Where Memories Sleep
Where Memories Sleep by John Nazzaro, published by Author Solutions Incorporated in July 2005, is a 218-page novel that explores the intricate relationship between memory and creativity. The story follows Adam Mallino, a writer who, while researching his novel, is haunted by a traumatic event from his past. As he grapples with personal and professional pressures, including a deceptive lover and the demands of his literary agent, Adam’s journey leads him to a Cape Cod beach house where he encounters a captivating young woman, prompting a deeper exploration of his own identity.
Readers will find a narrative rich with themes of suspense and self-discovery, set against a backdrop of diverse locations such as Boston, Cape Cod, New York City, and Hollywood. The novel delves into the complexities of relationships, revealing how love, jealousy, and ambition intertwine in the lives of its characters. As Adam confronts the enigmatic images from his dreams and the secrets of his childhood, the story unfolds with twists and turns that invite reflection on the nature of memory and its impact on one’s life.
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Music plays in the mind’s ear of a writer, Adam Mallino, who in the process of researching his novel, recalls a traumatic night that changes his life.
Adam can dismiss a happening or catch the ordinary off guard with music that plays in his head, but can’t release himself from a bizarre dream that continues to haunt him. Desperate to finish his book, deceived by his lover, and pressured to complete his novel, Adam accepts his literary agent’s offer to use his Cape Cod beach house, where he meets an alluring young woman – and begins a journey of self-discovery.
In the shifting settings of the story – Boston, Cape Cod, New York City, and Hollywood – Adam is drawn back to an alley in a small town. An alley that was a playground to the boys who called themselves The Alley Kids – and a passageway that holds a tormenting secret.
Where Memories Sleep is a novel with a virtual soundtrack, scored against the high pitch of ambition, the disruptive rhythm of change, and the ceaseless voice of memory that invites the reader to put the story to his or her own kind of music.
Enter into a world of characters in discord. A young woman finds love alone isn’t the remedy for the uncertainty that beleaguers a writer’s psyche. Adam’s mentor, who shared the cauldron of the alley with him, has enduring scars of his own. The seething jealously of a woman scorned draws her rival into a malicious current of lies. A husband seeks reunion with his troubled wife and reconciliation with a vindictive father, who refuses to give up custody of his grandson and reunite with his estranged son and daughter-in-law. A Hollywood studio executive is eager to facilitate Adam’s career, but knows what she wants and will not settle for less. An unforgiving father threatens to destroy a family and becomes the victim of a cruel vengeance.
Enigmatic images in Adam’s dream compel him to face the truth that he has suppressed since his boyhood. But is it too late? Life-altering events have dramatically transformed the landscape – and changed everyone.
The climax of this original and often funny novel spins, twists, and entices, and finally, like a breeze through a wind chime, releases an unexpected song.
Listen to the mind music of love and hate, obsession and revenge. You’ll remember the characters.
Where Memories Sleep may awaken memories of your own.
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