Rob Grant has enjoyed a yearlong affair with Luisa, but he begins to suspect
that what they've shared is nearing an end. If his instincts are right, it means
his search for an enduring relationship and a surrogate mother for his two
teenage sons will continue. Twice divorced, his prospects look even dimmer
because he's cautious about commitment. But late in 1969, Rob runs into a
former sweetheart when they're both on business trips to Australia. Their
chance encounter blossoms into the prospect of a bright future with an
enchanting and lovable young woman. His sons remember her well and they
share in his affection. (Those who've read Deliberate Steps will be surprised
by her reappearance.) Unfortunately, the path ahead is anything but smooth.
Younger son, Greg, gets into drugs again, and then a potentially fatal health
issue looms. Adding to his woes, Rob also faces the possibility that his Wall
Street employer of just a few months may change direction and abolish his
department—and his job. But in the background is Kim, a lifelong friend of
Luisa's. She becomes a valued friend who offers Rob her support, and, over
time, her love. It Isn't Easy Being a Lion is an absorbing narrative that takes
readers into both the personal encounters of a memorable lead character in
pursuit of happiness and also the events and culture of late 1960s America
when the country itself underwent a search for identity. The saga continues,
and what unfolds is a sensitive, true to life picture of a man who, despite
personal setbacks and a broken heart, persists in his quest for fulfillment.
Sample Comments - It Isn't Easy Being a Lion
"Yesterday I finished "It Isn't Easy Being A Lion" and for the first time in a long,
long time, I cried while reading a book….I really look forward to the final book in
your trilogy."
(Florida reader)
"I just finished reading Book 2 and thoroughly enjoyed it! When is #3 out?
Beautiful!!!"
(Texas reader)
"I’m looking forward to reading # 3 at about Thanksgiving time. I'm finished with
# 2 and it makes you cry when you read about . . . " (Indiana reader)
"It Isn't Easy Being a Lion is the poignant story of Rob Grant's continuing search for
a soul mate and mother to his two sons. We were introduced to Rob in Deliberate
Steps, the first book in Gibson's trilogy. This second book tells of Robs sometimes
painful but always realistic quest. Although I still don't like Rob, once again I became
fully absorbed in the book and found it difficult to put it down. It's a great read and I
strongly recommend it. I'm hooked on this story." (Luxembourg reader)
Clarion Review (summation). The second book in the Rob Grant Trilogy features
a lead character in the process of finding a deeper sense of value. When efficiency
consultants shake the workplace into layoffs, and young Greg commits a desperate
act for attention, Rob responds with unexpected strength and shows human frailty as
well. The middle acts of trilogies are a shade more ominous or less comic, as this is.
It Isn't Easy Being A Lion has fewer excesses than its predecessor, Deliberate
Steps. It offers a more dynamic, more complete protagonist.
Book Two of the trilogy is available from Author House and both online
and local booksellers.
Book Two of the Rob Grant trilogy is available from
Author House, Amazon (see Search Inside),
B. Dalton, Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million, Borders,
Waldenbooks, and major independent bookstores.
A career-driven single father continues his search for a lasting
relationship, strives to meet his family's needs, and tries to sort out
where his career is headed as his life is thrown into disarray in Imprints,
the conclusion of the Rob Grant trilogy. By late 1970, everything has
gone wrong. The woman he'd have married is history, his younger son,
Greg, is three months into an extended drug treatment program, and the
Wall Street company Rob worked for has reorganized and eliminated a
number of corporate level management jobs. He's caught in the squeeze
and is now out of work. As the summer progresses, he finds that he's
been dumped into a very tight job market. The only offer he gets would
alter his career path. What should he do? Then into the new year, Rob's
older son, Mike, finds troubles of his own, and financial setbacks begin
to hound the Grant family. Before the year is out, Rob falls on hard
times and is forced to consider relocating from the home he loves in
Sheffield, Conn. to a less expensive area. Through it all, his companion,
Kim, offers him her love and steadfast support. Eventually, Rob's
outlook brightens. His income picture improves, and he's finally able to
go forward with long delayed plans to build a small lakeside retreat in
rural, central Mass. What follows are crossroads decisions that lead to
permanent changes in the path ahead. Before long, New England
beckons when Rob meets a gentle young woman who turns his head, and
he's also offered the chance to launch an entirely new career. The events,
as they come about, are timely since his love affair with New York has
lost its glow. At long last, the future shows promise when both his
romantic interests and his various professional involvements give his life
a fresh new meaning.
Sample Comments - Imprints
"Read your book on a trip to Ohio. It was wonderful! Rob still did some things
that I did not like, but in the end he did redeem himself!! All three books were
fantastic, and I would recommend this trilogy to anyone! Don't ever stop writing.
You have a special gift." (Connecticut reader)
"I finished reading book three and loved it...it's your best yet." (e-mail from Mexico)
"Just finished reading "Imprints" and it beats the first two books! It is a really finishing
touch for the trilogy. Rob sure had his quota of setbacks in his lifetime. But he finally
found a loving mate.... Brought tears to my eyes in several chapters." (e-mail from Texas)
"Just finished reading Imprints and it was outstanding!!! A very fitting
finish to the trilogy of the adventures of Rob Grant. Rob overcame a lot
of setbacks in his life but was able to overcome them and find a life-
mate who was such a big help to him. Everyone should read this
trilogy!!!" (Indiana reader)
Clarion Review (summation). How emblematic Rob Grant is of the optimistic but
muddled Seventies: reaching for new freedom, existing for the present. Yet here it is
necessary to work incessantly for his living, and relationship decisions have
consequences. The challenges expand his consciousness. He may be a largely benign
anti-hero we find ourselves sympathizing with, or he could be an essentially good man
marred by a weakness for acknowledgment. No matter the readers’ opinions, all will
agree he is markedly memorable. As a study in human nature and the impulse for
self-improvement, this book is a fine stand-alone, but the full story offers more,
beginning with Deliberate Steps (Along a Familiar Path) and then It Isn’t Easy Being
a Lion. Imprints caps this unique trilogy with satisfying resolution.
Book Three of the Rob Grant trilogy is available from
Author House, Amazon (see Search Inside),
B. Dalton, Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million, Borders,
Waldenbooks, and major independent bookstores.
that what they've shared is nearing an end. If his instincts are right, it means
his search for an enduring relationship and a surrogate mother for his two
teenage sons will continue. Twice divorced, his prospects look even dimmer
because he's cautious about commitment. But late in 1969, Rob runs into a
former sweetheart when they're both on business trips to Australia. Their
chance encounter blossoms into the prospect of a bright future with an
enchanting and lovable young woman. His sons remember her well and they
share in his affection. (Those who've read Deliberate Steps will be surprised
by her reappearance.) Unfortunately, the path ahead is anything but smooth.
Younger son, Greg, gets into drugs again, and then a potentially fatal health
issue looms. Adding to his woes, Rob also faces the possibility that his Wall
Street employer of just a few months may change direction and abolish his
department—and his job. But in the background is Kim, a lifelong friend of
Luisa's. She becomes a valued friend who offers Rob her support, and, over
time, her love. It Isn't Easy Being a Lion is an absorbing narrative that takes
readers into both the personal encounters of a memorable lead character in
pursuit of happiness and also the events and culture of late 1960s America
when the country itself underwent a search for identity. The saga continues,
and what unfolds is a sensitive, true to life picture of a man who, despite
personal setbacks and a broken heart, persists in his quest for fulfillment.
Sample Comments - It Isn't Easy Being a Lion
"Yesterday I finished "It Isn't Easy Being A Lion" and for the first time in a long,
long time, I cried while reading a book….I really look forward to the final book in
your trilogy."
(Florida reader)
"I just finished reading Book 2 and thoroughly enjoyed it! When is #3 out?
Beautiful!!!"
(Texas reader)
"I’m looking forward to reading # 3 at about Thanksgiving time. I'm finished with
# 2 and it makes you cry when you read about . . . " (Indiana reader)
"It Isn't Easy Being a Lion is the poignant story of Rob Grant's continuing search for
a soul mate and mother to his two sons. We were introduced to Rob in Deliberate
Steps, the first book in Gibson's trilogy. This second book tells of Robs sometimes
painful but always realistic quest. Although I still don't like Rob, once again I became
fully absorbed in the book and found it difficult to put it down. It's a great read and I
strongly recommend it. I'm hooked on this story." (Luxembourg reader)
Clarion Review (summation). The second book in the Rob Grant Trilogy features
a lead character in the process of finding a deeper sense of value. When efficiency
consultants shake the workplace into layoffs, and young Greg commits a desperate
act for attention, Rob responds with unexpected strength and shows human frailty as
well. The middle acts of trilogies are a shade more ominous or less comic, as this is.
It Isn't Easy Being A Lion has fewer excesses than its predecessor, Deliberate
Steps. It offers a more dynamic, more complete protagonist.
Book Two of the trilogy is available from Author House and both online
and local booksellers.
Book Two of the Rob Grant trilogy is available from
Author House, Amazon (see Search Inside),
B. Dalton, Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million, Borders,
Waldenbooks, and major independent bookstores.
A career-driven single father continues his search for a lasting
relationship, strives to meet his family's needs, and tries to sort out
where his career is headed as his life is thrown into disarray in Imprints,
the conclusion of the Rob Grant trilogy. By late 1970, everything has
gone wrong. The woman he'd have married is history, his younger son,
Greg, is three months into an extended drug treatment program, and the
Wall Street company Rob worked for has reorganized and eliminated a
number of corporate level management jobs. He's caught in the squeeze
and is now out of work. As the summer progresses, he finds that he's
been dumped into a very tight job market. The only offer he gets would
alter his career path. What should he do? Then into the new year, Rob's
older son, Mike, finds troubles of his own, and financial setbacks begin
to hound the Grant family. Before the year is out, Rob falls on hard
times and is forced to consider relocating from the home he loves in
Sheffield, Conn. to a less expensive area. Through it all, his companion,
Kim, offers him her love and steadfast support. Eventually, Rob's
outlook brightens. His income picture improves, and he's finally able to
go forward with long delayed plans to build a small lakeside retreat in
rural, central Mass. What follows are crossroads decisions that lead to
permanent changes in the path ahead. Before long, New England
beckons when Rob meets a gentle young woman who turns his head, and
he's also offered the chance to launch an entirely new career. The events,
as they come about, are timely since his love affair with New York has
lost its glow. At long last, the future shows promise when both his
romantic interests and his various professional involvements give his life
a fresh new meaning.
Sample Comments - Imprints
"Read your book on a trip to Ohio. It was wonderful! Rob still did some things
that I did not like, but in the end he did redeem himself!! All three books were
fantastic, and I would recommend this trilogy to anyone! Don't ever stop writing.
You have a special gift." (Connecticut reader)
"I finished reading book three and loved it...it's your best yet." (e-mail from Mexico)
"Just finished reading "Imprints" and it beats the first two books! It is a really finishing
touch for the trilogy. Rob sure had his quota of setbacks in his lifetime. But he finally
found a loving mate.... Brought tears to my eyes in several chapters." (e-mail from Texas)
"Just finished reading Imprints and it was outstanding!!! A very fitting
finish to the trilogy of the adventures of Rob Grant. Rob overcame a lot
of setbacks in his life but was able to overcome them and find a life-
mate who was such a big help to him. Everyone should read this
trilogy!!!" (Indiana reader)
Clarion Review (summation). How emblematic Rob Grant is of the optimistic but
muddled Seventies: reaching for new freedom, existing for the present. Yet here it is
necessary to work incessantly for his living, and relationship decisions have
consequences. The challenges expand his consciousness. He may be a largely benign
anti-hero we find ourselves sympathizing with, or he could be an essentially good man
marred by a weakness for acknowledgment. No matter the readers’ opinions, all will
agree he is markedly memorable. As a study in human nature and the impulse for
self-improvement, this book is a fine stand-alone, but the full story offers more,
beginning with Deliberate Steps (Along a Familiar Path) and then It Isn’t Easy Being
a Lion. Imprints caps this unique trilogy with satisfying resolution.
Book Three of the Rob Grant trilogy is available from
Author House, Amazon (see Search Inside),
B. Dalton, Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million, Borders,
Waldenbooks, and major independent bookstores.
Home
It's October 1968, and Rob Grant is confronted with many of life's problems
that parents and professionals face today. From his recent separation to
unsettling news at his company, Rob does the best he can to meet life head-
on. It all begins when his attorney calls to tell him that his divorce is final. It's
a second failed marriage and, as a now single parent who commutes from
Connecticut into New York each day, an unexpected problem arises when his
younger son, Greg, gets into drugs. Rob needs all the support he can get, and
he looks for it in some of the young ladies he dates. Although wary of making
another commitment too quickly, Rob's interest in women keeps him socially
active. There are a string of new relationships, and finding that he enjoys
meeting people with different backgrounds and ideas, it'll probably take time
before he settles on a new partner. Then as the oil company Rob works for is
threatened with a hostile takeover, it's another unwelcome hit that tests his
fortitude. However, a new woman, Luisa, comes into his life. She offers her
love and unselfish support to help Rob deal with the various complications
that emerge. Deliberate Steps is a genuine account of a man shouldering his
son's drug problem, facing up to the possible loss of a good management job,
and taking those first, measured steps toward finding a wife and stand-in
mother for his two boys. With obstacles in the road ahead, readers will be
drawn into Rob's earnest, everyday search for answers—both personal and
professional.
Sample Comments - Deliberate Steps
"Although I got home late this evening, I started reading your book and couldn't put it
down until I finished it. You have written a great book, but as I wrote you earlier in the
day, I no longer like the main character, Rob. Hopefully he will redeem himself in the next
book - which I can't wait to read. As soon as you get them in, I'll want another
autographed copy. Congratulations on a fantastic book!" (Luxembourg reader)
"A certain young lady who lives in this house has said, after reading your great
work, 'A lesser man would have weakened under the stress. It's a great read and
most interesting throughout—a fantastic book!' She finished reading it at 5:30
this morning." (Pennsylvania reader)
"We bought your book, read it and enjoyed it. I ordered it through Amazon. Looking
forward to your next...." (Texas reader)
"Enlightening story of a beginning of a path that starts in the late sixties. It is a
story of the enjoyment of men and women, the hardships of divorce and single
parenting. Also, the ups and downs of being a professional person in a corporate
job. Matters not where you are in the job market, things happen. A true way of
life - then and now. Funny, problems with children, just life. You can relate to all
of it. Mr. Gibson wrote [about] life as it really is." (Indiana reader)
Clarion Review (summation). Although the challenge of single fatherhood is a sub-
theme, this book is about the pleasure of the chase. Gibson’s story documents new sexual
revolution norms emerging at the tail end of the 1960s, simple days when lonely people with
needs offered to show strangers their etchings (wink, wink - nudge, nudge). Readers riding
along can enjoy vicarious peccadillos without the risk of contracting a social disease.
Book One of the Rob Grant trilogy is available from
Author House, Amazon (see Search Inside),
B. Dalton, Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million, Borders,
Waldenbooks, and major independent bookstores.
that parents and professionals face today. From his recent separation to
unsettling news at his company, Rob does the best he can to meet life head-
on. It all begins when his attorney calls to tell him that his divorce is final. It's
a second failed marriage and, as a now single parent who commutes from
Connecticut into New York each day, an unexpected problem arises when his
younger son, Greg, gets into drugs. Rob needs all the support he can get, and
he looks for it in some of the young ladies he dates. Although wary of making
another commitment too quickly, Rob's interest in women keeps him socially
active. There are a string of new relationships, and finding that he enjoys
meeting people with different backgrounds and ideas, it'll probably take time
before he settles on a new partner. Then as the oil company Rob works for is
threatened with a hostile takeover, it's another unwelcome hit that tests his
fortitude. However, a new woman, Luisa, comes into his life. She offers her
love and unselfish support to help Rob deal with the various complications
that emerge. Deliberate Steps is a genuine account of a man shouldering his
son's drug problem, facing up to the possible loss of a good management job,
and taking those first, measured steps toward finding a wife and stand-in
mother for his two boys. With obstacles in the road ahead, readers will be
drawn into Rob's earnest, everyday search for answers—both personal and
professional.
Sample Comments - Deliberate Steps
"Although I got home late this evening, I started reading your book and couldn't put it
down until I finished it. You have written a great book, but as I wrote you earlier in the
day, I no longer like the main character, Rob. Hopefully he will redeem himself in the next
book - which I can't wait to read. As soon as you get them in, I'll want another
autographed copy. Congratulations on a fantastic book!" (Luxembourg reader)
"A certain young lady who lives in this house has said, after reading your great
work, 'A lesser man would have weakened under the stress. It's a great read and
most interesting throughout—a fantastic book!' She finished reading it at 5:30
this morning." (Pennsylvania reader)
"We bought your book, read it and enjoyed it. I ordered it through Amazon. Looking
forward to your next...." (Texas reader)
"Enlightening story of a beginning of a path that starts in the late sixties. It is a
story of the enjoyment of men and women, the hardships of divorce and single
parenting. Also, the ups and downs of being a professional person in a corporate
job. Matters not where you are in the job market, things happen. A true way of
life - then and now. Funny, problems with children, just life. You can relate to all
of it. Mr. Gibson wrote [about] life as it really is." (Indiana reader)
Clarion Review (summation). Although the challenge of single fatherhood is a sub-
theme, this book is about the pleasure of the chase. Gibson’s story documents new sexual
revolution norms emerging at the tail end of the 1960s, simple days when lonely people with
needs offered to show strangers their etchings (wink, wink - nudge, nudge). Readers riding
along can enjoy vicarious peccadillos without the risk of contracting a social disease.
Book One of the Rob Grant trilogy is available from
Author House, Amazon (see Search Inside),
B. Dalton, Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million, Borders,
Waldenbooks, and major independent bookstores.
Author Contact Details:
e-mail: dickg_books@yahoo.com
Tel: +(352) 43 40 83; Fax: +(352) 43 40 84
Mail:
Dick Gibson
3, rue J P Sauvage
L-2514 Luxembourg
LUXEMBOURG
e-mail: dickg_books@yahoo.com
Tel: +(352) 43 40 83; Fax: +(352) 43 40 84
Mail:
Dick Gibson
3, rue J P Sauvage
L-2514 Luxembourg
LUXEMBOURG
The Rob Grant Trilogy | A single parent struggles with parental, professional, and financial reversals while juggling his romantic interests
Between the two covers is a delightful assortment of vignettes that the late
author fashioned, starting in the summer of 1971, about a “saloon” in the
Murray Hill district of New York City. They are short stories that drew on his
personal relationships with the people, and the events and the places with
which he was familiar. Although the names and professions of the characters
are generally accurate, the stories are thought to be entirely fictional. But
readers will find that each anecdote comes with its own set of emotions . . .
from amusing, to painful, to bizarre, to absorbing, to poignant, and more.
The setting is the Guardsman on Lexington Avenue near Thirty-fourth Street,
and all of the sketches take place in, or involve, this special place. It was
home to regulars who shared their friendship, and, to some extent, their lives
over drinks, and food, and stories—and darts, liar’s dice, backgammon, and
poker. The episodes predate Cheers, are different, but are just as captivating.
The book is available from the publisher, Author House through their
orders hotline, (888) 280-7715, online booksellers, and most well-known
bookstores.
author fashioned, starting in the summer of 1971, about a “saloon” in the
Murray Hill district of New York City. They are short stories that drew on his
personal relationships with the people, and the events and the places with
which he was familiar. Although the names and professions of the characters
are generally accurate, the stories are thought to be entirely fictional. But
readers will find that each anecdote comes with its own set of emotions . . .
from amusing, to painful, to bizarre, to absorbing, to poignant, and more.
The setting is the Guardsman on Lexington Avenue near Thirty-fourth Street,
and all of the sketches take place in, or involve, this special place. It was
home to regulars who shared their friendship, and, to some extent, their lives
over drinks, and food, and stories—and darts, liar’s dice, backgammon, and
poker. The episodes predate Cheers, are different, but are just as captivating.
The book is available from the publisher, Author House through their
orders hotline, (888) 280-7715, online booksellers, and most well-known
bookstores.
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