Winter Heart - Paperback

by B. G. Bradley (Author)

Winter Heart is the story of Ben O'Brian. Ben O'Brian is lost. He was once a poet, an educator, a husband, and a father. But now his career is over, his children are grown, and his beloved wife Grace has passed on. He's starting to think his best days are behind him. With his books and his faithful Labrador retrievers he has retired to his quaint secluded cabin on the shores of Hunter Lake, nestled in the heart of the great north woods of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. But he is not alone in the world. Determined not to let him succumb to his own asceticism, Ben's family coerces him into joining his sister on a cross-country train trip to their brother's wedding. But things take an unexpected turn when Ben meets a mysterious, yet oddly familiar stranger along the way. Can the old poet find new love after all these years? All he needs is a little faith, and... Grace.

Author Biography

B.G. BRADLEY is a retired high school teacher, former newspaper reporter and columnist, part time college professor, poet, novelist, playwright, director and actor. His fiction, non-fiction, and poetry have appeared in various regional publications including Detroit Sunday Magazine, Michigan Out-of-Doors, Passages North, Sidewalks, Foxcry Review, The Marquette Mining Journal, and The Newberry News. His plays have appeared on local stages including the Lake Superior Theatre which in 2010 produced his Lake Stories, a prequel to this novel, which he wrote, directed, and starred in as Ben O'Brian opposite NMU's Dr. Shelley Russell as Grace. Bradley lives in Diorite with the love of his life, Debbie, and his labrador, Tom. His sons Taggart and Patrick are actors and arts activists on their own.