Böcker av Sean O'Neil

Where does it start? A little want or need as a child that slowly grows into desire. We are all human and we all face the reality of the imperfection of being.Desire comes in many forms. For some, it's narcotics, an artificial high while fully knowing that the high will bring an equivalent low. That low conveniently providing the need for the next high.For some it's food. While they are fully aware that every bite takes them closer to their end, they are compelled, driven for the next mouthful.For others, it's games of chance. They find their fix in the cards or the roulette wheel. The thrill of the game. The challenge of all or nothing only to find that the house always wins.Then there are those who find sex. Not in its basic, natural form but in a perverse way that is only satisfied in its most extreme manner.Ultimately most people find a way to manage their desires as they grow. They recognize the demon within them; battle it and contain it as best they can. Then there are those that are simply unable to manage it and thus become victims of their demons.These demons lurk constantly just below the surface, even for those who are able to contain them. What would it take for them to grab control?

Brian O'Malley thought he had finally shaken off the pains of his youth - a youth stolen by his alcoholic father. He had found the island of his own family dreams with Parminder, a Punjabi Sikh woman who also faced her own childhood challenges in Northern India. Together in Boston, they face the harsh reality of raising a mixed family in a changing America complete with racism, bigotry, and terrorism. To make matters worse, Brian faces the ultimate challenge of not allowing alcoholism and depression to condemn him and his children to the same life he endured. This is a story of the realities of life's challenges and finding happiness despite the odds and the world around you. Brian's Stolen Dream is the first of three books that tell the multi-generational story of the O'Malley family. The books speak of challenges and hardships and the triumph of the human heart. Racial integration is a core theme throughout as is spiritualism and Indian mysticism. Book two is called Sahara's Miracle and book three is Parminder's Legacy.