Francis Fesmire

Nashville Skyline Francis Fesmire

In the great tradition of Southern Literature storytelling, Nashville Skyline is an inspirational novel which deals with the pain of loss, one's search for self, and the never-ending question, "Does God Exist?" It is the 1980's and John Gabriel "Gabe" Rutherford, an emergency physician living in exile on a houseboat, is trapped in the nightmares of the past whether it be reliving his Father's suicide or charging on Yankee breastworks at the Battle of Franklin. 

Gabe's greatest hope for survival in this world is his true love, Elizabeth Halcyonn Morgan, who goes by the nickname Sis. Sis, brilliant, beautiful, and athletic, is an anchor woman for a Nashville news station. Gabe and Sis previously had consummated their love by exchanging vows and silver rings by candlelight, but now after 5 years, they are still unmarried. Gabe rationalizes that it must relate to her parents dying when she was young, but deep down he wonders if something dark and terrifying happened to her in her past, a secret which she is too scared to share even with him. 

As the story unfolds, we follow Gabe in his vain attempt to escape from his responsibilities to himself, to others, and to God. As his spiritual self spirals downward in an ever widening gyre, he discovers that he is destined for the same fate as his Father. In the dramatic conclusion, we learn that life has meaning, that our world has a caring God, and that life does offer second chances. 

Nashville Skyline is Francis Fesmire's first novel. Inspired by Southern writers such as William Faulkner, Robert Penn Warren, Walker Percy, and Pat Conroy, it is written for those who love classic Southern literature that deals with the South's rich Civil War history, the unique qualities of the people, the scars of the past, and the pain of lost love. 

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