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    A Walk In The Sun
    A Walk In The Sun
    A Walk In The Sun
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    A Walk In The Sun

    By AJ Lockhart

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    Polly McCloud is a wife, mother of two, and Librarian in Marin County California. She and her husband have their sights set on building a dream home for their family on an idyllic spot among the coastal redwoods. Then the real world punches a hole in their plans. The bureaucracy of County government gets in the way and mild-mannered Polly decides to take on the system and fight for change. Frustration, then escalation take over before a climactic ending that teaches Polly something about life, society, and focusing on what you love.

    Afterward includes Questions For Further Discussion. Perfect for book groups!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAJ Lockhart
    Release dateApr 26, 2014
    ISBN9781311504562
    A Walk In The Sun
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    AJ Lockhart

    AJ Lockhart is a Marketing Executive who lives in the San Francisco Bay Area of California with his wife, Danielle, and three children.

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      A Walk In The Sun - AJ Lockhart

      A Walk In The Sun

      A Novelette

      By AJ Lockhart

      Copyright 2014 AJ Lockhart

      Smashwords Edition

      This story, inspired by true events, is a work of fiction. Characters, names, scenes and incidents are the products of the author’s imagination, or are used fictitiously.

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your personal use only, then please return to your favorite book retailer and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting this author’s work.

      Table Of Contents

      Title Page

      Chapter 1

      Chapter 2

      Chapter 3

      Chapter 4

      Chapter 5

      Chapter 6

      Chapter 7

      Chapter 8

      Chapter 9

      Chapter 10

      Chapter 11

      About AJ Lockhart

      Connect With AJ Lockhart

      Questions For Further Discussion

      "a wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement…. This is the sum of good government…."

      -Thomas Jefferson, First Inaugural Address

      "The lotus is the most beautiful flower, whose petals open one by one. But it will only grow in the mud."

      -Goldie Hawn

      Chapter 1

      Polly McCloud was born Margaret Leslie McCloud, a name she had always hated. Fortunately her mother hated it too and called her by the pet name, Polly, since she was born.

      Fine, put Margaret on the birth certificate, George, I’m calling her Polly, was how the legend went of her mother winning the famous battle over naming their second child.

      Polly was in her late thirties, a librarian at the local public library. She lived with her husband and two young children in Marin County, California. They loved it there. The neighborhoods were quiet and the scenery was picturesque, nestled in the hills along San Francisco Bay, near the Golden Gate Bridge. It felt like a little oasis, tucked away from the bustle of the big city, but close enough to enjoy its amenities. They lived in a nice rented house, big enough for the four of them, but quickly becoming smaller as their two boys, to Polly’s constant shock and amazement, began to fulfill their hormonal destiny and morphed into toy-throwing, tree-climbing, axe-wielding, (that’s a whole other story) delightful little monsters.

      Thinking ahead, Polly and her husband had purchased some land nearby that eventually would embrace their dream home. It was a couple of acres on a wooded hillside with a view, a garden, flat areas for the kids to play, and beautiful redwood trees which stood like silent sentinels watching over all. Sometimes Polly thought their little retreat looked just like the picture postcards you might send your grandmother from your trip to Northern California. They had saved a long time for it, and now it was theirs.

      There was a sturdy little one-room cabin on the property, built early last century, that served as a fun get-away and playhouse for the kids as they spent their weekend afternoons lazing about, the boys forging new paths in the woods and Polly and her husband pouring themselves into the pleasure of maintaining the terraced gardens. They had made a few renovations to the cabin and it was dry and warm in the winter, cool and breezy in the summer. Nestled in the shade of the redwoods, it was a charming and romantic addition

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