Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

The Tree of Lost Dreams
The Tree of Lost Dreams
The Tree of Lost Dreams
Ebook581 pages8 hours

The Tree of Lost Dreams

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars

()

Read preview

About this ebook

The Tree of Lost Dreams takes Johnny DaSilva and his Big Tree buddies from youths who lived out their fantasies of heroism high on the towering limbs of the Big Tree to the real world. While trying and failing to enter WW II because of their youth, they were greeted with the Korean War. Johnnys words Now we have our own war were received with some standing tall on their high limb while others deciding to instead abandon the heights and place their two feet squarely on the ground. Johnny, Righty, Scoff, Rhesus and others bought into Johnnys words, If we dont fight them there, we will fight them here.

The two young girls that were in love with Johnny, wealthy and popular Yelena, and poor and abused Bernadette, are now women. It took little time for the Big Tree gang to learn the great distance between the lofty fresh air of their beloved Tree to the lowly face in the muck, nearly impossible to breathe gasps of battlefield blood and barf. Johnny suffers the epitome of the wounds of the lower depths and the different directions it spirals him, Yelena and Bernadette into.

Hopefully you have read the Tree of Young Dreamers, Frank Sousas first novel of the Tree Trilogy. The third, the Tree of New Roots is underway.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherXlibris US
Release dateNov 22, 2014
ISBN9781499045826
The Tree of Lost Dreams
Author

Frank Sousa

Frank Sousa was born in Stoneham, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston. Married to his high school sweetheart, they live in a small Western Massachusetts town. His large family is everything to him and also includes English setters Chumley and Elmer and every stray, dropped-off waif on their country road. His college creative writing professor was Ted Hughes of The Hawk in the Rain, later poet laureate of Great Britain. Sylvia Plath of The Bell Jar was his great promoter in encouraging Frank, believing his writing was “wonderful,” although she confessed she did not understand it as he “wrote in American.”

Related authors

Related to The Tree of Lost Dreams

Related ebooks

General Fiction For You

View More

Related articles

Reviews for The Tree of Lost Dreams

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings

0 ratings0 reviews

What did you think?

Tap to rate

Review must be at least 10 words

    Book preview

    The Tree of Lost Dreams - Frank Sousa

    HQabook_preview_excerpt.html}ےƕ空=8ԍ-"CǬBVU$Xz??̼81/9{3T9gbL@"/5??8/nS!U7xջ*cTUUOjBMu nw@=w64a| +=X!Riղ8o,ahS˛n؂]7/ku$}_#C'?*4@42|Ͽl,Z&ɿ3~h&AG&<,cxs8ĸm81\ޔΓ8ӈCSqvu  _2F0jЅaնqeQ6KX7A~ iDhmdtq*ƪcbWb'ϵr{0zR CN* G)mAaW㈍NCxhrOxtZ~C]ȥ8δ:)!vQf.rH9o'tM>U>6!Zi^a7^OMN™^فe~7 w"z[eFh߶,|IwǶwmUʤ^9YxHcxӤܯ@#QD3β{_x/[)tmWilP{ƮgxIFVHҞD 9f=L"Gu;.#di0q]y g՛&{nZ~D ȧQa'QUL&>SBPijKVÂADo&S"ф_M]Y"xr˺\Q/v&Cx<^.!AU|w_X_|>ݟo"=mWn]rb=.3{ Ed V$ދЗe^m\=6d@DY(cHr Bpc&j=hL!ne$HGE:7Y~zd-akυ|3ˋ-l?ӕSC%*~4"g\5/@Ǎ,gWV葄/SEDPXPIqWqxu#=6dsT +7@n 9c*,;'U {rPnodMRE41.=B/*8{WW-e\}~+HsB͡@$ݣHwjj\}q|#xWoGYHp ۝]y,|G(?D1+7[,^AV- "~m ʣm; .|zgtL)$vjKD'S%oZl6Ǵ갮`߶Crx~""6o  !MV;uj05"aƩVU er.O&B7?Nl)!);Ee*]]d@df[t1mKIcb0S*z 8zXoB|#t2qVvrJc LQFgzZ/B!Gk̦ѽR1?vbr3K6P}wP [hH.bT۞+At(/$%iLيɋ`ꌲsq`gХJz.iAۈ?%(FVfJHt~R ";^)Ij_>\؊VjC"{@U]ywD38g&6y4>L.bf)aAbvO nSԪ8]_^LE6'(@C"s@'g {G|*$iT"T?T~9Ð`Eهi=dfb|w۝L<4/}L[E=@ ?Px Jbxpn9Pv:wGd_ЉFy>cRlɄك5^^nzAQdoV~&1Tr~ybQO)@&7hƚjZwf$[I$(nK'K X}d~0@S ~"btԁ|S}7xE Ss*});3d}F5pl0Nbދř67IN3Zd!M?~jk0T2(V872DO/k6qE3Om3:.sz2h? rl~s;f`oY|`QBFc@0J/s3/W}3B 6# n2˔N&h,i{kt=~9`9B:[6L7*OCQayCH w[Qw0IД!/,dScO J#9N@d05f)jv#g?V4zdПמWHc+^A>uM p٣;os`9 %[ѦNӣf| qw bL_<:$!'aG0&R9Uġɪq` {h7Ԃ7CaEܝpTdz` Sq擻 tWͰt( X:OAuS8dK^eEZjh^,63$zSQaQ)# "+y0Zt&8auO@zzUaKAH{'E:QFU;#P# hcIe` yᯑò(50WƷQMl㠳A H=yd'1*'j/Q_=ua'ԄA":`@#-K@,x t >SOtV"WXRD\oE%Wk! b!+M xplF=iM6Fg!,'K_}3\l\mhݎFl!YOL:d՛|usriq*,j&TFՋ3|ޜI94 Zq)HZj\3ZIHSa sHtV2oKmW#Ys&6ע ˌc6Щc滮ݦo/β9wBc) ^“{&-n!EN b޻s(W x>if`&h?iNg<3eT$%i d1 d=\qm,)K(a4ibDY˻F!HÛ4@åNyYFn^~[MNxY?j oSt.E޼VMTEob½1צUJd&,vfFYl=;E(l#E,_GT|ޞ PsF~jB/F6p%TgN\SJBZO!ڄ0DFe\#h)]jDHE k!w̖I.C[4m}#;bPObm] 00aJ|" n:N+x%٨قgCvw8 J.X Y a4mF[2~b\[}k_Fw0:I`J݄xVh빹dUNNr)ro-|4le4x'R9A  I B"s4!Y*f1^ۘTSTVmd~@_Cd8YL*N̽zta0XLSm=Nv4GTQl2Y[`HFtBDaB.gZMf3 ?,l^l0Yb"``"A3^ĒR,$t`7 亼2Қ5:]_&1٪ @]̎ІLLS#R-u&tK+*\Pu1+-5L>H!#mNFR 7WccUx)𑼥tsgbRm!iP؜`*Nyk( Hy [VaN! ڮ zJaCHtRamlP1vf#0G8L +1,o`'$x{ҴCԳ)*: Zzu_86Mko[PLY#X|ȩ~*<ۋUQ#n s]Fs_b  zʶW|hhɩ'lsg8f.92n?ќ 騹[La4V'8lmfG_5?,P/`&@=,%Q%"jQ)CnCXܗfZU~u6P?LAM4"9*P;gt6l5hnaOx.fĦy<\^ m Z 4~wCn B?iѲV)ՀԜki8|`Whj%fH f0&O$Nixx!cpOѭA"1P<) @A88Gxwj52MXHdCWf+kdoTuw_ TFExTE ,JdoɊo7;u7TAUnf*]9ShHcjpRԭ;pIwX7ށ98*T 1 .tUlp=k|Xv״tM"m_ dkRYHA$EUANT5/,&74hY;)PKZ<^PRSVwby$zN!IyPH;@'Q xf+fE$i9c;ME{ 6ZWU7p?)Bi/I\(2o;Eb#׳}i."x )kU@Ifڊ'\,3l@:YVZKG68FN!;ЎK=> 't03jݓ|j@9i$m(`%ll݉3({=T<@J!Ŀ)2QġN[&iEtSk´5~*p-ϯTr#<9Qu'{d!D6Ne4L~C\ TX2*zxdmLdyZ90I9@,]u[hٗ+"h!:IBkl`fG[J!{VL)/"w5"xh4':`>paEA7|4L&P.~Y;Zʵh0GDx)k-x.@&aYrN]>1_]aaƛAUJ#u dbSUT?}~Al'h.aƶf\! P[EK i.zUF%Vγ%a5`RO#CyBSJv*+}̹=YKxdzKy2"h{9G]q# `6pԸW1-Y@}j`Qq\Lxf/n`6µa$A =EHaJ}Ѻ׬J<v+ܴIXjV6 HLSs^tN(c5.Q24ₒ.'dtϪo@+ KsF"Wu՗ӯ\t{]mL]gN:6$aF;#P{|NV^2u.r7GI4{ uUfndFO՜zڴ,gZQ ndO!mBE1MZZ vlFU2^1ұamڅ![C r$l`+ҪSs{=2cOf7bJ$EOiZӢcmF2Gz";R/lG z؄I5t5?vޛG~tAv&$B:l2F9+Ho -F*ݸ\ 8EO\LE ~v#\֖6rA-`T u3]}l]a)~91-{L잓j0Pk.X%@82Qym/̩vcD0:=P)\Me4?۬\%z 5[x𳣛kGUghrڂ[H _~Q #el26\Sh\D(8z DNΑB9|#"d2Ҫ3es-S'W͝Gqli $r]e'~T'k7z eu_}ϙ/]5mot3 d<%Iv+4`}l@ǚsF#{!gU-pax,Gl E490 @݅`Ԙ!ͧ\BOc&y'n[)88g7][Qa4رAkS|\!=*MI ^KR:M̥3'5(OGl ;\i:אnO0Yl&Z僿+KjZoL͖vp/~QnV8֧;rX~lʄ@6LZipwkb7 Hg?#VJ`UedjhH$L,]¿'O`sҷOsVqϿ׭&Fxx=G^a.ղ0bE_ٵ}INL9w6Z^>O` oYtcW,Vůלob%JR* T͙,e L/.g./%:ʿ\ ]E|z5r TQ@TDݻ}scjE\.{Y1lN+IҢ{=lؐS{y?qLL#+0v)XE$˸LΤKQ9 >Yn:\g{>"8\k4/#][@tz<;V)'xtLmɎ[bkOV `<7S`-ϳ.ϊeVk0/I\ s'y]~[e0 k3qM=| $krFkES;xũ[F4nQ;'ξp~D&-jr|b'ZEƲc 4%( 6ղ΅{ChSnB ݄ŃCDRZ؝ kpԤ>6FiiwBDg,;T?6;zdy[--5J "P|\9ؤc|͔lw|0 '*r:/f^D|ўhŮpYwֱ鞗R_GLeB)wT/,Vo^2@`EIb1O"ba{X !sHhF4d8vv~ Jcޭ %^>k|iEĭyq kڳ&%NiNt_\djXH.*h(VkgBs-SP3(֯axOK_nX 85gav5ױQa4x!Eiɏ}^I}nw?>/ʑ/]&j)~ʁV96jJGӊ&uoo&)}!avW+bEEjZ M[m.'oN!OIYշewNӳ8PtSz\U!>?T0^>Lx8N]=eJ{)_ȴ¡[Aɗ]9z# ]qAbಛ@1sSʘ`%ԞeUWş.@ Ӹjk~rR}4x?Y2Bo?8B*-e.Ǣ1}~ :HT :w.}{U)%w1s9W+)ԗA7Dr~z(g͜Ŭ| |fGBY3>ˬ&a,BL<{T=spZE&;LVGZ`XCXd%ᖳlm9戰2#="ųp1ן,(qm26+Ľ[V䳱6%R@%j\x\ph-Xi8[),KÖἨO)?\e1.R6펚[6߽lV%AY۳i𙍑 \,R*~r}x &з2 ۛ,yhGgjXKs;5ڒI;B"ȃݶےL(-2 em Φͼ?4OL.其0VW[r7dv nkbVKEQ Nit4u#9,Q:naGﭦZN7n\͙ 9i1j-- wTo>G$xS} --! 墫՗\O/isP:.(/*p.-BWJ K/-)FUi e.[,;R=g9MDS4`WFYWyqՐgM踮N9`&yyuE%t^F~K|#/$sPhE0䗮yZsyX\RP>F+d|/z7Z[þ&gU%*m6s;*Z  ;ߛYu4xyU4ąޠQ}FE?Ǧ[6+J&`PX8+~$9IzNK@Vf"W :jCJ,\1}XRG20@3<'0^g3lw/b@)Sڤou%c,-onK.`Fg%̀f9uZzJ@ԍCˮ.hsվy|볕K(̄1F9{6+ƫh7kb6049_,q喵F'3岄-#iϐ ˮCWtyLJ]\p{- YxLՄma|VTuE4]J ׀+sFOCI.DZcp!27uŢ3/ Wι$ǁʚ7Cf|㖘"& +595!iRDB|h8 jbY+r'䗭glWjE4e(*"B.mAsyWBMxƍ;^777Ԁ-G-r˛d:wo<I x2e.L.澿ޤڍ=vqr j6jѓF-\qElβW6Z8lHި^(K:i wo vKSk)R͋+N|˫s-;MÙ4h4|e>[}U\ViW3.= U,"YX SJt9y al6kpU'nFFaʍmjr" }?9c)TϷR)ZWC'i1av.JNgv75G^I` h:wuh!|<HpXgI4L Mmd/ٝˍ,oK%\YnzZ->2`\ѽvK`U[^(U88^bHyy~)}w-AwFsiDsԿ80Cux\T 7)Dâ&guTVmK{|5|E *ZRn^bh\խgDFs~ʭsq~Yvn\YZzu goEU Ӊdi4ܢqyM))6׺]?J[\|^]=Dkkgή\җGgޚSDiPϷle2@ͬ)t}w?xF^Գ/f ih!`("Nt2nK߳9yf^^7K\+p6ayr%`RC_+wfl nۉ@o:yhiPL ɷ `|5VlLep\nʜ1FRKC}6&L 3{ h76= /)7h:2e02'I|\]p}! |%5i')4su#դ͸aU/~~3, r&b@v5ɮ\@EX&o 4*vǵz۪d^/P9Y z*tn\\wڴϋҤჷ䷻ؔ^rccX@o~ Xߞ.9Z{w ز MJdq潅ϰ *KAT[H& O"·:aoIP픴_*E ևb@> %rXah){mCO.=m9lN uRSn.g[rKy6~,uDlwYif B@]3L,bhĹK,NE⟆ ɧ(<~?j-60pQ" X샫:zy5O+Һe`-z]w=|GMv.SE3ڀ x 2>63fE4[ܻk!w?!Irn<\[$LakԉpN,~ZH!Dnu"raW}*l+~;;tryWF'[rWvy]=;W*hS9CEu?/%ҡVk#*B6Zw̷mzza,,.cfy-8S5bxqiRKoѫU2S .H[4!zCw+||x=*uF]w-Vz?+?D FLSu{w".qڢyNJ:v'{Dw`QNH!I!`r3Yn̒}׼trݕ9hˏ`EK3sPd8?ӧ]T.0XN9[rvD_h긋I 7vʗ"v .H09~b 4c:&^5QPl (+`MmbY? |߱)MR1X]9yy<5CEHIX6Qa33t,;wX4lWkzM pe?nJ3]X܈UK {y l.n!rt4|,=:[xZ^!єϷ, @a"\4+՛Oc:'k3o;bZwo!9f:[ZvΎt99^b^’zq85N;|x'v74@jZS+ְ"\Lk^v{"ޫzhEXq;+Hp?4~κ=Ѯ-_|!jَ׌/n킄R\FgƼNK>K^%:9gwk]f |.~4U 1$0YIxGUO'떣K{䳖 pz\Oe|X;;nIӜ~;bi"+=Äp{ nUݰ6/lAM/A&iVKjT)!E2̷Y[#=x1]\U*8~d~ DxvBR%%%ܖGwq/gmY`QùFSsqj;$[dg $o7\ʳjGkoV[ 74 (WGZ ?,˒#|@M+qJAS(ZVVJ!f_Ӂ27֯@3ymsE'kW]JJ?^_؝s -{ !$)Ј9ӌ%W0Fsx!˶[;B<}yi鑛k[t9#2qM ^b͜uj, sugL`RYd~?sw{̝|y*[( ,?YJNx(P՘QЊ8_R*!rS%Ӑ)`۴ FVhMxZ>3mó)ziÙY?*?,t*d}1B+u,stkm^qQ2>] ^0E]E|bR: ?~68+ 5Zq') w#.<.2=YKS~Pva ㅥzmae -Zji.`ٽ 3*2Z"zk_ @"kJP $.\M%f.(U"rn͙b6YZE]/m%DP8gGE5Z67'qή䚡f[VM IX:W`F=e={d>gCu9hy+=ߝ
    Enjoying the preview?
    Page 1 of 1