Böcker av Richard Fellinger

"Reminiscent of another fine Pennsylvania novel, John Updike's The Centaur."-J. Michael Lennon, author of Norman Mailer: A Double LifeMade to Break Your Heart is a family saga, set in a gossipy suburb, that explores the complexities of raising a child, holding a marriage together, and maintaining your sanity in the cutthroat world of Little League baseball.It's 2008, and Nick Marhoffer is a stressed-out dad who finds himself flirting with thoughts of infidelity. While his job is being threatened by a crumbling economy, he's fraught with anxiety over his only son's well-being. So when his son starts playing baseball, Nick becomes a rabid Little League dad who loses sight of what's good in his life. After developing a crush on a gorgeous team mom, he can't decide between her and his wife, then finds himself at risk of losing everything that's most important to him.This is a smart, sexy, and funny novel about bad breaks, bad decisions, and the long road of life.

The story of a mass shooting and an old summer loveWinner of the Seven Hills Review Novel Excerpt ContestSummer of '85 is part coming-of-age story, part mid-life crisis story, and a timely tale for our era.In the summer of 1985 at the Jersey Shore, Cara Cassaday was Dan Fehr's first love. Since then, Dan has endured a series of mismatched relationships and unfulfilled dreams. Now his second marriage is in trouble and he's stuck writing for a mid-size newspaper in a small city. When he learns that Cara is among the victims of a gun massacre in a Philly hoagie shop, it triggers a chain of emotionally charged reactions as he confronts the realization of a lost love and a life lost-Cara was The One.This is an intimate look at the long arm of tragedy, unfulfilled promise, and the tensions of our times."A cleverly imagined and well-orchestrated novel"--Nancy McKinley, author of St. Christopher on Pluto"Summer of '85 dazzles us with the humanity of a passionate and sensitive man who acts on his feelings with little notion of the consequence and leaves us wondering if we should be more inclined to act in the same way."--Willard Cook, publisher of Epiphany Literary Journal