The Silk Swan

By Sheldon Friedman

Book Overview

Published by CUSTOM BOOK PUBLICATIONS CLASSIC imprint The Silk Swan continues the exciting adventures and life-styles of Travis Kane, his family and friends after World War II. This novel focuses on the coming of age issues of their children, their heartbreaks, tragedies, passions, joys and what it was like to live during the latter part of The Cold War years. New York, London and Paris have never been more exciting and adventurous. Filled with romance, suspense, racial tensions, family dynamics, sexual tension and political intrigue, the Kane chronicles will remain in your memory long after you read the final pages. ... ALSO by this AUTHOR ... THE SATIN SASH After the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor in 1941, American lives change dramatically. The Satin Sash continues the breathtaking lives of Travis Kane, Lindsay Wayne and Jean-Paul Renault with all the inherent dangers of the French Resistance, President Roosevelt's live or die missions, and death defying action when German spies secretly enter the US through its ports. A wedding reception and the lives of Travis Kane and his family are thrown into chaos as America enters World War II. The Satin Sash is set against the explosive backgrounds of New York, France, London and Ireland. Travis Kane becomes President Roosevelt's tool in bringing one of the world's most famous paintings to New York. Racial tensions surface. A famous black activist enters politics and an actress makes choices in the face of heartbreaking tragedy. A public enemy serves his country in wartime and a black artist becomes famous. When a baby is born the future shows promise. With tension, suspense and surprising plot twists, we continue to follow the lives of the people we loved in The Velvet Prison. THE VELVET PRISON Against the pulsating backdrop of a New York City in social and economic change, young Travis Kane struggles with his passion to become a painter and the conservative demands of his strict grandfather, Barclay Kane. His mother, unable to come to terms with tragedy, has taken Travis's infant sister Lindsay, and leaves their house in Gramercy Park. Travis is abandoned and raised by the grandfather he adores. Travis has a unique idea that will change his life, leading him on an exciting journey, meeting Manhattan's privileged, studying art in Paris and, finding his way to Broadway. Meanwhile Lindsay's mother has a secret and a passion. Her daughter must become a famous stage actress. When Lindsay and Travis's worlds collide ... their lives are never the same again.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 172204358X
• ISBN13: 9781722043582
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"