Some of the themes you’ll find in Brief Candle, Splendid Torch by Elizabeth Marie Rolfe include:
- Uncertainty
- Adventure
- Faith
- Love
- Despair
- Aggression
- Closure
Brief Candle, Splendid Torch by Elizabeth Marie Rolfe is centered on a young man called Scott Whitmore, who plunges into his unknown future when he makes a sudden decision to leave his small hometown in the East and board the train to the big city of Vancouver, British Columbia.
The story is set in 1938 and the sharp, vivid imagery give the reader a taste of life as it was back then
As Scott’s adventure develops, the people who come into his life bring change and challenge, doubt and certainty. Love and joy lie ahead for this young man as he evolves and learns to come to terms with his past (his estranged father)
Follow Scott as he overcomes life’s obstacles on his journey toward love and faith. Will he acquire the life he desires?
Excerpt from Brief Candle, Splendid Torch by Elizabeth Marie Rolfe and edited by Leslie Sawchenko:
“Does he want to kill me?
In his drunken state, I’m sure he did! Intense pain engulfed my body, but the words he hurled at me struck even deeper and hurt more. “You’re to blame for it all,” he yelled, adding a long string of vulgar profanity. To blame for what? I didn’t know! Did I honestly deserve his acts of violence.
His anger was straight from the pit of hell hidden inside his tormented mind. What a mean, heartless man he was, and not once in my whole life, had I, or would I ever, be able to relate to him as father.
It was true, my father’s cruel intentions towards me pulled me down and under as surely as the undercurrent in the raging river water below. There wasn’t a chance I could live a normal life around him. I had to get away.
And it better be as far as the East is from the West! I not only feared and loathed him, but I was ashamed of him.
His reputation as the town drunk was known by all. Yet we did have one thing in common, didn’t we? The two of us hate each other’s guts! That was the plain truth of the matter.”
To find out more about the author, visit: https://www.amazon.ca/Elizabeth-M-Rolfe/dp/0995316600?
