The Way of the Phoenix

About the Book

Is adultery always wrong?

Truly Reed and David Sanders could be your nice neighbors down the street who are in their fifties and are respected citizens. In 1984 they quietly leave their homes to drive in a RV to New Mexico. They are plunged into dramatic adventure. Didn’t you know that these two had had a long time affair under their spouses noses? And how did they nearly die out west in a remote river area, then become virtual prisoners of an enigmatic Indian?

“The Way of the Phoenix,” is a fictitious story about middle-aged people caught in unexpected and scary events. As the couple drive across the southern United States through changing and widening scenery, their conversations, visits with old friends, and flashbacks, develop the plot. The circumstances and conflicts that brought them together are revealed. At the New Mexico border they are engulfed in high action. Frightening incidents, doubts, and mystery follow before it all can be resolved. Readers will identify with Truly and David’s believable adventure in a strange environment, how they survive loss and find a deeper, more realistic love for their older years.

About the Author

Nancy Abercrombie lived many years in New England. Her poetry has been published in “The Newport Review,” “The Northeast Journal”, the Providence Sunday Journal newspaper in two feature articles, and in smaller, regional publications. currently she splits her life between Seattle, WA to be near her family and her summer home in Bristol, RI . Newer poems have been published in Seattle in “Poets West”. With a BFA degree from Rhode Island School of Design, and a Masters in Elementary Education from Lesley College, she has juggled being a wife, mother of three sons, a teacher, and for ten years was Supervisor of Election News for NBC in New Hampshire.