St. Andrew’s Parish Novel In Print

Last September local author Eugene Platt released an electronic book entitled St. Andrew’s Parish, a work of fiction based in 1950s West Ashley. Platt announced last week that on Wednesday, April 1, the book will become available for the first time in print through Amazon.com. For the print version, Platt has released a new chapter for the book.
After 24 years of sporadic effort, it’s more satisfying than I, an alleged wordsmith, can articulate,” says Platt.  “Among other things, there is a sense of release, simultaneously gratifying, and daunting, to be able now to begin working in earnest on my next collection of poems, Nuda Veritas, which I have promised my readers for next year.
“St. Andrew’s Parish is a coming-of-age novel that follows the lives of two boys, Bubba and Andy, from their boyhood shenanigans West of the Ashley to their journeys into maturity in the wider world.
Growing up during the idyllic 1950s in Charleston, the two friends have plenty of time to get into and out of mischief with the usual regularity. As they grow older and throughout many years of separate searches for their places in the world, Andy and Bubba’s friendship is the touchstone that sustains them as they diverge and reconnect at the vital intersections of their lives: love, loss, parenthood, self-discovery, doubt, and faith.
When the folly, sadness, and misfortune of their pasts threaten to derail their futures, Bubba and Andy find themselves in the eye of a hurricane — both literally and symbolically — with life-changing consequences.
Inner and outer landscapes clash in the fury of Hurricane Hugo’s rampaging destruction, tossing the friends amid a swirl of fear, hope, despair, and forgiveness. What they find there together will either seal their fates or set them free. Saint Andrew’s Parish is a tale of enduring friendship, of following dreams, and ultimately, of the timeless human search for redemption.
To purchase St. Andrew’s Parish, go to www.amazon.com.