A
Better Place To Be
Based
on the Harry Chapin Song
by
David Wind
Genre:
Contemporary Fiction
166
pages
A
story about life, though perhaps not the one you would choose to
live.
inspired
by the characters from the Harry Chapin song of the same name, 'A
Better Place To Be’ is a story of love, loss, and the ability to
overcome the worst that life can throw at someone and come out the
other side.
Reviews-
Wow.
That
word just comes to mind over and over, in regards to this book, along
with the phrase, heart-wrenching. It's good though - incredibly, in
a makes-you-feel-things-and-think-things brilliantly good.
Upon
first meeting John, he's likable enough. He soon turns out to be
sweet and the reader would have to be dead to not feel his love for
Claire - and it is mutual. So the two of them have this great,
comfortable thing...until tragedy strikes. Then the reader is treated
to a gut-wrenching, realistic, accurate view of what happens all too
often to too many people. I doubt there's a person alive who cannot
relate to this... Still, Wind puts it all so simply and so
realistically, it's like nothing I've ever read or am likely to read
again.
Not
only does he repeatedly rip out my heart and stomp all over it - and
I like it somehow, so apparently I'm some kind of sadist - but he
perfectly portrays a good - better than average actually- man turning
into completely something different, as a result of the bulls--- that
life has thrown at him....
....Point
is, if you want a book that's real and will make you think, this is
the one.
If
you don't want to think but like a book that'll give you all the
feels, this is also the one. It's well detailed with perfect
continuity.
And
did I mention it's based on a song? 'A Better Place to Be' by Harry
Chapin, a song that'll never be the same for me. It seems completely
natural as if the book IS the song and the song IS the book.
Brilliantly perfect. -------- J.L. Redding, Reviewer
David
Wind has written a 5 Star story about a wonderful couple – so happy
and in love - and then surprises us with one of life’s heaviest
blows. The reader indeed becomes “John Edghes” as John endures
one of the cruelest fates that life can impose - tremendous loss,
resulting in utter despair, loneliness, and addiction. He descends
into an addiction as a means to cover up the horror of it all. John
goes down that black hole (amazing how deep that hole can get) and he
must make a decision to climb out in order to survive or go further
down into that bottomless pit. After all, life goes on, with or
without you.
John
faces seemingly endless challenges as he makes his way back into
life.
John
eventually learns he is not the only lonely person in the world.
People need people and life does indeed go on.
This
is a story about life. A message for us all. The cold reality that
life does end and the living must go on living.
David
Wind has published thirty-nine novels, including science fiction &
Fantasy, mystery, thriller, noir, and suspense novels. He lives and
writes in Boynton Beach, Florida, and shares his home with his wife,
Bonnie, and dog Alfie, a sub-standard poodle (email David for an
explanation).
His
newest novel is A Better Place To Be based on the Harry Chapin song
of the same name. Not his usual genre, this is a story of love, loss
and facing to the worst life can throw at you and still be
standing.
Born
To Magic, the first book of his sci-fi fantasy series, Tales Of
Nevaeh, was released in 2015. All three books have reached into the
Amazon Top 100 best seller rankings in several categories including
Young Adult. Both the second book of the series, The Dark Masters ,
and the third Book, TRINITY: The Battle For Nevaeh, have all received
high praise.
David's
fantasy, Queen Of Knights, was a #2 best seller on the Amazon
bestseller lists for historical fantasy and medieval fantasy, and his
sci-fi paranormal, Infinity’s Doorway, has received wide
acclaim.
When
David formally left traditional publishing to become an independently
published writer, he published Angels In Mourning, his ‘homage’
to the old time private detective books of the 50’s and the 60’s.
Angels is a modern day take on the old style hard-boiled detective.
In April of that year, Angels In Mourning, won the Amazon.com Book of
the Month Reader’s Choice Award.
His
previous suspense thrillers are The Hyte Maneuverv, (a Literary guild
alternate selection); The Sokova Convention ,, and The Morrissey
Manifest ,. David's Mystery suspense novels include: And Down Will
Come Baby, Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep, and Out of The Shadows.
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