David A. Stuckey,author of "Book of Beginnings"

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– David A. Stuckey –
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BOOK OF BEGINNINGS
How beautiful is youth! How bright it gleams with its illusions, aspirations, dreams! Book of Beginnings, Story without End, Each maid a heroine, and each man a friend! –Henry Wordsworth Longfellow
Book of Beginnings is a fond and nostalgic look back at Stuckey's childhood. Included among the many brief stories in the book are anecdotes about his family, his first loves, his disappointments, his travels, and his many friends. Stuckey's good nature and joie de vivre are apparent throughout, and the book is both accessible and entertaining.
These stories are . . . narrative prose poems, if that makes any sense. They are snapshot glimpses of events, emotions, and people that, for some reason, resonated with me . . . .I am writing these stories as if to and for the benefit of an as-yet-unborn (and un-conceived) daughter: Rachel. This both helped me focus and provided me with a framework of sorts. But do not be confused by the occasional references to her: These stories are for you, and . . . there is no Rachel, at least yet. But I like to think maybe someday there really will be, and she can know that I was thinking of her as I wrote them. This has been, I believe, the most enjoyable, fascinating, and exciting project I’ve ever worked on . . . and the end-result is something I’m more than simply proud of. I actually find myself liking it, even on the sixth and seventh review, and I hope you’ll like it as well.
	— David A. Stuckey

A Review:

Reading this book is a little like eating chocolate chip cookies: you read one of the short chapters (laughing all the way, or sometimes crying just a bit), thinking that then you'll go do some serious work--and then the next one draws you in, making you think, "well, I can afford just one more--they're small, after all!"

The whole thing is a delight, beautifully written, witty, articulate, and thoughtful. The titles make you want to keep reading ("My Father Kills my Mother," "My Brilliance Goes Unrecognized," "Of Protestants and Potato Soup," for example), the epigraphs reveal the variety of Stuckey's reading, and the totally non-self-deprecating blurb on the back of the book (clearly also by Stuckey) offers a glimpse into his ability to mock himself.

This is a terrific book--one that will amuse and engage all readers and that will prompt other people either to write their own memories or to sit with friends and family talking over the joys and pains of growing up. It's also bound to make everybody wonder how little boys ever make it through to adulthood!

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Book of Beginnings

6" x 9" • 276 pages
ISBN: 978-0-9796251-6-9

Published by: Robertson Publishing

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About the Author:

David Stuckey

David A. Stuckey grew up a rabid sports fan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, West Berlin, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

After graduating from the University of Michigan with a degree in English Language and Literature, Stuckey worked with the Oakland A's Baseball Club and the Center for the Study in Sport and Society before going back to school to obtain a Master's in American Studies. He followed this up with two years in the United States Peace Corps in the Russian Far East, then obtained a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law. From 2001 to 2007 he practiced law in San Francisco, California.

In the fall of 2007 Stuckey's enthusiasm for travel and adventure led him to accept an international business development position with Hudson in Budapest, Hungary, where he expects his lifelong passions for movies, milkshakes, and the Michigan Wolverines to continue unabated.

" . . . remarkably, since college, I've lived in places as diverse as San Francisco, Vladivostok, Boston, Moscow, and Budapest (and, for what it's worth, Virginia, St. Louis, and Ann Arbor). I've climbed the pyramids in Cairo and Mexico City, volunteered in Indonesia, explored the cliffs and carvings of Petra, traveled through Turkey and Thailand, visited temples in Borobodur and Angkor, had a bus break down in the middle of the Sinai at night, relaxed in Turkish Baths in Amman and Aleppo, walked through the labyrinthine market places of Damascus and Beijing, and, most importantly, made friends -- all-too-often temporary, but sometimes, wonderfully, permanent -- the world over." ~ David

You can send David an email to david.writer@yahoo.com.

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movies and tv shows I enjoyed,
sporting events and plays that made an impact on me,
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