Forsaking All Others

About the Book

My story tells of meeting my B’SHERT, my destiny, at an early age. We were 17. We married at 20, much to my family’s disapproval. The story continues about the life and love we had together for the next seventy years. In honored memory of Dorothy my wife, my love, the light of my life.

About the Author

Martin Ratick was born in Massachusetts and had moved to New York City at an early age. He attended high school and college in New York City. He is a mechanical engineer and a licensed professional engineer (PE) in two states. He worked for the General Electric Company, the Apollo space program, the US Army, and the US Navy. During World War II, he was in the Seventy Seventh Infantry Division in the South Pacific. Mr. Ratick lives in Springfield, Virginia. Mr. Ratick is a prolific writer, having authored five other books: Forsaking All Others: A Love Story, Four Faces of Jezebel, Claw of the Jaguar, Faith of the Fathers and Kiss a Green Frog and Find Your Prince.