Book Description

Forever Irene is a story built on the struggle of a young man who is cast out like garbage to fend for himself after his father passes and his new stepfather pushes him out the door to survive on his own with only the possessions that he carries on his back. The young teen does not know where to go or how he is going to find his way yet is determined to go alone on his own. He just starts walking down the rural back dirt roads as far as his feet can take him, only stopping to rest wherever he can find a good spot that is out of sight and safe. It isn’t long before his world takes a dramatic turn as he stumbles upon a hidden treasure that opens a whole new world up to him, of opportunities and promise, of finding his very own place in the world. With the sweat of his brow and determination to survive, he soon finds that the harder he works, a whole life that is just waiting for him opens his eyes to the honesty of the era he is living in, with its biased and plagued injustices, as well its raw beauty, as he later finds that there is more to his new home than he had even dreamed of. It is in a world with a forgotten past where he finds intriguing while uncovering the truth as he thumbs through the handwritten pages found left by a woman. That time had nearly completely forgotten until now. A woman, with her words written in heroism and love, unravels the life that she drew strength from as a soldier’s wife and her will to carry on after being abandoned. Forever Irene is a story of both the young man from the 1950s and a woman from the 1920s telling their story of how they found triumph in two different eras affected by both love and hate, which will leave you spellbound as you find their lives riddled with chaotic yet heartfelt moments that will keep on the edge of your seat.