Tailwinds Past Florence
By Doug Walsh
Join
ambitious couple Edward and Kara as they pop the kickstands on their bikes and
launch an exciting worldwide bike trip. They’re putting their lives on hold for
a couple of years while they see new sights and challenge themselves to live
their dream. What a courageous and incredible experience. But, as they launch
their trip at Puget Sound’s Alki Beach, they have no idea what is ahead of
them. Living a dream is not always everything you dreamed it to be.
Tailwinds Past Florence is a road trip
with a spark of romance and a fantastical twist. It’s a passionate story and
this author not only knows his impulsive characters well, but also the facts
about biking, and he excels at describing the various settings in a number of
different countries. You’ll feel like you’ve been on tour as well, but without
breaking a sweat. There’s an underlying push from destiny that sends this
spinning couple to steer their way to Florence, Italy. There surprises lie in
wait that will test this couple up to the breaking point. Can they endure?
The
fictional characters in this book feel very real and are of great interest. The
author tells this story from several characters’ points of view, so that you
really get to know them and understand how they view the world. It’s amazing to
watch characters react to events and see how they each misunderstand each other
so often and so easily. How will they discover the truth between them before
they make some important life choices based on mistaken information?
It is fun, and sometimes terrifying, to read
about the biking, as the miles add up. Moments of humor are delightful. And of
course it’s in Italy, what a perfect setting, that they encounter the magic of
fate. Edward and Kara now have to face the ultimate questions of what is love
and what is a beautiful life. When history and fate stare them down, can they
risk it all for each other, for their dream together? Or will the fantastical
figure obstructing their path defeat them?
Doug Walsh
authored this book after being inspired by the around the world bike trip he
took with his wife, from Seattle to Singapore with no planes. They traveled for
nearly two years by bike and ship. This is not the travel memoir he expected to
write; instead it became the fictional novel he’d dreamed of writing his entire
life. Visit the author’s website at dougwalsh.com and hear more from the author
himself on YouTube podcast episode with co-hosts Wendy Kendall and Carl Lee – A Novel Talk with Doug Walsh
