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Pandemic Second Edition

Part One starts with historical facts,  President Trump’s response to the pandemic, election rallies spreading the virus, ignoring the public health risk. With the nation so  deeply divided over many issues, families discuss the pandemic and the Trump attempt to overturn an election result. How close was civil war?

Part Two covers late January to June 2021. It is pure fiction and looks at the problems the new President deals with when a much deadlier than ever strain makes the rounds: anti-lockdown protestors by the hundred thousand, a supreme court undermining public health initiatives, the Senate blocking relief measures.  No Vaccines yet. What can a government do facing those obstacles? The book preempts a much more deadly pandemic than even now.

The problems? The sense of entitlement and freedoms feeling entitled to infect everyone around them. It’s all about me, me and me.  A worldwide entitlement pandemic. This book deals with that in unique ways. It is fiction after all. Could the world use this?

Destiny Cottage

In 1837 west of Shanghai, Baozhai grows up as a gorgeous girl who, at age four charms everyone to get her way. When promised in marriage at age 14, she refuses to become someone else’s property and flees home with enough business skills and guts to take on the world. In 1840 north of Shanghai, Wei is brought up without a mother, is bullied when young, and after learning Kung Fu, he overcomes his tormentors. He is a hunk, marries at age twenty, but is devastated three years later when his wife leaves him for a rich man. He decides to make his fortune on the Australian goldfields. Baozhai and Wei meet by chance, and their attraction is instant and powerful. They challenge each other almost daily and overcome everything through their mutual love and respect. In 1856 they face the challenges of a long sea voyage, learning English, an overland trek, staking a claim on the goldfields and finally building a new gold dynasty. It’s compelling reading as we follow their journey Dieter Gartelmann came to Australia as a 13-yearold with his family and settled in Adelaide, South Australia. Learning English and on a scholarship, he studied

Engineering, married, and now has four grown children. After a 45-year IT career, he beat Covid-19 isolation by writing this romance/adventure novel that built on his experience sailing and as a non-English speaking migrant

Pacific book Review

Reviewed by: Christina Avina

This is a beautifully written blend of historical fiction and romance. The author takes readers into an often-overlooked era of history

A breathtaking, emotional and engaging read, author Dieter Gartelmann’s Destiny Cottage is a must-read novel.