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    A Christmas Carol
    A Christmas Carol
    A Christmas Carol
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    A Christmas Carol

    By T. J. Robertson

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    Determined to stop running and face up to his problems, Tom Roberts, the middle-aged protagonist, returns to Summerville, his home town, which he believes is the source of his angst. When he runs into Carol Peters, his old flame, reluctantly he joins her in reminiscing about their youth. Although doing so is painful, he undergoes a catharsis and leaves the town with an understanding and acceptance of his strengths and weaknesses as a human being.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherT. J. Robertson
    Release dateJul 2, 2018
    ISBN9780463024447
    A Christmas Carol
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    T. J. Robertson

    Although I’ve made my living as a teacher and guidance counselor, I’ve always had a passion for writing. Thomas Bouregy and Company published my novel, Return to Paradise Cove, under their Avalon imprint. Two of my one-act plays, A Different Kind of Death, and The Flirt, have been produced, respectively, in New Haven, Connecticut, and Sacramento, California. Short stories of mine have appeared in commercial magazines such as Action and True Romance as well as in certain literary and professional ones.

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      Although I did not relish returning to Summerville, the scene of the crime as it were, I did so out of necessity. The death of my mother who, unbeknown to me, had put my name down as trustee of her small estate left me no alternative. I had to clean out the house, put it on the market, and meet with her lawyer for the purpose of tying up any loose ends. Those tasks having been done, ordinarily I would have shaken the dust of the place

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