Ron Frazer
Autor(a) de Beyond a Veil
Obras de Ron Frazer
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- before 1950
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Educação
- AAS-Purdue, BSC-University of the State of NY, MS,PhD-Clayton College, BFA-incomplete-Arizona State
- Pequena biografia
- Ron Frazer's novels are written for women who have lived long enough to have a few regrets, He has studied religion and psychology for the last forty years, so his books always have an intimate, spiritual element that is always positive, often involving women taking control of their lives, even entire countries. Every book celebrates women as a positive force in their culture.
Ron has traveled widely in 29 countries, lived in four of them and in several US states. He doesn't consider himself an expert on women, but, having been married three times with three adult daughters, probably has learned more about their concerns than have most men. He has been an engineer, a yoga teacher, a financial planner, a photographer, and a computer security researcher. Along the way, he accumulated four college degrees, but could never figure out what he wanted to be when he grew up.
Follow Ron on Twitter at https://twitter.com/RonFrazerAuthor, or read first chapters of each novel at www.ronfrazer.com.
Membros
Resenhas
It’s about September 2012 and fifty-five year old Caitlin fell down a flight of stairs and, when TIME BRANCHES opens, is in a deep coma, lying in a hospital bed. She is also dying of cancer. Her mother is sitting next to her, holding her hand and trying to decide whether to keep her on life-support or to disconnect it and let her go, either from the injuries sustained in the fall or from the cancer.
Caitlin, meanwhile, is floating above the bed, watching her mother and her own body, and thinking about how she has wasted her life. She regrets what she didn’t do, how she didn’t fulfill her mother’s hopes for her and how her younger sister has been alienated from them for thirty years. She discovers that she can feel her mother’s emotions and begins to understand her for the first time in years. She feels regret and love for her mother and tries to let her mother feel that love.
She remembers when her family became disconnected. Her father left when she was ten years old, her sister five. Up until that time, she and her sister were very close, but as Caitlin entered adolescence, the relationship changed and Caitlin feels very guilty for abandoning her sister at a time when she really needed support. She then discovers that she can go back in time and change what happened so the outcomes for all of them would be better.
Communicating through thoughts and feeling, she first returns to 1979 and tries to redo the damage, hoping that the outcome will be different. She succeeds in making the outcome different, but the ending is not satisfactory. So, she tries again.
Making contact with an Indian swami, she learns how to meditate in such a way that she is better able to understand what she can do to help her mother and sister, as well as herself, and how to do it. This time, the ending is more satisfying. She and her family get to do things they missed the first time, like going to Woodstock. She learns, when she is dying of cancer, how much easier it is to learn what is really important if she doesn’t focus on material items.
We don’t learn what happens to fifty-five year old Caitlin but we do share in her journey to her new past.
Interesting observations:
“I never knew love could be this way. Before I got sick, love was only something to make me feel good. Boys or men would make me feel wanted, or give me a tingle; it wasn’t about something flowing from me to another person. It was all about what was coming to me.”
“There is no success and no failure–not really. There is only progress....In America, we are trained to avoid failure. We are punished for failure.”
Her mother was a Democrat. When she became wealthier, she became a Republican.
“You must find a way to use the things of this world without feeling that you own them. It is the sense of owning that brings worry.”
Swami: “Their minds corrupted my words.”
If we could relive our lives, what would we do differently based on what we did and learned the first time around? TIME BRANCHES opens up readers minds to different ways of examining their own lives and what changes could be beneficial. You don’t have to be dying to follow the suggestions. It displays how meditation can be useful in making decisions. It is well-written and quite understandable.… (mais)
Caitlin, meanwhile, is floating above the bed, watching her mother and her own body, and thinking about how she has wasted her life. She regrets what she didn’t do, how she didn’t fulfill her mother’s hopes for her and how her younger sister has been alienated from them for thirty years. She discovers that she can feel her mother’s emotions and begins to understand her for the first time in years. She feels regret and love for her mother and tries to let her mother feel that love.
She remembers when her family became disconnected. Her father left when she was ten years old, her sister five. Up until that time, she and her sister were very close, but as Caitlin entered adolescence, the relationship changed and Caitlin feels very guilty for abandoning her sister at a time when she really needed support. She then discovers that she can go back in time and change what happened so the outcomes for all of them would be better.
Communicating through thoughts and feeling, she first returns to 1979 and tries to redo the damage, hoping that the outcome will be different. She succeeds in making the outcome different, but the ending is not satisfactory. So, she tries again.
Making contact with an Indian swami, she learns how to meditate in such a way that she is better able to understand what she can do to help her mother and sister, as well as herself, and how to do it. This time, the ending is more satisfying. She and her family get to do things they missed the first time, like going to Woodstock. She learns, when she is dying of cancer, how much easier it is to learn what is really important if she doesn’t focus on material items.
We don’t learn what happens to fifty-five year old Caitlin but we do share in her journey to her new past.
Interesting observations:
“I never knew love could be this way. Before I got sick, love was only something to make me feel good. Boys or men would make me feel wanted, or give me a tingle; it wasn’t about something flowing from me to another person. It was all about what was coming to me.”
“There is no success and no failure–not really. There is only progress....In America, we are trained to avoid failure. We are punished for failure.”
Her mother was a Democrat. When she became wealthier, she became a Republican.
“You must find a way to use the things of this world without feeling that you own them. It is the sense of owning that brings worry.”
Swami: “Their minds corrupted my words.”
If we could relive our lives, what would we do differently based on what we did and learned the first time around? TIME BRANCHES opens up readers minds to different ways of examining their own lives and what changes could be beneficial. You don’t have to be dying to follow the suggestions. It displays how meditation can be useful in making decisions. It is well-written and quite understandable.… (mais)
“‘Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul, there is no such thing as separation.’ Rumi”
Many people feel that someone they love is watching over them after that person has died. In BEYOND A VEIL, Ron Frazer explores the idea of what happens in those situations. We see the world through the eyes of the deceased person and gain insight into how to react to a person in mourning and what is important in life.
When eight-year-old Sophia Sashinian disappears after going to spend the night at the home of a girlfriend, her parents, Lori and Max, are, of course, frantic. They quickly blame each other: Lori because she spends longs hours at her law firm; Max because he holes up in their home writing not very successful books instead of paying more attention to their daughter and earning more money. The possibility of divorce looms large.
Long before her parents or the police learn it, the readers find out that Sophia has been murdered, by whom, and why. Her perspective of her parents, her life, and her death are very different than theirs. She also can see and express things she wasn’t able to do while she was alive. Her spirit, guided by Marjorie, a great-grandmother she never knew, discovers that she now has the ability to help her parents find solace through their dreams. That gift proves extremely useful since Lori soon learns that she has an inoperable brain disorder that will lead to her death within a few years. Since she had a higher income than Max, her illness will increase the stress on the family. During that time, she will gradually lose control, first of her words and, eventually, of her body. Marjorie tells Sophia, “We don’t have to make the illness go away; we just have to give her love when she needs it.”
Working with the Shahinians to find Sophie is Detective Madalyn Vickery. “She lost her mother a few months before Sophia went missing, so she knows that excessive sympathy can sometimes increase the sorrow rather than lighten it.”
Marjorie guides Sophia with her many insights as Sophia adjusts to her new environment and abilities, especially her ability to continue to communicate with Lori.
“[Joy is] like love and happiness at the same time. But it’s love without any attachment and happiness with no fear of ending it.
“As we get older, we lose everything. That’s true for everyone. If we want to be happy while everything is falling away, we have to attach out heart to something that doesn’t change.”
“People in a body put too much emphasis on physical discomfort and death.”
BEYOND A VEIL states, “Religion is big business.” It offers a perspective on how and why it originated and what the results have been. Fear is a big motivator in religion, but Marjorie states “Love is a better motivation than fear.”
People have different opinions, or none at all, about what happens after death. BEYOND A VEIL offers one comforting perspective but also serves as a guide about making the most of our days on Earth. It is well-written, easy-to-read, and offers much to think about.
I was asked to read and critique an earlier draft of this book by the author, whom I did not know at the time.… (mais)
Many people feel that someone they love is watching over them after that person has died. In BEYOND A VEIL, Ron Frazer explores the idea of what happens in those situations. We see the world through the eyes of the deceased person and gain insight into how to react to a person in mourning and what is important in life.
When eight-year-old Sophia Sashinian disappears after going to spend the night at the home of a girlfriend, her parents, Lori and Max, are, of course, frantic. They quickly blame each other: Lori because she spends longs hours at her law firm; Max because he holes up in their home writing not very successful books instead of paying more attention to their daughter and earning more money. The possibility of divorce looms large.
Long before her parents or the police learn it, the readers find out that Sophia has been murdered, by whom, and why. Her perspective of her parents, her life, and her death are very different than theirs. She also can see and express things she wasn’t able to do while she was alive. Her spirit, guided by Marjorie, a great-grandmother she never knew, discovers that she now has the ability to help her parents find solace through their dreams. That gift proves extremely useful since Lori soon learns that she has an inoperable brain disorder that will lead to her death within a few years. Since she had a higher income than Max, her illness will increase the stress on the family. During that time, she will gradually lose control, first of her words and, eventually, of her body. Marjorie tells Sophia, “We don’t have to make the illness go away; we just have to give her love when she needs it.”
Working with the Shahinians to find Sophie is Detective Madalyn Vickery. “She lost her mother a few months before Sophia went missing, so she knows that excessive sympathy can sometimes increase the sorrow rather than lighten it.”
Marjorie guides Sophia with her many insights as Sophia adjusts to her new environment and abilities, especially her ability to continue to communicate with Lori.
“[Joy is] like love and happiness at the same time. But it’s love without any attachment and happiness with no fear of ending it.
“As we get older, we lose everything. That’s true for everyone. If we want to be happy while everything is falling away, we have to attach out heart to something that doesn’t change.”
“People in a body put too much emphasis on physical discomfort and death.”
BEYOND A VEIL states, “Religion is big business.” It offers a perspective on how and why it originated and what the results have been. Fear is a big motivator in religion, but Marjorie states “Love is a better motivation than fear.”
People have different opinions, or none at all, about what happens after death. BEYOND A VEIL offers one comforting perspective but also serves as a guide about making the most of our days on Earth. It is well-written, easy-to-read, and offers much to think about.
I was asked to read and critique an earlier draft of this book by the author, whom I did not know at the time.… (mais)
Estatísticas
- Obras
- 7
- Membros
- 10
- Popularidade
- #908,816
- Avaliação
- 4.8
- Resenhas
- 3
- ISBNs
- 10
Morgan began spending more and more time with some of the neighbors, usually the families of his friends. Even though they were very poor and had families of their own, the mothers would often let him eat his meals with them and, sometimes, sleep at their homes. Some merchants would give him food.
School, though, was a different story. Some of the children were from wealthier homes and he was teased and bullied. One day, he cut the sleeve off a shirt to wear as a sock. Some of the students began mocking him. One of the teachers was perceptive and turned it into something positive. “By the afternoon, The students had grown tired of joking about the sock, so they left Morgan alone. But Morgan had not let it go; he continued to think of ways to get back at them- ways that he would never put into action.
Morgan decided to not go to school but to find a way to earn some money. He asked Alden, a fisherman, if he could work for him. It started out part time but turned into a long-lasting, beneficial relationship. Alden gained a good worker and Morgan learned a skill, developed bodily strength as he did.
Alden provided the guidance that Morgan had lacked since the death of his mother. At one point he explained, “The little water not afraid because he don’t think of hisself separate from the sea. Anything that worrying you, man is because you think you is separate. You is part of de sea just like these drops. You is part of Granada just like mountain...You and me, boy, we part of de sea, we part of de rock, we de same spirit, too. Whatever you thinking about, it trouble you because you think you separate–you weak. But you strong, boy, like mountain, like sea.”
When he was eighteen years old, he overheard two Rastafarian men talking about their beliefs and political complaints. Morgan was very interested in what they said. He also saw that they were very dark skinned, like he was, and followed them to their camp.
While there, he also found that some of the younger women were attracted to him, not just teasing him to be mean. While he was used to women going topless, full nudity was a new and stimulating experience.
Later on, a surprise changes his life in a very unusual way.
A HANDFUL OF SEAWATER is a description of life on Grenada where the people are realistic about what they have and what they can do. I was surprised, though, that none of the families stepped up to take Morgan in after his mother’s death or even tell him what had happened. It’s well written and informative. The end of the book tells what the future held for Morgan.… (mais)