A Song for Carmine

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AuthorHouse, Apr 1, 2014 - Fiction - 276 pages
Everything always catches up. The past is never dead. Its not even past. William Faulkner said it best. If he couldnt kill the past, Carmine St. Clair would live to punish himself for it and try to outrun it at the same time. Haunted by memories of a childhood stained with the so-called tough love of a God-lovin alcoholic father and the inky residue of his own bigotry, the last 15 years are a blur of libations and amassing trophies, women and money. Carmine has spent his whole life distancing himself from his past, those crooked lines, the dusty red clay roads of the South. But when the winning streak ends and the phone rings, he ends up right back where he started: Eton, Georgia (population 318). When the walls hes built around himself crumble, Carmine finds love in everything hes tried to escape: a black woman, forgiveness, himself, and the past. As he tries to figure out what the past means, what it means to be good, and what the future holds, hell have to decide between love and hate, darkness and light, and all the things in between. Sometimes you have to go back to where you started to learn the oldest lesson of all: youve got to let go of everything to gain it all. A story about love, about forgiveness, and about what it means to make a life worth living. Charming and deeply moving A Song for Carmine is a story that gives you something to leave with.
 

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Contents

Chapter 1
1
Chapter 2
13
Chapter 3
27
Chapter 4
34
Chapter 5
48
Chapter 6
57
Chapter 7
67
Chapter 8
79
Chapter 14
142
Chapter 15
152
Chapter 16
161
Chapter 17
171
Chapter 18
179
Chapter 19
187
Chapter 20
195
Chapter 21
207

Chapter 9
86
Chapter 10
97
Chapter 11
108
Chapter 12
118
Chapter 13
131
Chapter 22
217
Chapter 23
227
Chapter 24
238
Chapter 25
248
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M Spio loves the South—its grit, secrets, and quiet charm. Spio is the creator of www.one2one.com a great place to find love.

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