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Albert Gallant

Albert Gallant

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A former screenwriter turned to novels.

A Shadow in Yucatan

A Shadow in Yucatan

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<p>A mythical jewel of a story… A true story told on a beach in Yucatan, A Shadow tells Stephanie's story but it was also the story of the golden time. Its nostalgia sings like cicadas in the heat.</p><p>An American ‘Under Milkwood’, this distilled novel of the Sixties evokes the sounds, music and optimism on the free-wheelin streets and parks of Coconut Grove. You can hear Bob Dylan still strumming acoustic; smoke a joint with Fred Neil; and Everybody’s Talkin is carried on the wind.</p><p>Stephanie, a young hairdresser living in lodgings finds herself pregnant. Refused help from her hard Catholic mother in New York, unable to abort her baby, she accepts the kindness of Miriam, her Jewish landlady, whose own barren life spills into compassionate assistance for the daughter she never had.</p><p>The poignancy of its ending, its generosity and acceptance, echoes the bitter disappointment of those of us who hoped for so much more, but who remember its joy, and its promise, as though untarnished by time.</p>

Story Behind The Book

Although Moon Diamond is a fictional character he's also a genuine cat, part Siamese that gets me up at five in the morning so that he can go out. And so starts my day.

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<div class="a-row a-spacing-micro" style="width:792.375px;color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"><span class="a-size-small a-color-secondary" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-size:12px;line-height:1.5;"> </span> <div class="a-icon-row a-spacing-none" style="line-height:0;padding-top:1px;padding-bottom:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"><a class="a-link-normal a-text-normal a-color-base" href="http://www.amazon.com/review/R2ER28KLD14OFR/ref=cm_cr_dp_title?ie=UTF8&amp;ASIN=B00L7ZAKUW&amp;channel=detail-glance&amp;nodeID=133140011&amp;store=digital-text" style="color:rgb(17,17,17);"><span class="a-size-base a-text-bold" style="line-height:19px;font-weight:700;">Another A. J. Gallant Paranormal Delight!</span></a></div> <span class="a-color-secondary" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);"><span class="a-size-normal"><span class="a-color-secondary">By </span><a class="noTextDecoration" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/A18JHVX925K101/ref=cm_cr_dp_pdp" style="color:rgb(0,102,192);">Dii</a> </span><span class="a-declarative"><span class="a-size-micro" style="font-size:9px;"><a class="a-link-normal a-text-normal" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=cm_cr_dp_bdg_help?ie=UTF8&amp;nodeId=14279681&amp;pop-up=1#tr" style="color:rgb(0,102,192);"><span class="a-color-link c7yBadgeAUI c7yTopDownDashedStrike a-text-bold" style="border-top-width:1px;border-top-style:dashed;border-top-color:rgb(169,169,169);border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dashed;border-bottom-color:rgb(169,169,169);text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:.5px;padding:2px;white-space:nowrap;font-weight:700;">TOP 500 REVIEWER</span></a></span></span><span class="a-color-secondary"> on June 26, 2014</span></span></div> <div class="a-row a-spacing-small" style="width:792.375px;color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;margin-bottom:10px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"><span class="a-size-mini a-color-secondary" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-size:11px;line-height:1.465;">Format: Kindle Edition</span> <div class="a-section" style="margin-bottom:0px;">Have you ever had a pet you wish could live forever? What if you had the power to make that happen by sharing a piece of your soul’s essence? That’s exactly what Zacharia, an ancient vampire did for his beloved Siamese, Moon Diamond. What Zacharia didn’t see happening was being killed himself and having his soul sucked into Moon diamond’s body and battling wills with a cat or seeing life from a cat’s eye view. Oh, or becoming the object of Dracula’s jabs, taunts and laughter. How to make the best of the situation? Become a Private Investigator, because really, who would think a cat is anything more than a cat? Who would suspect this cat has the power of a vampire and probably more than the usual nine lives?<br />     Yes, really, a friendly Dracula, a frustrated Zacharia, and, well, you know how cats are! Get ready for a quirky and FUN paranormal fantasy read that will have you up late at night laughing at the predicaments these vamps find themselves in!<br /><br />     Author A. J. Gallant may have raised his own creative bar with Moon Diamond, I mean, really, a paranormal mystery series based around a vampire cat with a decidedly dual personality? Mr. Gallant has put his own spin on vampires, detective work and conjured up another winner! His world is a little quirky, but there is danger, warmth, loyalty and even a few moral dilemmas that must be wrestled. Can it get any better, knowing he presents it with his signature chaotic style at a pace with enough centrifugal force to keep you glued to each page, knowing you’re in for more chuckles while seeing the best side of vamps, cats and adventures?<br /><br />     What other fantasies lie within the fertile mind of author A. J. Gallant? I, for one can’t wait to find out! And what’s this about author Piers Anthony? Guess you’ll have to read A. J. Gallant’s Moon Diamond to find out! Remember, laughter is good for the “soul.” I cannot recommend this highly enough for some light and fun reading!</div> </div>