Sol Bable chases his desire through Jamaica in a romance that leads to mysticism and revelation before he settles down with his wife. But money and glamour combine with a baseball strike spinning the New York Heroes catcher dizzy enough to cheat on his wife and be caught by his entire family. What evolves is a novel that breeds a love meant to confound the human spirit, until Sol discovers his universal human bond in a robust outburst of passion the illuminates right from wrong.
About The Author
Ira Eisenstadt received his BA from the University of Michigan and both his MBA and MAT from the University of St. Thomas. He is both a businessman and teacher having once been a software analyst. He earned a Hopwood Award for a collection of his short fiction. Mr. Eisenstadt is a native and current resident of Minneapolis, MN.
Reviews
Reviewed by Beverly Pechin for Reader Views
The Wedding Song is simply a book of ˜many colors, combining the worlds of baseball, romance, and suspense all into one neatly authored story. Ira Eisenstadt somehow manages to grab the attention of every reading preference imaginable. A story of a baseball catcher who wants it all, somehow gets caught up in the strange and bazaar world he finds in Jamaica during the off-season,Catcher, Sol Bable, finds himself intrigued with Mas Afrikani, an ancient Jamaican phenomenon that his friend and bellhop, Wooly introduces him to. Will this strange underworld culture change Sol Bable's entire life? Will he risk losing everything he has worked so hard to achieve, including his own marriage? The strange and intriguing cult like forces involved, pull Sol deeper and deeper into a world of unknown, offering him temptations that he may eventually fall to. Will his wife Fannie ever understand and figure out the stranger that comes home to her? An intriguing, edge of your seat story, that combines thrills and romance, with a touch of America's favorite past time. Just when you think you know what's about to happen, the author achieves another climaxing point in the story that changes everything. Eisenstadt will keep you guessing to the end if catcher Sol Bable will ever obtain the peace he's looking for or how he will do it. Simply an amazing piece of literature that can hold face against even some of the best tales known to man,combining the tale of human lust for success and happiness with the reality of the price man pays to find both.
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The Wedding Song
Ira Eisenstadt
Melody Hill Press
ISBN: 0-9785814-0-7
256 pages
www.mymelodyhillpress.com
When first introduced to Sol Bable, the main character in The Wedding Song by Ira Eisenstadt, Sol's sense comes through as he attends an opera with his wife Fannie of twenty years. He sits in a box beside her, watching more than listening, and whispering inappropriate comments that Fannie finds embarrassing. Unimpressed by class, he had always been driven by greed, recognition, and foolish pride. His journey from the dirt of the minor leagues to twenty-odd seasons as the starting catcher for the New York Heroes had proven to feed such worldliness as well as his ego. To this reviewer, as well as Fannie, Sol appeared to be a little boy who couldn't bear the thought of growing up, even when his body was showing obvious signs of aging.
The author backtracks, following Sol as a single man from New York to Jamaica as he seeks to fulfill his desires. Although he needed and wanted Fannie in his life, he becomes obsessed with Celeste while in Jamaica, an obsession that leads to his involvement in voodoo and mystical experiences. A dangerous search ultimately takes him to the top of a mountain where he learns a simple lesson that had escaped him because of his burning passion for Celeste a passion that smothered all reasoning. After this, he returns home and marries Fannie his greatest fan who tries to be all things to him. They eventually have two sons whom he loves; however, nothing makes him stop living his past successes, dreaming about the excitement of extra innings, and engaging in grandiose endeavors that keep him in the limelight.
Women found Sol attractive, and he tells himself that no man would toss these gorgeous ladies out of bed for eating crackers. It is with prideful arrogance that he declares to himself that that he will always be in control; he knows when and how to end an affair. He would never again be suckered by another Celeste.
Indeed, it would take a special type of woman to turn Sol's head, and Melody Leg, who rocked her body with a familiar shimmy, exactly fit this description. And so he cheated; however, there were dire consequences his two sons and wife walked into the hotel room and found him with Melody. And Sol's life changed! At last the Hero was able to surrender his false pride and learn the difference between delusion and reality. And if he wanted his family back he would have to speak words of truth, using this new knowledge.
The writing style, unique presentation, and character descriptions are exceptional in this unusual story of adventure and romance. In my opinion there are many philosophical lessons to ponder as we travel with Sol through his journey to reality. As a former publisher, I appreciated the uniqueness of the design and layout of the book, especially the chapter headings which, in a sense, could very well summarize the story of any individuals life. They are: Anthem, First Pitch, Last Strike and Scorecard.
Bettie Corbin Tucker
For IP Book Reviewers
"SUBJECT: Absorbing fiction reflecting a widespread social situation, as Sol
Bable partakes of the fruit of Jamaican voodoo and 'voodoo lady' romance.
The realistic storyline also propels the reader into the baseball world with
the themes of success, marriage, infidelity, and the healing cost of truth.
The author is a teacher and businessman with a BA, MBA, and MA. NOTEWORTHY:
The storyline, replete with metaphors and [lyric] prose, transmutes into a
living experience within the reader's mind in the tradition of 'Moby Dick'
and 'The Natural.' Although a passionate and thrilling adventure, the work
also springs to life due to distinctive presentation, style, and character
portrayal."
- Recommended and Reviewed in The MindQuest Review by Lightword
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