We now move into Book 2, a generation after Book 1. The Caparellis and Tomasinos are still around, but we are now meeting a new family, the Roswells.
This is why I had to rename Father Frank from Roswell to Rossman. When I wrote the story, I forgot that I had already named Father Frank as Francis Roswell. Then I wrote about a girl and her family, the Roswells. I didn’t catch it until too late, at which time I changed Father Frank to Francis Rossman. Again, when I finish the story, I will update the published versions, and you will be able to download the corrected version.
The places I mention in Chapter 5 - Ballston Spa, West Milton, and Rock City Falls – are all very real places. In the 1960s they were small, quiet, and rural. When my wife and I moved to upstate New York, we went from a suburban apartment to a place where building lots were measured in acres. In many townships and counties (but not in villages or cities) the minimum building lot is five acres. We still have family in the suburbs, and they just can’t imagine life where the driveway is over five-hundred feet long, the annual snowfall is over eight feet, and the deer and the antelope play. (Okay, no antelope, but plenty of deer, coyote, rabbit, fox, racoon, bobcat, bear, porcupine, turkey, quail, and every other critter in upstate NY, all on my seven acres.)
FYI – I edited a Soft-R version of the story and have it on Bookapy now. Also, FYI, if you plan to buy my stories, buy them on Bookapy. They pay the authors better royalties.
Enjoy!