The Journey

About the Book

A captivating story, touching, and sentimental. It tells about Liesel, a German farm girl who sings in a church choir that was selected to compete in the National Singing competition in Bremen, and Akos, a talented Gypsy violinist who traveled from Hungary to German to attend the wedding of his cousin Victor. Liesel and Akos fall in love, and are secretly married, Gypsy style. Unfortunately, tragedy occurs on their wedding night resulting in each thinking the other was lost forever. Life continues and they follow very different paths. In America, Liesel discovers she is pregnant, and gives birth to Akos’s son, who she names Sandy. Akos and his younger sister Talle, were adopted and brought to America by Matthew Schulman, an American doctor who gave up his practice in Bremen, Germany. Seventeen years later Liesel who now lives on Long Island, New York, reflects on the events of the past. At the same time, Dr. Schulman returning from a medical seminar to his home in Boston, Massachusetts, is also reminiscing. Neither aware of the others circumstances or whereabouts. A series of unexpected events and surprises take place in their continuing journey through life.

About the Author

The author was born and raised in New York. He enlisted in the armed forces, and served in the U.S. Army as a bandsman. His career spanning forty years was mainly in the insurance field, covering Workers Compensation, No-Fault, Health and Disability claims. He is a past-president of the New York Health Claims Association of Greater New York, and was a licensed agent and broker. Presently he resides on a barrier island in Florida.