A Tale Before Departure

A TALE BEFORE DEPARTURE

Can murder and death be predetermined by the utterances of a drunken curse?

A stranger carrying an unusual cloth handbag engages in conversation with a fellow travel during a flight delay. When questioned about the bag, the man relates a gloomy tale.
His tale begins when a clap of thunder sets a peacefully gazing bull into a mad charge trampling the young man to death. The man is linked to the beating and rape of a teenage girl found at the bottom of a rocky ravine.

The stranger's narrative follows the cursed son of a soothsayer, forced to flee for his life during the 'Irish Uprising', to New York and a new start.

Under a cloud of mysticism, the tale recounts the heartrending account of four generations through tragic marriages, a secreted child's escape into education, a nun's search for identify, a mother's neglect, a man's isolation and untimely deaths.

Product details

• Authors: John Dillon, John F. Dillon
• Publisher: Authorhouse
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.05.2012
• EAN: 9781467037686
• ISBN: 978-1-4670-3768-6
• No. of pages: 184
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 276 g
• Subject: Guides > Spirituality > Life interpretation