Motel Living

About the Book

Derick James hates his life. His efforts to improve his world, however, are never enough. He eventually feels there?s only one escape available in order to leave behind a domineering wife, a task master boss as well as some religious fanatics who are issuing death threats because of his newspaper column. Not surprisingly, Derick?s plan to fake his death goes astray. He winds up floating into the Atlantic Ocean, where his dark night of the soul mystically transforms him. Taking back his power, he confronts those who had been keeping him from enjoying his life. Will Derick finally become a winner?

About the Author

David H. Burke lives in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, with his wife, Dixie, and their cat, Gypsy. He has two grown children, Danielle and Brandon. After attending the University of Virginia and while pursuing a writing career, David has earned paychecks during the past thirty years as a truck driver, journalist, forklift operator, garbageman, technical writer, milkman, salesman, machinist and hazardous material abatement specialist. His poetry, collected in Apports, has won local awards, with one poem being submitted for Pushcart Prize consideration. He’s written a play, Green Holly and Gray Potatoes, which has been produced in the United States and Canada.