ROADS NOT TAKEN

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Alistair Parker becomes a journalist reporting from dangerous locations around the world. He experiences adventure love and loss but one story continuously eludes him-his own. In the end will Alistair bury the lead or will he manage to draw from his rich and diverse experiences to bring a sense of purpose and closure to his own life?</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>This novel is about commitment-a man torn between love and his perception of his professional duty. In their graduating year of high school Alistair and Virginia Parker fall in love but their relationship does not run smoothly. Ginny with her interest in child psychology is intent on marriage and having a family while Alistair's focus is on a career in journalism and eventually becoming a foreign correspondent.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Alistair's career takes him around the world reporting on major crises in Canada the United States Eastern Europe Asia and Africa-from the war in Vietnam to the environmental crisis. The issues he deals with are global and persistent in nature including racial discrimination political repression poverty famine economic disparity global warming and the impact of pandemics. Throughout Alistair struggles with his conscience due to his inability to make sacrifices that would affect his safety comfortable lifestyle and economic well-being even though he recognizes some others do and that they are necessary to deal effectively with these challenges. Simultaneously he confronts obstacles in his relationships with those he loves and whose behavior he admires but cannot himself emulate.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Roads Not Taken spans the lifetimes of its principal characters with unexpected plot twists and turns as well as revealing and entertaining personality insights. It is a novel for our uncertain era when we face intractable issues that must be resolved for the world we know to be sustained.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> </span></p><p><br></p>