Falls the Apple

The Family O'Connor

At 45, Liam O’Connor’s in the family way. A man befuddled by women and afraid of commitment, he seems an unlikely candidate for his first real relationship, and even more unlikely as a first-time father—but here he is.  You might say it’s Liam’s rebirth moment, but he’s breech.  Falls the Apple—The Family O’Connor is a twenty-year saga, a wild ride punctuated by Liam’s relationship with that baby aptly named Maeve (“she who intoxicates” or “she who rules”), as she grows into a precocious, headstrong young woman who stands toe to toe with her father and gives as good as she gets.

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But Falls the Apple is far more than just a father-daughter tale.  It plumbs the depths of family identity, including the tug and pull of biological versus chosen relationships, and the intersection of business and friendship in day-to-day life and in the crises that inevitably interrupt our lives.   

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Liam's Lady 

A riotously funny postmodern novel.

Liam O’Connor doesn’t know what hit him.  It’s 1992, and his life’s sideways.  Six years since his debut novel became a bestseller, five since he bailed New York for small town Wisconsin, he has yet to produce a follow-up.  At forty-three, alone and befuddled, he hides his neuroses and insecurities behind a blustery façade that fools no one.  Commitment-averse, he’s dated and left every divorcée in town. Then he meets Sylvia—a beer-loving, tattooed railroad worker, and she seems the perfect antidote.

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So why not take a flyer on her?  He met her at a nice dinner party.  What could possibly go wrong?