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    Two Passions
    Two Passions
    Two Passions
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    Two Passions

    By Ted Reynolds

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    A compassionate priest and a murderer on Death Row exchange identities. Both must deal with the other's body, memories and desires. Each must make a final decision, and face a final fate . . . but whose? And who . . . or what . . . is in control? This book is not only intended to terrify, but also to raise serious questions about the deeper nature of human identity.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTed Reynolds
    Release dateOct 14, 2013
    ISBN9781301612680
    Two Passions
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    Ted Reynolds

    I live in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with a teen-age daughter and son (with all the admiration and despair that entails) and one fat cat and one sweet cat. And a perfectly satisfactory wife. They all tolerate me. I have a scruffy beard, a bad right foot, and much too easygoing a nature for my own good. It wasn't always so leisurely. I've climbed a twelve-thousand-foot-high mountain twice. I navigated a small sailboat around the world, and saw Bora-Bora, Bali, and the Galapagos before they got globalized. I swam in 6 Seas, trod 50 oceanic islands, went through several typhoons. I was pulled over by the Coast Guard for trespass in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. I got questioned by the Stasi on the wrong side of The Wall, and then crossed the Soviet Union on the Trans-Siberian Railroad on a protest mission. I’ve been charged by a rhinoceros and bitten by a badger. Then I turned 25 and had to settle down and get a job. In my spare time I stubbornly wrote stories about cruising the galaxy and a novel about killing God but all that paid zilch. Still, I've somehow earned my living, seen amazing sunrises and sunsets, known amazing people, and raised amazing kids. Lately I retired and things got dull, so I’m writing again. Wish me luck.

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