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What is the favorite book you remember as a child?
The Thornton W Burgess Series. I loved the stories about the animals living in the Green Forest, and around the Babbling Brook.
What is your favorite book today?
The Book of Joy by the Dali Lama and Desmond Tutu
What are you reading right now?
I am reading Sam Phillips The Man Who Invented Rock ‘N’ Roll, by Peter Guralnick
E-Reader or print? and why?
I am old school so print. That being said, the best format for the interactive aspect for SOUP is E Book.
One book at a time or multiples?
I usually have multiple books on the go. Right now, I have two going, Sam Phillips The Man Who Invented Rock ‘N’ Roll, by Peter Guralnick and Web Coding and Development For Dummies, by Paul McFedries.
Dog-ear or bookmark? (don't worry—Librarian Judith won't hold it against you—much)
Book mark for sure!
When do you do most of your reading?
I hate to say it but with my busy schedule, I do most of my reading in the bathroom. I might be able to slip in 10 more minutes before I fall asleep.
Favorite genre?
Historical Fiction and History I would say are my favorite.
Do you loan your books?
I loan and borrow books.
How do you keep your books organized?
The books I am reading are always close at hand. The books I have read are stacked in a pile in my bedroom in no particular order.
Now, in 2021, his son Hedley inherits music for himself, becoming a star in his own right as technology gives new life to the medium. Scott's daughter, affectionately known as Soup, throws herself into unravelling the mysteries of her family's history. Michelle commits herself to keeping them all together and trying to make sense of life without the one she loves. Through it all, the AFF looms in the shadows, threatening to resurrect the pain they have just begun to overcome.
“I wish Brian could have come with us,” Carolyn says. “Mom, how could this be? How could we have not known about the interconnections all these years?”
“We were not supposed to know,” Margret says. “The links run long and deep, too deep for coincidence. It’s beyond me, but we’re learning what we need to know when we need to know it.”
“But why St. Louis?” Marki asks. “What brings us all together on this day in this living room?”
“I believe I have the answer,” June says. “It pains me to tell my story, but I understand now that it needs to be told.
“I grew up in Kansas City, in a house not far from the Petersons’. I’ve known Duke and Harold all my life. We went to school together, played together. Harold was the younger, a most serious young man, but I could always make him laugh. Maybe that’s why he married me. Duke was quite the opposite, more my type in many ways. He had a wild streak, what we used to call a free spirit. They were both too young to fight, but Harold felt he was part of the war while Duke despised everything about it. Harold loved Duke, but they never quite saw eye to eye on anything. Everything, all the kind things you said about Duke, are true. Take it from me, I know, I dated Duke back around 1952, long before I married Harold, God bless his soul.
“I loved Duke, but I was eighteen and impatient. He had the wanderlust. He joined up with the carnivals when times were tight, and I hardly saw him. I ended it before we got started really, and he settled in Canada a few years later. I moved to St. Louis chasing work, that’s when I again crossed trails with Harold, back in ’62. Duke was out in 1964 for the wedding; that was the last I saw of him. Harold and Duke came to blows over something and Duke just disappeared from our life. That’s a shame. His influence might have changed things for our Hughie, but who can say for sure.
“Hugh was born in 1968. I was getting on in years, so we thought we’d best do it while we still could. He was an only child, so naturally, we spoiled him. If I could go back and do things over, I would, but that’s not the way of the world is it? I’m so sorry about what happened to you, Hedley, that awful business with Robert Carlson—Colonel Randall to most of the world. You and your sister lost your father. Your mother lost her husband. I don’t know if I could have changed any of that, but I would have tried if I’d known how. You see . . . Hughie was AFF.”
The room goes cold at the words, a light gasp involuntarily escaping Michelle’s lips as she fights for air.
“Let me get this straight,” Michelle says. “You’re saying your son, essentially related to us, was involved in that mess?” She tries to suppress her fury “Hughie was a good boy for most of his life,” June says. “But he never quite found himself, never quite figured himself out. I was ecstatic when he was offered a high paying job with E-Lok. Finally, he would settle down and get his life together. But that man, Robert Carlson, he fed on people like my Hughie, people unsure of themselves, directionless people ripe for the plucking. How could I have known? How could any of us have known?” She breaks down then, sobbing uncontrollably as the others look on.
Michelle walks to her, crouching down to her level in the wraparound arm chair. She hands the elderly lady some tissues from a small box sitting idly on a nearby end table. “You are as much a victim of the AFF as the rest of us in this room,” Michelle says. “I have no idea the level of involvement your son had in the scheme of things, nor do I wish to know. But the knowledge would change nothing. I have no misgivings towards you. You’re one of us, not one of them.”
Travis Haugen has spent forty years of his life touring on the road as a musician and has spent hundreds of hours in recording studios. Travis spends much of his time writing songs, writing stories, playing music and spending valuable time with his family and close group of friends.
http://www.travishaugen.com
https://www.facebook.com/travishaugenauthor
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqaM4LNQNrpOckyStlBj7yA
Where Soup Is Sold:
https://books.friesenpress.com/store/title/119734000048943105/Travis-Haugen-Soup
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1525529293/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1539905477&sr=8-1&keywords=soup+travis+haugen
https://www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/soup-15
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/soup-travis-haugen/1129764065?ean=2940161773833
https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/soup/id1439628462?mt=11
https://play.google.com/store/search?q=9781525529306&c=books
https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/soup-the-future-is-past/9781525529290-item.html?ikwid=soup+by+travis+h&ikwsec=Home&ikwidx=3
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Thanks for hosting!
ReplyDeleteGood morning Judith, thanks for having us today. Your site brings back memories of long hours spent as a kid at the Weyburn Public Library. Books still fascinate me that way. Reading is the best way to travel, lol.
ReplyDeleteThank you Judith for hosting today. We really liked the questions today as they were much different than we have had before. :)
ReplyDeleteSounds awesome, thanks for sharing the great post :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Victoria, for following the tour. We are rookies at this, but we are learning, and we're having tons of fun. you can never have to much fun in your life. Fun is perhaps the purist road to joy.
DeleteI would love to read your book.
ReplyDeleteHi Bridgett,
DeleteThanks for the compliment. If you are a fan of e-books, I would highly recommend that format. The interactivity between the book and the music on the website is a simple click away; it's like having your own private internet, lol. It works well with the printed copies too. Simple instructions are provided at the beginning of the book on the 'Note From The Author' page. Enjoy!
Well folks, thanks for stopping by today. Time for this ol' man to get some rest. Thanks. Judith, for hosting us. Good night, all. Good night, NC.
ReplyDeleteHi Folks,
ReplyDeleteOn behalf of my niece, Candy, and myself, I'd like to thank all of you for stopping by during the tour. It's been a real blast! We wish you all a great summer!