Snow Angels and The Two Pearls

About the Book

“Snow Angels and the Two Pearls” is a story of 10-years in a young man’s life.  A simple view of an extraordinary life lived between heaven and earth.  

It begins with a traffic accident on Christmas Eve that kills an 8-year old boy’s parents, his faith, his heart and his innocence.

Embittered with a childhood lost, Billy McClure makes it to Vietnam to kill his demons and instead makes a friend, Elliot.

During a raucous R&R weekend in Bangkok, Billy saves a local woman from an attack in an alley.  She gives him two pearls as a gift of thanks, telling him to give the pearls to the two great loves of his life.  Billy doesn’t feel capable of great love, capable of any deep love at all.

Back in the jungle, Billy watches as a mortar blast cuts Elliot in half.  Another loved one of Billy taken, so brutally. 

Wounded in action, Billy has mixed feelings about going home for Christmas.  His Grandparents meant the world to him, but there were also daily reminders of his young parents deaths. 

His long journey home, his entire life is filled with malaise and miracles, dangers and angels.  And two black pearls.   

About the Author

The inspiration to write this book manifested from the experience of a youth growing up in a small isolated boom or bust mining town, and his service in the United States Army in Viet Nam.

The small town of Ely, Nevada and surrounding areas provided the character and events that helped form a backdrop for this book.

The horrors of war and the attitude of America demonstrated toward the men and women in uniform created a deep questioning of  faith in God and Country

The author is a 32 degree Free and Accepted Mason, Lifetime member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the 11^th ACR US Cavalry Vietnam/Cambodia Association, and Elko National Basque Club.

The Author is a successful Businessman residing in Scottsdale, Arizona.  He is married and the father of two children and a grandfather.