Under Lee's Shadow - my new Work in progress. Enjoy

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After some time away to complete my career, I am now retired and looking forward to working on my new contemporary novel that takes place in Richmond, Virginia in the summer of 2020 where the Black Lives Matter protests were focused on the Robert E. Lee memorial, it's transformation recognized internationally as an important piece of modern protest art.

 

Richmond is conflicted and so is Hillman Smythe, understanding the protesters, his neighbors, and family - his wife and daughter on opposite sides of the issue when the deadly virus, Covid enters the picture. Under Lee’s Shadow bears down on a man and the adversity and upheaval many Americans faced in 2020 through a wry lens of young and old, black and white, privileged and impoverished; all part of the same community and who live under the shadow of a once beloved and larger than life statue.

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Note: the beautiful print above is in my home, a reminder of a special time and place. It's by: 

RVA Coffee Stain

The Artwork of Doug Orleski

 

 https://www.rvacoffeestain.com/

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