Peter: A Novel of Changes

John Osborn

May 2012 · AuthorHouse

About this ebook

This is the fifth novel portraying the life of a Lord family member, and it brings us up to date, well to 2010. Peter Lord is turning twenty-one, and as the heir to Fotheringham Manor he needs to decide both the future direction for the estate and a future for his own life. While pursuing his own future in green energy sources Peter tries an experiment on the estate to diversify the present list of activities. This change, this attempt to help a group of dis-advantaged teenagers by giving them a second chance, proves particularly challenging. Family and friends all rally round to minimise the damage and in so doing Peter unearths a previous unsolved mystery at Fotheringham. In the end Peter decides he intends to launch Renewable Energy Expertise as a producing and consulting company to help you help the planet. Quite some change from the rural woodland that was Fotheringham Manor in the last century.

About the author

John Osborn was born in 1939 in Ipswich England but grew up in the East End of London where he learnt to sail. In North Wales he graduated as a professional forester and rock climbed three days a week. After working as a field forester for three years in Australia John went to Vancouver, British Columbia for postgraduate studies and the Flower Power movement of the sixties. While working for thirty years for the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, both as a forester and a systems analyst John sailed competitively, climbed mountains and taught survival and winter camping. He finished his professional career with three years consulting in Zimbabwe, walking with the lions. Now retired, although working part-time at the local Golf Club, John lives with his wife in Kelowna, BC where he hikes and x-c skis from his doorstep.