Here is the second installment concerning the life and times
of one Malcolm Richardson, a thrice married, thrice divorced multimillionaire, who
is struggling with the unexpected death last month (November) of his friend
Morv Arid (Moreen) Hassani who he had met the previous spring. She was a former prominent, ground breaking
Doctor in her native country of Iran, a survivor of the Iran/Iraq war, and a refugee from religious
persecution. An organic product of their
friendship is a developing and quite startling spiritual transformation that is
proving to be addictive and frustratingly confusing for the wealthy former
business tycoon having little to no religious background. With Moreen’s passing Malcolm must rely on
the growing faith of his first (and he knows to be his only true) love, Sybil
Richardson who he left almost three decades earlier for wife number 2. His need for guidance concerning this mysterious
new pull also creates a serendipitous romantic opportunity for the two middle aged
divorcees. This opportunity is
complicated by the struggles and interactions of a very large blended family
which includes—from Malcolm’ perspective—3 ex wives, 4 natural adult children (3 from Sybil), 2 adult step
children, 1 fourteen year old step son,
6 spouses, 1 adopted 20 y/o daughter (and boy friend), 4 grand children, and Moreen’s remaining 2 adult
children. One major conflict that
Malcolm must resolve is the severe bitterness his youngest son (by Sybil) over
Malcolm’s abandonment of the family so many years earlier. All this will play out across an
international plane as Malcolm is forced to continue to deal with the deadly reality
of religious persecution around the world….a reality that eventually will hit the
Richardson family very hard close to home.
See the author’s other book, “Suffer the Slings and Arrows:
Dialogues With Job”.
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