AUSTIN, Texas, March 17, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- No matter how good your intentions, there will always be unintended consequences for choices you make that can affect the rest of your life. And when family is involved, the stakes can be extremely high. These are the themes that command reader interest as Xlibris proudly releases The Trout King: A Novel About Fathers and Sons, a new book written by well published author and psychologist C.E. Pickhardt.
Told with the vividness of film, The Trout King is a dramatic story about fathers and sons, about boyhood and manhood, and about the many meanings that fishing holds for those who love it. The story unfolds over a summer-long fishing contest in a small vacation community, a competition that turns deadly serious when a rough-hewn local who has not been bested is challenged by a fly fishing purist who hates to lose.
The sport of fishing is presented as an absorbing pastime, unpredictable adventure, and metaphor for pursuing goals in life: keep casting for what you want, persevere if nothing bites, and you might just hook what you are after. As for the fishing contest, it causes men to act like boys, and boys to act like men, as readers discover that "there's much more to fishing than catching fish."
Pickhardt's book has won praise from many quarters:
"A wonderful novel about competition and comradeship." International Fly Fishing Association.
"If you are looking for something to read when you're not fishing, look no further than The Trout King." Angler's Bookcase, www.fishofdreams.com
"A great character study of two rival fishermen, this story will linger in your mind." On The Water
For those who love exciting family fiction, for fathers of all ages, The Trout King is now available online at Xlibris.com, at online booksellers, and at major bookstores and libraries.
About the Author
Carl Pickhardt is a psychologist and author of numerous parenting books, his most recent from Palgrave Macmillan: THE CONNECTED FATHER (2007), THE FUTURE OF YOUR ONLY CHILD (2008), and coming in 2009, FROM CONFLICT TO COMMUNICATION. He also writes adult and children's fiction, and illustrated psychology. For more information about him, see www.carlpickhardt.com.
The Trout King * by C.E. Pickhardt
A Novel About Fathers and Sons
Trade Paperback; $18.69; 224 pages; 978-1-4134-7462-6
Cloth Hardback; $28.79; 224 pages; 978-1-4134-7463-3
To request a complimentary paperback review copy, contact the publisher at (888) 795-4274 x. 7836. Tear sheets may be sent by regular or electronic mail to Marketing Services. To purchase copies of the book for resale, please fax Xlibris at (610) 915-0294 or call (888) 795-4274 x. 7876.
For more information, contact Xlibris at (888) 795-4274 or on the web at www.Xlibris.com.