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Gary Feinstein
ALLi Author Member
Location: United States of America (the)
Genres: Young Adult (YA)
Skills: Reading/Literary Event, Press/Media Interview
My career has always been in science related fields, but four years ago, inspired by a Covid road trip to Montana, a story started taking shape in my mind. Back home, I hunkered down with my family and learned that baking sourdough was a wonderful thing. I started writing and never looked back. The result is my debut YA novel, Under the Family Tree. I was born in NYC and have lived all over the northeast. Currently, I reside with my wife in Haddam CT, near the 400 mile Connecticut River.
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Under the Family Tree
Before:
Living with a single mother who receives annual Christmas cards from the bartenders in town, high school sophomore Dakota Lodi is used to a bumpy ride in life. To cope, she retreats into her own universe. Dakotaworld. A place where you keep a low profile, obsess over your awesome music playlists, or hang out with your only friend, Rosie Peña. Sure, she makes a series of bad choices that gets her into trouble at school, but she can deal with that. Until her mother is sentenced to four years in prison on drug charges, and her world is shattered.
After:
Forced to live with her estranged grandmother, Dakota decides to search for the father she’s never known. With the help of Rosie, they track down her mother’s old friends, but most of them aren’t too stoked about reliving the past, especially when the girls unearth a cold-case homicide. Dakota suspects the case is related to her fathers story, but to learn the truth, she’ll have to keep digging. She’ll have to be smart, and think twice before doing anything reckless. She’ll have to become a new version of herself.
Note: This book is scheduled to be published through Amazon KDP and Ingram Spark in November 2024