Bøker av Allan Ishmael Young

NIGHTINGALE OF THE MOUNTAIN FOLDby Allan YoungMolly Hilton, pious forty-something widow, is attending her favorite activity, a singing convention of all-religious songs. Suddenly feeling the call to try singing, she, and the world, discover that she has a beautiful soprano voice. That voice leads her from her simple country life into the many intrigues of the business of religion, church organizations, and religious crusades. Meet the people who influence her the most, plus those church leaders whom attempt to control and exploit her talent for their own financial gain. But her piety helps her survive being thrust into a world she never knew existed; and a late-life romance fills her heart with love.

TWO NOVELLASby Allan Ishmael YoungTHE HEAD ROCK CHALLENGELord, how I hate these people, kept running through his mind.Life seems to smite him at every turn. His personal as well as his professional life, are constantly full of insurmountable problems. His inherent dislike of family members and potential friends slowly turns to hate. When eventually he comes to believe that he has found ways to conquer his difficulties, he makes his flight from the area in his own way.THE CROSSROADS STOREThis place has become my own personal Eden, he thought.He would tell you right up front that he is a sterile engineer. He's not an engineer that works on sterile projects, and he is not a super clean man. It means he cannot father children, can't get anybody pregnant. When the mumps "fell on him," as the old folks say, it settled in his testicles. It became both a blessing and a curse, starting with his first visit to "The Crossroads Store" when he met her.

Protectionism of parent thwarts lives of young coupleYoung boy might or might not be in love with Faye, but admires her greatly. Running in and out of each others lives for half a century, any permanent contact is discouraged by her domineering father. He, for some reason, does not approve of the boy, who tries hard to prove him wrong.Allan Ishmael Young, writer of books in all genres, specializes in complex situations which entertain the reader no end. This is his own memoir of his lifelong relationship with a particular girl.

APPALACHIAN ANTHOLOGY by Allan YoungThese 18 stories by Appalachian native Allan Young make up a microcosm of the tragedies and triumphs of life in his home mountains during the last century. Ranging all the way from a fifteen year old girl's aiding handicapped kids to life and death in the coal mines to various landmarks, professions and romances, these tales are reflections of the author's experiences on a day to day basis. The reader can readily see that the author writes from experience. If these vignettes are not true, they could be.

THE NEW REVEREND, by Allan Ishmael YoungYoung Reverend Lincoln Davis Hawk - an ex-soldier and ex-drunk with a shameful past, finds romance and rancor in the Bible Belt. He is now an ordained minister working among the needy and downtrodden, but not in a church - but is assigned, against his will, to return to the hometown he dislikes, to take over a problematical church. After meeting a host of characters, including the young and beautiful, but enigmatic church organist, and a self-styled "Preacher hater," he is startled to learn that all of his predecessors have died mysteriously. Now, not only must he provide spiritual guidance for his congregation, but he must also race against time to unravel all the mysteries before he becomes the next victim.

DOWN HOME GIRLSAllan Ishmael YoungNo matter where a boy grows up, he will be faced with knowing many girls. Some will bring types of pleasures he never dreamed of, and some will simply be pains in the butt, to be avoided.I always felt sorry for the girls. They were missing half the fun of being young. Of course, I guess their weapons were more subtle! And as time went on I was to find out just how subtle.I probably had plenty of opportunities for extreme closeness with more than one girl, but was either too naïve, too scared, or too stupid to take advantage of any such situations.

THE ST. CHARLES BARBER, by Allan Ishmael YoungWhen Minnie Mullins sold her deceased husband's barbershop to the personable young stranger, little did she realize the portent of his sudden appearance in her community. Not only would the old barbershop be brought back to life, but her business agreement with the new owner might spell out a death warrant on her own life. And she had little idea that his arrival would drastically change the life of her young friend Victoria. "He is either looking for something, or hiding from something," Minnie told Victoria the day after she met him. Both women were to be surprised and amazed at how accurate Minnie's guess would turn out to be. After long-hidden truths were revealed, because of his arrival, the little town would never be the same again.