An Ice Cream For Henry. Emanuele Cerquiglini

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       EMANUELE CERQUIGLINI

      

      

      

      

      Finalist, Il Mio Esordio 2015

      

      

       AN ICE CREAM FOR HENRY

       EIGHT MILLION CHILDREN GO MISSING EVERY YEAR. HENRY IS ONE OF THEM.

      

      

       Translated by ANDREW FANKO

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      EMANUELE CERQUIGLINI

      

      

      AN ICE CREAM FOR HENRY

      

      

      ISBN | 978-88-93064-30-9

      

      

      Copyright © (Patamu:52441) 07-12-16 by Emanuele Cerquiglini

      

      

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      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either a product of the author’s imagination or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, places or people, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

      

      

      Thanks to Roberta Graziosi and Sarah Verdini for helping me to improve the first draft and for their support, patience, and advice.

      

      

      Thanks to my old friends Luigi and Andrea, who always want the best for me.

      

      

      Thanks also to Livia Risi for giving me the details of her “Pizzo Jersey BuyBy” dress, which I chose for Barbara Harrison to wear in one of the chapters.

      http://www.liviarisi.com/#!about/cjg9

      

      

      While conducting some online research into the Second Amendment and the firearms culture in the U.S., I was inspired by a Matti Ferraresi article

      entitled ‘ U.S. Army, tutti al poligono’. Published on the Panorama website on February 12, 2013,

       http://www.panorama.it/news/esteri/stati-uniti-armi-poligono/

      the report describes an Italian journalist’s visit to the New Jersey Firearms Academy.

      Dedicated to...

      

      

      

      

       For my mother and father, who protected me as a child, have always supported me as an adult, and have enabled me to embark on a career in the world of fiction. I ’ m well aware that not everyone is so fortunate. We ’ ve had moments in the sun but also dark days, and we ’ ll continue to face those dark days as we always have: without fear. After all, the sun is always there at the start of a brand new day …

      

      

      

      

       Thanks, Mom and Dad.

       Emanuele

      â€‹The Characters

       THE CHARACTERS

      

      

       CHILDREN

      

      

      Henry Lewis, nearly 11

      Joanna Longowa, nearly 11

      Nicholas, nearly 11

      

      

       LAW ENFORCEMENT

      

      

      Barbara Harrison (FBI Supervisory Special Agent)

      Gordon Murphy (Sheriff of Toms River)

      Gonzalez (Medford district cop)

      Clive Thompson (member of the Secret Service)

      Iron (police dog)

      

      

       ADULTS

      

      

      Jim Lewis (Henry’s father, a mechanic)

      Ted Burton (retired U.S. Marine Corps Major)

      Winnipeg “Winnie” Moore (ice cream vendor)

      Jasmine Lewis (Jim’s sister)

      Robert Brown (Barbara Harrison’s partner)

      Zibi Longowa (Joanna’s brother)

      Shelley Logan (Jim’s lover)

      Miss Anderson (math teacher)

      Mr. Johnson (history teacher)

      Leland Wright (chief of the Firearms Academy)

      Dalton Clark (retired nurse)

      Samantha Monroe (Dalton’s wife)

      Dalisay, known as Delicious (Ted’s second wife )

      Ronald Howard (wealthy gentleman)

      Coach Kyrle (gym teacher)

      George and Paul (Samantha’s sons)

      

      

       CHARACTERS FROM THE PAST

      

      

      Emily Butler, 6

      Allison Parker (Emily’s mom)

      Luke Butler (Emily’s dad)