You Will Forever Be My Always
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Dan McCrory
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Dan McCrory has written a novel that is sparse and raw. It is the story of Charlie Wise, asshole. He has cheated on his wife for years, forsaken his friends, and left behind a trail of broken hearts and broken people. When he discovers he has Parkinson's Disease, convinced he's dying, he tries to make amends and, in the process, write the Great American Novel. His quest for salvation takes him to a Catholic church in Bangkok and a Muslim funeral on a mountainside in Morocco looking for answers. He leaves behind the old Charlie and comes home to finish his transformation on his Texas apology tour. The novel is full of humor and tomfoolery with a gentle jab at religion, (all of them) and a cathartic experience as the author tries to cope with his own diagnosis of PD. The book is called You Will Forever Be My Always.
Published by: Gold Touch Press / Published Date: 2021-10-01
Holy f*ck! Loving it so far.You offer a very raw feeling. It's not often I find myself reading past the first paragraph willingly. Honestly, your writing is exceptional. It really is great writing.
This book kept my attention. Vivid characters. Lots of funny moments. Definitely a laugh out loud book. I recommend for a good read.
At times I wondered if this is based on a true story and some other times it reads like a work of fiction. Very well put together with a different take on character creation that I have never seen before. My problem with the book is that it’s filled with foul language which I think isn’t necessary. For transparency, I got an ARC of this book.
I found this book to be entertaining, and an easy read. Dan tells the story about a man that struggles to cope with the news of Parkinsons and how he reflects on his life and relationships. The characters in this book have strong personalities, and a funny wit that made me laugh out loud.
It's tightly written - maybe too tightly: At times it seems more like a movie script than a novel, although that may be ok. You can write well. Diminishment of sexuality is indeed a universal issue but he seems like he brought it on himself. Maybe I'm too delicate to relate to this or maybe I just don't like reading about other people's sex.
Dan McCrory spent 37 years within the beast: AT&T. From poor, southern hick to clueless worker to union activist and finally to political candidate, McCrory had a ringside seat to the dismantling of a former monopoly as it transformed itself into a mean, lean machine for the 21st century. How did we get here? What does the future look like for working families? What can we do to prepare ourselves?
Besides his book, Capitalism Killed the Middle Class, Dan has written for the glamorous telecom industry, represented actor Cliff Robertson as a Hollywood publicist, cranked out political propaganda and advertising copy (yes, there is a difference), and has edited a couple of books. He’s currently romancing Hollywood and has just finished his Great American Novel, You Will Forever Be My Always, which received an award at the Los Angeles Book Festival. He lives in Southern California.
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Parkinson's Disease affects folks in highly individualized ways. There are commonalities: it almost always starts with a twitch, an involuntary action that happens when you're not paying attention. Then come the falls, the dementia, the hallucinations (in some). I heightened certain things for either dramatic or comedic effect. Memory issues are also part of the PD experience and the character and I share the trait of forgetting to take our meds. I have an alarm on my phone to remind me and my 3 year=old granddaughter says, "Take your meds, Papa!"
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