The Fielder Heart

About the Book

When Art Fielder, editor-publisher of the Little Bang, TX, daily Gazette, loses the love of his life to cancer, he is shocked and embarrassed at how quickly a bereaved person’s attitude about romance can change from in-mourning-negative to aroused-positive. As he becomes the center of attraction for the town’s most glamorous bachelor women, Fielder’s thoughts return to what he calls “Square One” — Beatrice Wiltsey, an unforgettable college girlfriend who dropped him for another man nearly 30 years ago. Interspersed is the shocking death (murder?) of a friend’s wife with whom Art once had a brief affair. Then follows, in a series of witty, poignant and amusing chapters, the attempted capture of Fielder’s heart by a handful of would-be wives (or mistresses or whatever), as played out in Texas, Boston, Chicago, and Paris, France. Indeed, “The Fielder Heart” is itself a second-time-around tale, as revealed in the author’s foreword.

About the Author

Perhaps best known for his long presidency of Radio Shack, Lewis Kornfeld turned to writing in 1983 with his still-in-print book on advertising and marketing, "To Catch a Mouse, Make a Noise Like a Cheese." His first novel, "Fielder's Choice," was followed by "Adam's Wives," "A Female Companion," and a short story collection, "The Pheromone Factor." He has BA, MA and LHD degrees from the University of Denver and Boston University, was a reporter for The Rocky Mountain News and a communications officer in the U. S. Marines in WWII. He resides in Fort Worth, Texas.