A Well-Respected Man

<p>Chicago Professor Martin Gregory is the author of a critically acclaimed novel of love and longing a cult favorite among women. The book brings him unexpected status and prestige but also unwelcome fame.</p><p>A love affair with one of his students derails his career and breaks his heart. Coming to terms with a life knocked off balance Martin retreats to a quiet English village only to be confronted at his flat by a mystery woman with an unexpected message and an implausible request one that could alter his life forever. </p><p>A cross-country train trip a visit to his father's grave and a re-examination of a deep loss will eventually reveal either Martin's greatest character or unearth his most heartbreaking flaw.</p><p><em>A Well-Respected Man</em> is about the hard choices we make to find fulfillment and the search to discover meaning in both the life we choose and the one thrust upon us.</p><p><em>Thought-provoking ... a story of how love never goes away.</em> - <strong>Nancy W. Sindelar Ernest Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park Illinois</strong></p><p><em>Award-winning author David W. Berner intertwines complex timelines in effortless fashion while creating characters of great depth. Typical of Berner's work the reader is left to contemplate life's toughest decisions. A Well-Respected Man is a must read!</em> - <strong>Geralyn Hessalu Magrady author of <em>Lines</em></strong></p><p></p><p>David W. Berner is the recipient of the Chicago Writers Association Award the Royal Dragonfly Book Award and has been short-listed for the Eric Hoffer Grand Prize. He has been honored as the writer-in-residence at the Ernest Hemingway Birthplace Home in Oak Park Illinois and at the Jack Kerouac Project in Orlando Florida.</p><p></p>