In Defiance of Gravity

by Robert Richter

William Bauer, an elderly man, grieves the death of his invalid wife. He was her devoted caretaker. Now, he awaits his own end. His pushy daughter-in-law and only son plot to sell his home and move him into a senior community. Resigned to their wishes, William enters Sunshine Village to live out his remaining days. Grief and guilt haunt him. But, among the ruins, he finds new life. A woman teaches him how to live and laugh again. And that it’s never too late for love.

218 pages, Hardcover

Published October 31, 2021

About the author

The author of eight books, including poetry, fiction, and regional history, Robert Richter has a forty-year relationship with Mexico, and that cultural geography inspires his work. In 2000 Richter won the Nebraska Arts Council’s Literary Achievement Award, and in 2007, he was a Fulbright Research Fellow in Buenos Aires. Richter has also been a wheat farmer, substitute teacher, and tour guide in Latin America. His other books on Mexico include Something in Vallarta, Search for the Camino Real: a history of San Blas and the Road to get there, and Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas and the Roots of Mexico's New Democracy. Something Like A Dream is Richter's second Cotton Waters mystery.