Local author Announces release of his 2nd novel...

Mike Bernard lives in Medfield with his wife Michele. He is a graduate of Providence College and Boston College High School. He spends summers on the beaches of Cape Cod and winters roaming the aisles of Home Depot!

Mike is the founder of ChathamPoint Group, an executive search firm outside Boston. His ‘midlife crisis’ writing career began when his children and his money went off to college - checks made out to Loyola University Maryland (x2) and Assumption College respectively. Mike’s work has placed in the NICHOLL FELLOWSHIP, BLUECAT, FINAL DRAFT Big Break and PAGE International screenplay competitions. Three of his screenplays were optioned and under development with production companies.

"I'm excited to announce the release of my second novel CROSSING GUARDS - Dedicated to the men and women who proudly serve in uniform: Nurses and Soldiers."

A synopsis of CROSSING GUARDS:

Megan Hayes is a hospice nurse from the tough, blue-collar streets of South Boston. Haunted by the memory of her mother dying in an empty house, Megan vows to never let a patient die alone. But with her Irish temper and bad dating record, Megan fears she may never find love, and will
ultimately end up alone herself. Living with her father doesn't help.

Jackie Boy Hayes, USMC (Ret.), is a 68 year old, fitness-crazed former US Marine. Check that - no such thing as a former Marine. He IS a Marine! Jackie Boy spends his days seeking new and interesting ways to exercise, and finds an unlikely recruit in a lonesome, overweight teenager. When Megan falls for a patient's son, she will uncover shocking revelations and learn that there is more to life than waiting for it to end.

CROSSING GUARDS is an uplifting story about finding love and friendship in unlikely places, reminding us to keep our hearts open and soldier on. Semper Fi

Megan and Jackie Boy were inspired by my Snyder Rd neighbors (and fellow Medfielders)
Don Hayes (USMC Ret) and Amanda Carnes (Childrens Hospital RN)

"My debut novel A FISHERMANS VIEW was released last Spring and has received great feedback. The story was partially inspired by a colorful obituary I read in the Boston Globe."

A synopsis of A FISHERMAN'S VIEW:

After their mother’s death, colorful Irish patriarch Michaleen Fitzgerald gives his estranged children three plastic baggies – RED, GREEN, YELLOW - to scatter her ashes at specific locations. The symbolism is not lost on them. Theresa is the angry one, Richard is materialistic, and Fiona
is crippled with anxieties. But they’re wrong. The colors represent something else entirely, and the journey to dispose the ashes and find their true meanings and destinations has just begun. With dark but tender humor, Michaleen helps his children take a different view of
life, hoping they'll grab it by the lapels and swing it back onto the dance floor, but each child is harboring complicated feelings and secrets that threaten to tear their family apart. A FISHERMAN'S VIEW is a deeply emotional story of reconciliation and a celebration of family;
how people who were raised so close can be so far apart without truly knowing it.

Both books are available on Amazon, and at the Medfield Public Library and the Westwood Public Library.