Author’s Note … in Taken from Carinhall
My writing journey has occurred during a historic time in America and abroad. Our American democracy has become a target of extremists on the radical edges of each political party. Congress’s inability to pass meaningful immigration legislation is shameful, and each party has failed to present the American people with inspiring young and vivacious centrist leaders who can merge divergent opinions. Hopefully, the canyon between political parties in the United States will be bridged by the next generation of common-sense politicians willing to speak the truth, listen to each other, and make compromises to sustain our democracy and improve life in America.
At the same time, the United States of America and other democratic countries in the free world face a daunting task as Russia continues a malicious, horrific, and immoral invasion of Ukraine. Putin’s desire to expand the Russian homeland by invading Ukraine is parallel to Hitler’s invasion of several countries when he desired to take back land for Germany because of the Treaty of Versailles’ post-WWI terms and conditions.
May the Ukrainian people succeed in their struggle for a safe and independent country. – Peter J. Marzano
About the Author . . .
Peter J. Marzano, the son of Irish and Italian immigrants, was born in New York City’s artistic neighborhood, Greenwich Village, and grew up on Staten Island.
After attending Staten Island Community College, he worked for NY Telephone Company and completed a four-year trade union apprenticeship. He then began a career in sales, sales management, and project management with divisions of General Dynamics, United Technologies, and AT&T, and later as VP of Sales and Marketing for an industrial company in New England. His work spanned forty-five years, traveling nationally and internationally for twenty-one of those years. In 1997, while with AT&T, he received a Master’s in Management from Cambridge College in Cambridge, MA.
Marzano is the father of four and grandfather of eleven. He has been married for 52 years to his high school sweetheart, Kathleen (Coyle). When he isn’t writing, Peter enjoys golfing, family and wildlife photography, and playing cards with the grandchildren. He and his wife live in Durham, Connecticut.
Taken from Carinhall is the sequel to Search and Deception, which is a sequel to Litany of Sorrows, his debut novel.