Nixon in Love

The son grandson and great-grandson of great lawyers Gabe is intent on making his mark by writing a book to escape from poverty as a twenty-one-year-old holder of a Harvard degree in history. While recovering in the hospital after being hit by a truck Gabe latches onto entering a writing contest that comes with a $50000 prize.<p> He weighs his odds. Who else is going to write about Dick Nixon meeting his future wife Pat Ryan in a California church basement auditioning for a play? With the love of his life Arlene Gabe researches the young lawyer Nixon and Ryan a high school teacher. As the stories emerge coincidences abound. <p>Juxtaposed between present-day Cambridge Massachusetts and 1938 Whittier California <em>Nixon in Love</em> shares a fictional story featuring Gabe and Arlene and Dick and Pat. Twists and spins of the paranormal generate a dizzying kaleidoscope of love stories on both coasts.<p>