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The Protest
An All American Short Story with a twist, The Protest is the perfect read for stormy summer nights or those snowy winter afternoons when you're dreaming of summer.
After Jordan parties his way through his Freshman year of college, he's not exactly thrilled to go home. Jordan's small town is an annoying place to spend summer vacation. His father and stepmother don't understand what makes Jordan tick, and vice versa. Jordan's mother works long hours, leaving him with plenty of time to implement a plan to bring up his grade point average.
Enter The Protest, where small town Vietnam veterans, university professors, anti-war activists, and a college boy who thinks he knows all the answers intersect on Memorial Day, 2016.
The Protest is currently unavailable for purchase. To find out more, please visit Daniella Bova's website.
After Jordan parties his way through his Freshman year of college, he's not exactly thrilled to go home. Jordan's small town is an annoying place to spend summer vacation. His father and stepmother don't understand what makes Jordan tick, and vice versa. Jordan's mother works long hours, leaving him with plenty of time to implement a plan to bring up his grade point average.
Enter The Protest, where small town Vietnam veterans, university professors, anti-war activists, and a college boy who thinks he knows all the answers intersect on Memorial Day, 2016.
The Protest is currently unavailable for purchase. To find out more, please visit Daniella Bova's website.
17 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 7, 2015
About the author
Daniella Bova
8 books19 followersDaniella Bova and her husband live in beautiful Chester County, Pennsylvania. Daniella loves running in the nature preserve near her home, where she gets much of her inspiration for writing. Her other interests are reading, the Catholic Faith, Classic Rock, Delaware Bay and the Delaware Beaches, and any and all forms of textile and fiber artistry.
Daniella is the author of the Storms Of Transformation Series, a near-future dystopian trilogy. Her short story,The Birthday Party, was published in the anthology Freedom's Light, a collection of Freedom themed stories from the members of the Conservative Libertarian Fiction Alliance.
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Daniella was creative from a young age. She learned to sew by hand and machine, knit, cross-stitch and embroider, all before age ten. Daniella doesn't remember learning these skills; she believes she picked them up by watching her mother and grandmother. Though painfully shy in school, and only an average student, at home Daniella's creativity blossomed. This continued through her high school years.
After Daniella married, she and her husband raised two children. Daniella worked a number of part time jobs, but her kids were her main focus until they left home at age eighteen. Working and raising children didn't hinder Daniella's creativity; she continued to progress in fiber artistry. In 1995 she turned to quilting, followed by learning to card, dye and hand spin wool. Many art-style quilts decorate Daniella's home, along with cross-stitched pieces and knitted items.
Daniella had always dreamed of writing fiction, however, she wasn't able to pursue this creative outlet until her children were grown. Finally, in 2009, Daniella began writing every day. Five years later, in May of 2014, Tears Of Paradox, book one in The Storms Of Transformation Series, was published. Tears Of Paradox received an honorable mention in CLFA's 2014 Book of the Year awards. The Notice, book two in the series, was published in February of 2015.
Book three of The Storms Of Transformation Series, Cadáin's Watch is available for preorder.
Daniella is the author of the Storms Of Transformation Series, a near-future dystopian trilogy. Her short story,The Birthday Party, was published in the anthology Freedom's Light, a collection of Freedom themed stories from the members of the Conservative Libertarian Fiction Alliance.
More about Daniella
Daniella was creative from a young age. She learned to sew by hand and machine, knit, cross-stitch and embroider, all before age ten. Daniella doesn't remember learning these skills; she believes she picked them up by watching her mother and grandmother. Though painfully shy in school, and only an average student, at home Daniella's creativity blossomed. This continued through her high school years.
After Daniella married, she and her husband raised two children. Daniella worked a number of part time jobs, but her kids were her main focus until they left home at age eighteen. Working and raising children didn't hinder Daniella's creativity; she continued to progress in fiber artistry. In 1995 she turned to quilting, followed by learning to card, dye and hand spin wool. Many art-style quilts decorate Daniella's home, along with cross-stitched pieces and knitted items.
Daniella had always dreamed of writing fiction, however, she wasn't able to pursue this creative outlet until her children were grown. Finally, in 2009, Daniella began writing every day. Five years later, in May of 2014, Tears Of Paradox, book one in The Storms Of Transformation Series, was published. Tears Of Paradox received an honorable mention in CLFA's 2014 Book of the Year awards. The Notice, book two in the series, was published in February of 2015.
Book three of The Storms Of Transformation Series, Cadáin's Watch is available for preorder.
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October 22, 2015
Short stories get no respect. Everyone wants to write the Great American Novel, and most avid readers are attracted to lengthy works as well. In truth, properly done short stories are an art in itself, and brevity does not necessarily mean lack of depth or staying power.
The Protest, a short by Daniella Bova is a perfect case in point. In the few minutes it took me to read the story, I got to know the characters, entered their individual worlds, shared a range of their emotions, was surprised by a genre-bending plot twist, cried, and finally arrived at an ending that was somehow both unexpected and in retrospect inevitable. Most novelists would be hard pressed to meet half of those requirements in ten times the number of pages. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going back to reading one of those infinite fantasy series. But if Ms. Bova puts out another short, I’ll be there, waiting to be surprised again.
The Protest, a short by Daniella Bova is a perfect case in point. In the few minutes it took me to read the story, I got to know the characters, entered their individual worlds, shared a range of their emotions, was surprised by a genre-bending plot twist, cried, and finally arrived at an ending that was somehow both unexpected and in retrospect inevitable. Most novelists would be hard pressed to meet half of those requirements in ten times the number of pages. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going back to reading one of those infinite fantasy series. But if Ms. Bova puts out another short, I’ll be there, waiting to be surprised again.
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