Forget Cremation~~New Author Suggests Freeze-Drying Dead Loved Ones~~Taxidermy Style
Why is it acceptable to have our deceased animals preserved for display, but not our loved ones? Author Joy Lee Rutter asked this very question before writing her first book ‘A Disturbing Presence’.
Although fiction, with light horror, lots of humor, and mystery, it still
raises the question: If we are willing to have an urn containing the ashes why
not display their embalmed remains sitting in their favorite chair for eternity.
An urn, sitting on the mantle with ashes and small bits of crushed bone seems a
tad macabre, when you really think about it. What is the sentimentality in this
strange practice?
A Disturbing Presence Synopsis:
A Disturbing
Presence is a touch of horror, mystery, and dark comedy, all rolled up in one.
The man sat majestically in the antique chair, his green piercing eyes, staring
into a void. His hideous grimace mocked her, the expressionless resin-coated
mask, revealing nothing about the man, or his life. Why had he become
indifferent after their first year of marriage? What were the motives behind his
bizarre death wish? While the house pets wreaked havoc against the lifeless form
of Eric McDuggal, his widow remained in a self-imposed limbo, reluctant to find
the answers. The disturbing presence of her embalmed husband caused Leanna
McDuggal’s life to collapse into nightmares, apathy and detachment from her best
friend. An unlikely friendship between the taxidermist and the widow developed;
little did they know that his probing into McDuggal’s background would lead to
the discovery of a shocking childhood trauma, never revealed until after his
death…
Author Bio:
Joy Lee Rutter moved to New Hampshire from
Florida in September of 1996. During her adjustment period to a new environment,
she began keeping a journal on her very first evening in Ossipee. Eventually, it
led her into “tongue-in-cheek” humor essays and the rest is history. She could
not stop writing. Many of her essays have appeared on her websites.
After
acclimatizing to the severe changes in seasons, she began kayaking in the summer
and snowshoeing in the winter; writing has been an on again, off again
passion.
Non-fiction being her preference, a novel
was never in her plans. However, she began A Disturbing Presence on an impulse.
She wondered, ‘What would happen if a person was preserved or freeze-dried and
then returned to his home after death? How would this affect his next-of-kin?’
Joy Lee wrote the book with humor, sensitivity, emotion, and of course, the
unexpected revelation at the end.
Her day job as a Rehabilitation Specialist
in a traumatic brain injury facility is the basis for her next book, already
26,000 words strong. Besides her job, her writing, and promoting her second
book, Joy Lee keeps busy with her husband, two teenage sons, and her cat Mugzi.
Title: A Disturbing Presence
Author: Joy Rutter
Publication Date:
July 2003
Publisher: PublishAmerica, Incorporated
ISBN:
1-4137-0113-2
Item Status: Active Record
Binding Format: Soft
Cover
Pages: 232
Price: $19.95 Retail (Publisher)
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Source : http://www.prweb.com/releases/2003/11/prweb87388.htm