Tommy Hays – författare

Tommy Hay’s debut novel tells the story of Kate, an Atlanta social worker ready to settle down, as her life is turned upside down when she leaves her boyfriend Sam, a would-be novelist, because he is unable to commit in this beautifully humorous novel of love and heartbreak. This peek into the life of a thirtysomething couple living in Atlanta reveals the fears and uncertainties couples face as they ponder the next steps of their lives. After four years together, Kate is ready to have a baby, but her boyfriend, Sam, is fearful of becoming a father and facing the challenge of having a family. When Kate leaves Sam and indulges in a new relationship with a doctor from the hospital she works at, Sam, devastated and heartbroken, is left to cope with his loneliness. As Sam’s undying love for Kate promises potential for the future of their relationship, the two realize that what is best does not always come from the simplest solution.

A freak accident comes on the heels of a startling revelation—laying bare the foundation of a marriage, and a husband is left to grapple with the aftermath.A poetry professor at a small college in Asheville, NC, Asa Flowers, comes home one stormy evening to find his wife Betsy inexplicably distraught. As the evening goes on, the couple end up in a heated argument that sends Asa to sleep out in their garage apartment for the first time in  twenty-five years of marriage. The next morning, he wakes to blue sky and an altered world.   Unfolding over a few tense weeks and told from multiple points of view, this novel explores how a tragedy can assume as many shapes as the people it touches. Asa finds himself reckoning with torn feelings about his marriage and confusion about how to proceed in his complicated relationships with his adult children. As he gradually absorbs revelations—so much he didn't know or understand during his long marriage—he finds himself drawn uneasily toward a new world, one in which he must shed much of his old identity if he is to survive, and more important, rededicate himself to being a father.

A freak accident comes on the heels of a startling revelationlaying bare the foundation of a marriage, and a husband is left to grapple with the aftermath.A poetry professor at a small college in Asheville, NC, Asa Flowers, comes home one stormy evening to find his wife Betsy inexplicably distraught. As the evening goes on, the couple end up in a heated argument that sends Asa to sleep out in their garage apartment for the first time in twenty-five years of marriage. The next morning, he wakes to blue sky and an altered world. Unfolding over a few tense weeks and told from multiple points of view, this novel explores how a tragedy can assume as many shapes as the people it touches. Asa finds himself reckoning with torn feelings about his marriage and confusion about how to proceed in his complicated relationships with his adult children. As he gradually absorbs revelationsso much he didn't know or understand during his long marriagehe finds himself drawn uneasily toward a new world, one in which he must shed much of his old identity if he is to survive, and more important, rededicate himself to being a father.