Trinity Lake

About the Book

A growing number of the populace is experiencing the trauma of an onslaught of Alzheimer’s disease. The devastation reaches deeply into the lives of many surrounding the patient. In the early stages an alien personality wafts in and out of the familiar loved one, ultimately ending in a relieving bereavement. Richard S. Monkman, a clergyman with four decades of experience, one day found his beloved wife of fifty-six years asking a daughter, “Who is that nice man who goes out and does kind things for people?” From this experience, Dr. Monkman was determined to tell the story of consistently loving a person with such an itinerant presence. The result is the psychological novel Trinity Lake.

About the Author

Dr. Richard S. Monkman, through education and military service, has traveled widely. He attended Hamlin University, Northwestern University in the Midwest, the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, and Drew University in Madison, New Jersey. In interim years, he served in the US Navy from coast to coast in the United States and in Yokohama, Japan. In addition, he and his wife Margaret served suburban churches in Connecticut; the Bronx; Glasgow, Scotland; Long Island; and Westchester, New York. After the death of his wife, he retired to Connecticut. From there, he continues to travel abroad and visits with his two sons residing in Maine and a daughter in Upstate New York.