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Henry Holt Fiction
Gerry FitzGerald
REDEMPTION MOUNTAIN
Publication: June 2013 Manuscript available
Editor: Steve Rubin / Phyllis Grann
For the last 25 years, Charlie Burden has been driven to succeed – to
provide a secure future for his family. At 48, Charlie now faces a
present he no longer understands. Painful crevasses have opened up
in his marriage as his children, right on time, have moved on to their
own lives. And Charlie, who has scrapped his way to a top position at
a global engineering firm, finds his work – reviewing spreadsheets and
sitting in boardrooms – much less satisfying than the projects he
undertook as an engineer – building things he could touch, and adding
value he could see.
In her early 30’s, Natty Oakes is running for her life. Her favorite
jogging trail cuts a path around Angel Mountain, where her family has
eked out a living for generations. A self-effacing woman who coaches
a youth soccer team and cares for the elderly, Natty is the mother of
two, including a 12-year-old son with Down Syndrome. It is Natty’s son, nicknamed “the Pie Man,”
who brings Charlie and Natty together and, with a rich cast of characters, helps Charlie remember
who he is and what’s most important in life.
Gerry Fitzgerald has been in advertising for nearly 30 years and owns an advertising agency in
Springfield, Massachusetts. He holds a master’s in journalism from the Medill School at
Northwestern University and is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He lives in
East Longmeadow, MA with his wife Robin, and his two college-aged children. This is his first novel.
British: Henry Holt
Translation: Henry Holt