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Deeper than the Ocean a novel by Victor J. Treutel
Many thanks to my friend Mark Starnes for writing the music, lyrics, and recording the song Deeper than the Ocean. The lyrics were composed from the poem at the end of the novel.Victor
Christian, a young white man saved from racial tension as a boy by his mystic, black nanny Marisa, is taught to live and protect the last secluded Florida beach and its inhabitants. Patricia is haunted and hunted by a jealous husband who must possess her. She longs for safety and seclusion in the simple beach life. Patty and Christian—one created by society, the other protected from it-—struggle with themselves, others, and nature. They search themselves and this land for loves and lives that are ...
SUMMER 2001
BESTSELLER AT THE PUBLISHER
"Victor J. Treutel should be commended for this wonderful tale.""...a beautiful ballad of poetic creation..."
