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Angels and Their Hourglasses

by J.M. Surra (Goodreads Author)

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Angels and Their Hourglasses - Winner of the 2011 Global Award in the popular Fiction category.

Stranded in 1929, a time traveler struggles to convince a sleepy country that America must prepare to defend itself against its friends, the Japanese, in 1941.

Eighty years in the past, Ben Ryan must start again. He learns to live and love, and he plans for a future nobody wants...more

Paperback, 400 pages

Published June 2012 by Quixotry Books

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Jun 09, 2012 LaLine rated it 3 of 5 stars

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I received the book for free through Goodreads First Reads giveaway.

Once I got into the book it was good and an easy read. The author is a great storyteller. However, I had a hard time getting into the story during the first half of the book. Mainly because there wasn't enough information to help me get over my frustration that he was ignoring the Grandfather Paradox. Once I managed to talk myself into the fact that the story revolved around the fact that the main character HAD to change history...more

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About J.M. Surra

J.M. Surra grew up near Chatham, NY, amidst a unique assortment of area writers, musicians, and regular folks.

Just a stone's-throw from the Woodstock area in one direction, and West Stockbridge in the other, his corner of Columbia County attracted any number of colorful and even bizarre characters, ranging from a bit unusual to the unapologetically flamboyant.

By their very nature, these hippie-ba...more J.M. Surra grew up near Chatham, NY, amidst a unique assortment of area writers, musicians, and regular folks.

Just a stone's-throw from the Woodstock area in one direction, and West Stockbridge in the other, his corner of Columbia County attracted any number of colorful and even bizarre characters, ranging from a bit unusual to the unapologetically flamboyant.

By their very nature, these hippie-based personalities encouraged use of imagination and flow of thought. Even so, J.M. vividly remembers one or two of his young friends refusing to play with him, claiming he "always told such big stories." Were they lies? Embellishments? J.M. gives a shrug and a telling grin, and offers, "They were stories. What is fiction but well-told lies? Stories requires imagination, both the hearing and the telling. Some people have none. So, who did I feel sorry for; them or me? Here's a clue. The stories never stopped!"

How did he learn to tell stories?

His steel-mill worker grandfather told him stories of Scotland and Ireland, the first world war, and taught him to speak with a proper Scottish brogue (which, despite what his friends think, he never mastered).

His Dad told him the story of how he flew a disabled bomber back to base, and "flew it all the way in," crashing onto the ground, where he was badly hurt. J.M. took his Dad's injuries from that plane crash, and revisited them onto a character in his book; Angels and their Hourglasses.

Local VietNam vets told far different, dark and disturbing war stories, though just as riveting. Other locals of diverse origins had their own tales to tell.

J.M. was hooked, not only by the stories, but by the telling of them, and so started a lifelong passion; the writing of his own stories.

In the Mid-80s, J.M. left the big city and moved 2000 miles to rural Maine, where he found himself surrounded with a brand new, colorful cast of characters; an earthy breed of honest, hard-working people who possessed a seemingly endless supply of dry, humorous quips. It was a prerequisite that these be spoken in the native downeast accent, "Ya cahn't get theyah from heeyah. ." or "Cahn't say, not knowin'. . " or "Ayuh", (Mainer for "Yeah" or "Yep").

Maine and its people caught him by the heartstrings, and he lived there happily for 25 years. Time flies when you're having fun.

Due to the devastated Maine economy, J.M. (reluctantly) became a Texas transplant, but Texas is okay, and he still has his home in Maine. He steals back home whenever he can, to write, hike the Appalachian Trail, take in the vistas, and visit dear friends.
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