Maypole Man
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The Maypole Man revisits the late 1960’s, its terrible tumult and consequent challenges. Peter Rozinsky is a man on the run who makes choices leading him down uncharted paths where vivid characters shape and pull him into a new reality. Meet: Sasha Rozinsky, the mother: I done nothing no other mother would do. You are my gift. Yours is your voice. So, I cook you a little kielbasa now and then, that’s not so much is it? Meister Gurda, the mentor: This is it mein Junge! Your pearls will shine before the world and it will be your oyster. They are soon to know Himmel in the voice of Peter Russian. Carla Luna, the lover: Was she losing her mind? This was no more than a drunken kid, a character in a bad movie, and she was not even a real person. Milly Covell, the employer: Who really cares about IQ? It’s just a way for old white guys to sort out the poor from the rich so they can stay on top. It’s all garbage. Cam Covell, friend: A man’s art can be his curse. Peter Rozinsky, the protagonist: From now on I’m going to take life as it comes, try to keep my feet on the ground, no matter how muddy it is. Just roll on.
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The late sixties, its spirit, its despair, and its drama, comes to life in Maypole Man. Set in New York and Vermont, Maypole Man mirrors these turbulent years of American history when families came apart, new truths challenged the old, and revolution was in the air.
Peter Rozycki, first-born and only American child of immigrant parents, is raised to reach his full potential In the land of opportunity.
Thwarted in his dreams, he runs away to discover a new world, one he had not known existed. He is awakened as he is thrust into the cultural revolution of sex, music, religion, and politics to become an unlikely victim of the times.
Elusive truth, evolving norms, lovable characters and intense emotions capture the challenges of the era.
About the Author
Her writing career bloomed in her forties when she answered an ad for graduate courses on Martha’s Vineyard offered by Northeastern University, and featuring top writing teachers and famous authors. The vocation vacation lured her out of the ordinary to a new life of the mind. She became a prolific writer and taught writing workshops in New York and New England. Since then she has written 4 novels, an artist’s manual, and a compilation of poems, homilies and paintings, as well as a column in a local paper. The creation of Maypole Man began in 1982 was abandoned and revisited during the reign of Covid. As St. John restored the book with seasoned eyes, she realized how much the anxiety of the sixties is comparable to the fears of this time. After five children, nine grandchildren, a rich and productive life in the arts, St. John writes this story of the not-so-good good ol’ days with the perspective of it’s a wonderful life after all.