MusicArtLife's Author Of The Month for March is Richard Schinnow, of Rock Falls, IA. A retired college professor, Mr. Schinnow retired from teaching, and now travels, sails, and writes--pretty much the ideal life! Like many writers, though, he's held numerous jobs....bar owner, commercial
fisherman, diver, founder of the Iowa Independent Film Festival, as well
as twenty years spent teaching writing at North Iowa Area Community
College in Mason City. That interesting life makes great raw material for a great book.
CAST AWAY STONES takes place on the prairies of north Iowa in the late
1970s, on the brink of what would later become the Farm Crisis.
Frederick Heinold, a young farmer, is struggling to harvest his crops,
unaware that his wife, JoAnn, has begun an affair with a questionable
stranger from Florida that will eventually threaten their marriage and
the only life Frederick has ever known.
These personal dramas take place against a background of wrenching change as the traditional farming that Frederick seeks to preserve is threatened by the onslaught of agribusiness, personified by his aggressive neighbor, Eldon Mathews.
As the novel moves toward its conclusion, dirt, desire and drugs converge upon these characters, transforming their lives forever.
These personal dramas take place against a background of wrenching change as the traditional farming that Frederick seeks to preserve is threatened by the onslaught of agribusiness, personified by his aggressive neighbor, Eldon Mathews.
As the novel moves toward its conclusion, dirt, desire and drugs converge upon these characters, transforming their lives forever.
