Dunn Sisters Audio - Cherny, Robert H
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Charlotte and Denise Dunn own a professional audio company supporting concerts and conventions. They are pulled over by the local sheriff in the middle of the night because their truck is overloaded and has worn tires. Of course, their truck is overloaded. It's always overloaded, which is why they were passing through this small town in the middle of the night to avoid the weigh station on the Interstate. At their arraignment in the morning, the sisters agree to the judge's offer to stay in this small town, buy new tires, and lend their experience and equipment to support the town's harvest…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
Charlotte and Denise Dunn own a professional audio company supporting concerts and conventions. They are pulled over by the local sheriff in the middle of the night because their truck is overloaded and has worn tires. Of course, their truck is overloaded. It's always overloaded, which is why they were passing through this small town in the middle of the night to avoid the weigh station on the Interstate. At their arraignment in the morning, the sisters agree to the judge's offer to stay in this small town, buy new tires, and lend their experience and equipment to support the town's harvest festival the following weekend in place of fines or penalties. The sisters quickly realize that they have been set up. While it was true that the truck was overloaded and their tires were unsafe and should have been replaced long ago, their apprehension on these charges and the offer made to them was no accident. The featured performer at the festival's concert series was a young girl dying of cancer who had aspired to sing in a professional recording studio. The small town's community theater and the Dunn sisters' equipment would fulfill the girl's dream. The sisters called their booking agent to inform him they would be unavailable until after the festival. Far from being upset at having one of his most reliable vendors conscripted in this manner, the agent saw this as an opportunity. He needed a rehearsal studio for a musical group about to embark on their first major concert tour. He had worked in that theater long ago and knew the manager. The theater and the Dunn sisters could be the solution to several challenges he faced. With less than a week to promote and execute a new show, the agent drafted his four granddaughters to help the festival. The girls dove into the new project with all the energy a teen can bring to bear on something they care about. The agent rekindles an old flame. Charlotte's ex-boyfriend, who she never really got over, shows up. Denise and a local mechanic with a young son find each other. Other romances happen. The story is light and easy to read.
Autorenporträt
Writing has always gotten me in trouble. Still does. I have been a fan of science and speculative fiction since I found it in the young people's section of the library. In grade school, I devoured works by Heinlein, Norton, Asimov, and Huxley among others. By the time I had finished high school, I had read every science fiction book in the town's library. When I was in high school I wrote short stories instead of paying attention in math class. This did not help my math grade and would have serious consequences a few years later. In college, I could be counted on for the divergent opinion. This was after my failed math forced a complete redirection of my life plan. A disastrous Freshman year at Brandeis University, forced a reevaluation of reading materials. Switching majors to theater brought exposure to Shaw, Strindberg, Ibsen, Stoppard, Pinter, Shakespeare, and a host of young would-be playwrights. As a technical theater major, I found that the quantity of material to which I was exposed often surpassed the quality. Too busy to do any writing of his own, I devoted his time to supporting the efforts of others. The Vietnam War brought a tour of duty in South Carolina and the opportunity to begin graduate work at the University of South Carolina. While in the Air Force, my anti-war sentiments did not become an issue, because I kept them secret. I did no writing except for my graduate school classes which I took while still in service. Even here, I was ever the contrarian, unwilling or unable to go where the others went. Fortunately, as a design major, my writing was of less concern than my draftsmanship. The war ended and with less than a month to go on my MA, and no job opportunities in sight, I left school lacking only my thesis and took a paying job at Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus World in Haines City Florida Master's degrees in the theater were not worth much in the aftermath of the Vietnam War. Fortunately, through a series of unlikely coincidences, I landed a job as technical director of the then brand new Tupperware Convention Center. At the time, it was the only full-time convention center in Central Florida. I would stay there for twenty years earning an MBA along the way although my work schedule left little time for either reading or writing except for articles in technical journals. My sudden departure from Tupperware provided the time to return to reading and writing...