Hally, a gifted musician, and Dan, a history scholar, meet and fall in love when both of them are admitted to the hospital after being struck by polio

Lightning in July

Literature & Fiction

McLaughlin, Ann L.

United States

Daniel & Daniel Publishers

BALANCING POLE

Arts & Photography

Set in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1937, this is a story of family relationships in trouble. Amy, who is nine, wants to be friends with George, her workaholic father. George, a new dean at Harvard, who is also involved with the New Deal, has little time for his two young daughters. Amy is miserable in her new school and tries to make friends with an unhappy man, who enters their lives as a butler. His horrifying fate shocks the whole family and yet it changes the relationship between George and Amy for the better, initiating a new trust and friendship.

Amy and George: A Novel

Literary

The Triangle takes place in Boston in 1952, during a major polio epidemic. It is a strong story featuring a threesome of strong and troubled characters. Each has his or her own strengths and also her or his his own weaknesses to accept or overcome, and his/her own set of goals to achieve. Molly Crowley, a young bride, loves and is loved by both of the others. She finds she must shelter her father, Jack MacAlister, and put up with his self-absorption, his political ambition, and his broken promises. Molly must also be the supportive wife who cheerfully (even if at times resentfully) cares for her husband, Dan Crowley, a graduate student whose legs have been paralyzed by polio. Meanwhile she has her own struggle with her identity as a painter.

The Triangle: A Novel

Genre Fiction

In 1924, Julia MacLean, a young journalist, accompanies the world famous mogul and oceanography enthusiast, Samuel F. Dawson, on a trip around the world on his yacht as his private secretary.

MAIDEN VOYAGE