys to unlocking any obstacle that stands in the way of her living the life of her dreams.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Morgan James Publishing
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. November 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781636981550
• Artikelnr.: 69178714

Autorenporträt

Roxanne Bocyck began her writing career by writing feature stories for two weekly newspapers in her hometown. At age 44, she attended Syracuse University as a non-traditional college student, where she earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in writing and communications, while working and raising a family. She chronicled her experience as an adult returning to school in a blog and was featured in Syracuse University's ad campaign for part-time studies. Roxanne was an honoree of SU's Writer's Distinction Program, and her professor, Steve Parks, featured her story 'A Capitalist Fairy Tale' in the book Pro(se)letariets by Parlor Press. Her poetry also appears in Working: An Anthology of Writing and Photography, published by Syracuse University Press. Roxanne is a teacher at heart. She is passionate about helping women overcome fear and doubt to pursue their dreams. She wanted to share this story to encourage everyone to nurture their own dreams and to never give up. Roxanne lives in Syracuse, New York.