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Queen of the Night: A Fugitive's Journey Across 1964 America Paperback – June 8, 2022

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This novel is based on a true story of divorce and kidnapping occurring in Ohio in 1964. Unlike most divorce cases, it is the woman, Lesley, who loses legal custody of her children. While her husband, John Burke, is away on a business trip, she packs up her aging Plymouth station wagon and embarks on a fugitive cross-country trek with her four children. Thus on one level the work is a road novel of crossing America in the innocence of the mid-‘60s. When their station wagon breaks down in Wyoming, Lesley and her children live camped on the banks of a remote mountain river, befriended by National Forest rangers, until they move into Jackson for the winter. Eventually the father locates the children in Jackson and re-kidnaps them back to Ohio where a final showdown takes place for the allegiance of the oldest son.
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0B31LM5N4
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Independently published (June 8, 2022)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 209 pages
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8832577630
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.1 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.5 x 9 inches
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Steven Holloway taught Political Science for over 30 years at St Francis Xavier University, a small Canadian Liberal Arts college, before retiring recently to Halifax, Nova Scotia. As an academic, he published books on Canadian Foreign Policy and International Political Economy with University of Toronto Press and Macmillan, along with dozens of articles in scholarly journals. He now hopes to make use of his earlier training in creative writing and music. Back in 1975 the premier of his "Watergate Cantata," which blended his life-long interests in music and politics, earned him an interview on National Public Radio. He has a growing Youtube channel where he posts his compositions. He has authored two novels: "Queen of the Night" and "Dead Arts." .

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Queen of the Night
A gripping masterpiece that could be ripped from today’s headlines or from “60 minutes”The perspective from a child’s point of view concerning the family drama of bitter divorceis a study in child psychology and how children cope with complete disruption of seemingly idyllic 1960’s suburban lives.An unbelievable journey for the reader with unexpected twists and turns.
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Michael Allison
5.0 out of 5 stars A Time Capsule from 60's America
Reviewed in the United States on November 11, 2023
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Queen of the Night is a compelling story of a young man's coming of age with a difficult family in 1960s America, combined with the narrative thrill of a "roughing it" road trip "out west." It includes vivid descriptions of the rugged beauty of the Grand Tetons and rustic towns traveled along the way, intertwined with the deep interior tension that comes with discerning friend from foe.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Queen of the Night
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A gripping masterpiece that could be ripped from today’s headlines or from “60 minutes”

The perspective from a child’s point of view concerning the family drama of bitter divorce
is a study in child psychology and how children cope with complete disruption of seemingly idyllic 1960’s suburban lives.

An unbelievable journey for the reader with unexpected twists and turns.
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TommyO
5.0 out of 5 stars Queen of the Night
Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2022
A gripping masterpiece that could be ripped from today’s headlines or from “60 minutes”

The perspective from a child’s point of view concerning the family drama of bitter divorce
is a study in child psychology and how children cope with complete disruption of seemingly idyllic 1960’s suburban lives.

An unbelievable journey for the reader with unexpected twists and turns.
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Jeanne Favret
5.0 out of 5 stars An intelligent page turner.
Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2022
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This is an easy, good, exciting read. If you have 4 choices on your end table, this will be the one you pick up.
All the complications of love and life and custody needs of both parents and children are relevant and considered.
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Audrey
3.0 out of 5 stars 3.5
Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2023
Set in the middle of the 1960s, we follow thirteen-year-old Thomas’ personal diary where he jotted down the events leading up to and following his parents’ divorce. John claims the mother of his children is crazy. Lesley insists she has been wrongfully accused by both John and the court. Being the oldest of the four children, Thomas is caught in the middle, often unsure of who’s really got his best interest at heart.

Lesley decides to take matters into her own hands after the ruling. She packs up the kids and sets out west unbeknownst to John. Thomas is enamored with their travels at first, seeing this as an adventure. However, as time goes on, the trials of living life on the road start to hit him as well as his two brothers and sister. With the help of some new friends, they eventually settle in Wyoming. Just as they start to adapt to their new lives, John shows up to bring his children home.

Though angry at first, Thomas soon realizes he feels safer with his father. He and his siblings are no longer the targets of their mother’s temper, they have beds and a clean house, and many other basic necessities that had slowly been weaned out of their lives on the road. So when Lesley shows up in Ohio once again, he is at a loss. Whose side should he take?

The book is an engaging, easy read with a mix of perspectives as Thomas is revisiting the diary years later. His thoughts are written in green and blue ink along with the years the notes were taken. His perception of that time in his life ebbs and flows with age. The ink took some getting used to. The colors are harsh on the eyes for longer sections, but the margins are clear which is the important thing.

Readers of YA will enjoy this the most. Thomas’ youthful voice comes across clearly. It’s also a good work of historical fiction with quite a few mentions of the politics of the time, namely presidents and elections. There were some moments that dragged on as well as several repetitive passages, however, in light of the journal structure and age of the protagonist, it ultimately works if that’s something you like. I think I would have enjoyed it more with an alternate POV. With everything limited to Thomas’ perspective, many things were left ambiguous where they could otherwise have gone deeper. Still, it’s worth the read, especially where it’s based on a true story.

Thanks to Reedsy Discovery for providing a free digital copy.
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