Contemporary/Literary
Date Published: 6.27.19
Publisher: Black Rose Writing
“I don’t know how and I don’t know why, but I think I died today.” So begins the complex and mysterious journey of Gavin Goode and his family. What happened to Gavin and why? What secrets will emerge along the way? Frankie, his wife and a dress store owner, feels guilty, but why? His son, Ryan, who owns an ice cream parlor, and daughter-in-law, Jenna, who is a bank manager, are expecting their first baby. How will this trauma affect them? And what of Rosemary, Frankie’s best friend? Or Ben Hillman and eleven-year-old, Christopher? How are they implicated in the events that unfold around Gavin’s misfortune? This is a story of despair and hope, dreams and reality, uncertainty and faith, humor, secrecy, forgiveness and beginnings.
David B. Seaburn’s first novel, Darkness is as Light, was published in 2005. He followed with Pumpkin Hill (2007), Charlie No Face (2011), a Finalist for the National Indie Excellence Award in General Fiction, Chimney Bluffs (2012), More More Time (2015), and Parrot Talk (2017), which placed second in the TAZ Awards for Fiction (2017) and was short listed for the Somerset Award (2018). Seaburn’s upcoming novel, Gavin Goode, will be released in June 2019.
Seaburn is a retired marriage and family therapist, psychologist and Presbyterian minister who lives in Spencerport, NY with his wife, Bonnie. They have two daughters who are married and three wonderful grandchildren. After serving a rural parish for six years, Seaburn entered the mental health field. He was an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Family Medicine at the University of Rochester Medical Center for nearly twenty years. There he was Director of the Family Therapy Training Program (Psychiatry) and Coordinator of the Psychosocial Medicine Rotation (Family Medicine). He also taught, practiced and conducted research. He published over sixty academic articles and two books. In 2005, Seaburn left the Medical Center to become Director of the Family Support Center in the Spencerport Central School District, a free counseling center for students and their families. Seaburn is currently a writing instructor at Writers and Books in Rochester, NY.
Visit his website at www.davidbseaburn.com.
Read his Psychology Today magazine blog at https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/going-out-not-knowing.
Contact Links
Barnes and Noble
August 2 - Stephanie's Book Reviews - Spotlight
August 3 - The Avid Reader - Interview
August 4 - Valerie Ullmer - Excerpt
August 5 - Nana's Book Reviews - Spotlight
August 6 - A Life Through Books - Interview
August 7 - Book Reviews by Virginia Lee - Spotlight
August 8 - Alyssa Faye Blog - Interview
August 9 - Tea Time and Books - Spotlight
August 10 - Momma Says to Read or Not to Read - Spotlight
August 12 - The Bookworm Lodge - Spotlight
August 13 - Momma and Her Stories - Excerpt
August 14 - T's Stuff - Spotlight
August 15 - Truly Trendy - Review
August 16 - Silver Dagger Scriptorium - Spotlight
August 17 - Voluptuous Book Diva - Spotlight
August 19 - Beach Bound Books - Spotlight
August 20 - Novel News Network - Review
August 21 - Dina Rae Writes Stuff - Spotlight
August 22 - Texas Book Nook - Review
August 23 - Amy's Blog - Spotlight
August 24 - Book Junkiez - Excerpt
August 26 - The Indie Express - Review
August 27 - Crossroads Reviews - Spotlight
August 28 - Jazzy's Book Reviews - Excerpt
August 29 - On a Reading Bender - Review
August 30 - Sylv.net - Spotlight
August 31 - RABT Reviews - Wrap Up
I like the cover
ReplyDeleteThanks, Gwendolyn, I think you’d enjoy the story.
ReplyDeleteDave Seaburn
Thanks, Rita, I think you'd like it. Hope you get a chance to read it.
ReplyDeleteDave Seaburn
Everything and I would love to read your book.
ReplyDeleteHi Bridgett: I'm glad you're intrigued. I hope you get a chance to read Gavin Goode. I think you'd like it.
ReplyDeleteDave Seaburn
This sounds like an interesting book
ReplyDeleteThanks, Marisela! I hope you get a chance to read it. I think you’d like it.
ReplyDeleteDave Seaburn