Opposites Do Attract ... And the Results Can Be Heartbreaking

Peter Cowlam's compelling novel, "Marisa," is a poignant reminder of how one's station in life too often determines the path that life will take.

Totnes, Devon, England (PRWEB) December 22, 2006 -- In "Marisa," Peter Cowlam's third novel, the author creates a world of highly likable and convincing characters, individuals drawn together by love ... and then driven tragically apart.

Bruce and Marisa are a businessman and artist, pragmatist and dreamer. From their first meeting to a chance encounter a quarter-century later, the same undercurrents of values and mores that drove them apart as young people are still in play.

The early love story is heartrending, first giving hope to the reader that there still exists that moment when love steps forward and binds two very good and worthy people, and then delivering the painful reminder that while opposites might very well attract, the resulting relationship is never easy, often sad. When, in middle-age, Bruce stumbles across Marisa and stirs ancient hopes of the perfect love, there is tragedy writ all over it. If ever 'east is east and west is west and never the twain shall meet' can be adapted to fiction, Peter Cowlam has delivered the perfect example.

"Marisa" is a touching, beautifully crafted novel by an author and poet who understands so well the joys of love found and the heartache of love lost ... and how class and heredity too often dictate how lives are lived.

For more information, please contact the author through his website www.petercowlam.me.uk. "Marisa" is available for sale online at Amazon.com, Borders.com and through additional wholesale and retail channels worldwide.

About the author
Peter Cowlam is the author of two previous works of fiction: "Electric Letters Z" and "New Suit for King Diamond," of which the latter was entered for the 2002 Booker Prize. His collections of poetry, "The Valleys of Babel" and "Manifesto" (published by Rhapsody), and a stage play, "New King Palmers," add to his impressive literary collection. Cowlam is a regular contributor to The Liberal, and is a freelance author and editor. He and his family reside in Totnes, Devon.

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