A Strange Encounter

This novel deals with the inspiring, heartwarming, and valuable effects of human relations and carries a very sincere and beautiful message, and, at the same time, warns against procrastination. It revolves around a rare and blessed encounter between a divorced psychologist in his late seventies, Swenny Seacord, who is also an extremely prosperous entrepreneur, with no children, and whose sole desire is to leave this world as a ‘Dad’, and a young 21-year-old destitute, exceptionally attractive young woman, Elizabeth Cady Stanton White. Elizabeth continually suffers from low self-esteem due to the sexual abuse from her father, whom she eventually murders to bring his erotic exploitations to an end. She is not suspected and lives with this crime continually which perpetually nags her conscience to the point where she cannot lead a normal existence. While relaxing at the beautiful Hudson River, she meets Swenny Seacord whom she becomes emotionally attached to while, at the same time, he becomes obsessed in his desire to adopt her. Procrastination destroys the adoption intention and creates tragedy and chaos.