Father to the Man - Paperback

by Barbara J. Olexer (Author)

There's an old adage that says, "the boy is father to the man." If that's true, then Keith Kovacek was fathered by two boys, himself and his identical twin, Kurt. The boys are about to graduate from high school as the story opens. Life in their small Oregon town is good and their place in the middle class is secure. The boys look eagerly forward to whatever the future has in store for them, confident of their ability to meet any contingency. Disaster strikes when Kurt is killed in an accident as he and his pregnant sweetheart are on their way to be married. Keith is unwilling for his brother's child to be aborted or born a bastard: Thus begins Keith's journey to manhood.

Author Biography

Barbara J. Olexer was born in Klamath Falls and is a fourth-generation Oregonian. Her formative years were spent in small towns --Tulelake, California, Ashland, Oregon, and a logging camp called Wetmore (Camp 5) in Wheeler County, Oregon. She went to high school in Fossil and Tulelake. Barbara's life has been a tapestry of changes as she has lived and worked in small Oregon towns and some of the country's biggest cities, such as San Francisco, Hollywood, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C. She has written more than twenty novels, nonfiction books, and screenplays. She has been a dental assistant, housewife, farmer (near Malin, Oregon), receptionist, secretary, writer, and publisher. After many years working for a nonprofit organization in Washington, D.C., she has joyfully returned to the Northwest, where her children and grandchildren live. She and her husband reside in Milwaukie, Oregon, with their two cats.