The Ten Weeks: “Anyone can blow your mind, only you can open it”

“Great book.” The Writer’s Edge

“I loved it.” Dr. Ann Marie Krejcarek, former Headmaster, St. Andrew’s School, Boca Raton, FL

In 1970 “sex, drugs and rock ‘n roll” ruled supreme in Point Collina, a tony beachside resort. No where was that more true than at the local high school, and that scene was ruled by Denise Kendall, tennis captain and daughter of the most prominent man around. But this happy life of “peace and love” was rudely interrupted when Madeleine des Cieux, a foreign student, started to do miracles, including healings and throwing tennis matches. Now the school, the government and Denise herself are forced to scramble for damage control, not only with Madeleine but with her ex-boyfriend, Jack Arnold, itching for revenge, and her perennial enemy, the development heiress Terry Marlowe. Both disaster and triumph end up on everyone’s plate in a world which is being rapidly reshaped both by and for the participants.

• How to Order
  • Paper Copy at Amazon.com
  • Paper Copy from Lulu (Discounted)
  • eBook Copy from Lulu
• The Characters of the novel
  • Meet the Characters Through Their Music
• Introduction to The Ten Weeks, including the maps
• Excerpts from The Ten Weeks:
  • Week One (13-19 December): In the Clutches of Nationalised Health Care
  • Weeks Two and Three (14 December-2 January): A Lovely Catholic Confession, An Ugly Secularist Rejoinder
  • Week Four (3-9 January): Dinner with the Freemasons
  • Week Five (10-16 January): A Baby Dedication, and Strange Visitors, at the Baptist Church
  • Week Six (17-23 January): Learning About French Kissing From the French
  • Week Seven (24-30 January): Two Blondes Explore Islam
  • Week Eight (31 January-6 February): Before Texting, We Actually Had to Talk on the Phone
  • Week Nine (7-13 February): A Little Corporal Punishment for the Road
  • Week Ten (14-20 February): When God Touches Your Life, You Will Never Be the Same
• The Island: the setting for The Ten Weeks
  • History of the Island (best place to start; requires Flash)
  • The Sensual Societies
  • Overview of the Church of Serelia
• Join the Conversation: Visit the Island Chronicles Blog

Below: the author, around the time of the The Ten Weeks.