The Golden Hour - Paperback

by Nicholas Weinstock (Author)

After 46 years in upscale Manhattan, two roaring decades as an investment banker, and 19 years of marriage, Bill Schoenberg has lost it all. He made a mistake, regrettable and unspeakable; and now he's fled to his neglected house in rural New York. But of instead of losing himself, Bill finds a chance for renewed self-respect and maybe even redemption.

To a man who has thought of little but his own needs, the Harristown Volunteer Fire Company represents an unlikely pursuit--until he has a fire in his house. As Bill struggles with trading his French-cuff shirts for flannel, dressing in a moving fire truck, and learning to knock down forest fires, he must also navigate the darker recesses of his life. His wife may be having an affair with one of his colorful country neighbors, an angry intruder seems to be preying on his property, and his own unmentionable secret is coming closer to the surface the longer he stays in Harristown.

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After forty-six years in upscale Manhattan, after two roaring decades as an investment banker and after nineteen years of marriage, Bill Schoenberg lost it all and ran for the hills. He made a mistake, regrettable and unspeakable; and having fled to his neglected country house in rural New York State to gather his wits, he found a chance to reacquire his self-respect as well - and possibly even redemption.

To a man for whom flames existed solely in the kitchens of four-star restaurants, and who had volunteered for nothing in his life, the Harristown Volunteer Fire Company represented an unlikely pursuit - until a fire in his house convinced him otherwise. As Bill struggled to trade his French cuff shirts for flannel, to learn to dress in the back of a moving fire truck and to knock down forest fires, he was also forced to navigate the darker recesses of his mind and dying marriage. His wife may have been having an affair with one of his colorful country neighbors; an angry intruder seemed to be preying on his property; and his own unmentionable secret came closer to the surface the longer he stayed in Harristown.

Intelligent and entertaining, funny and frightening, THE GOLDEN HOUR is a unique novel of manhood, neighborhood, and saving the day.