Experience a journey from Topinabee to Topsail through the pages of “WHILE DRIFTING,” a collection of novels written by W. M. J. Kreucher. This captivating collection will take you through coming-of-age stories, romantic encounters, and a December-December love affair.
The collection begins with “Dandelion Man—the four loves,” the first story, which Mary Cowper from the Midwest Book Review called “enticing with a dedication to a very different era… well worth considering for general fiction collections.” The Catholic Fiction website described the story as “both powerful and interesting.” It is the first of “The McMichael Trilogy,” with the lovable Diane McMichael as the protagonist.
The collection continues with “Heaven Sent” a heartwarming coming-of-age tale set in the woods of Northern Michigan. The story follows a young boy who spends his summer with his grandfather in Topinabee and learns some valuable life lessons along the way.
The third story, “Pharmaceutical,” offers a bit of political intrigue and a good conspiracy theory, according to Karen Kelly Boyce, the 2012 recipient of the Eric Hoffer Gold Award in Fiction. Boyce also said about the author, “…we may have a Catholic ‘Robin Cook’.”
The collection continues with “The Inn at Heron’s Bay,” a novella set in coastal North Carolina in a small town with the delightfully descriptive name of Topsail.
The last part of the journey, “Roses in December”, is a poignant story of a man with Alzheimer’s and his companion.
Join us on this captivating journey through “WHILE DRIFTING.”