Matthew Taylor

Levies of Devotion Matthew Taylor

A tender and emotional 60's coming-of-age story, Levies of Devotion is a perfect summer porch-swing read!Missing in action for over forty years, American GI Robert Clark's remains are discovered on a hillside in Vietnam. While exhuming the grave, the recovery team is surprised by a local woman in possession of letters written by Clark. The letters threaten to expose closely-held secrets and renew bitter family rivalries. And the woman in possession of the letters, she has a secret of her own. Levies of Devotion explores the lives of four youths coming of age in Western New York amidst the backdrop of Vietnam and the cultural upheaval of the 1960's. Choices made at a tender age sealing their collective destinies. Love and intimacy, courage and family expectations forge paths riddled with loss and the living reminders of loss. Richly woven with the detail of period and place, Levies of Devotion captures the emotion of first love, from seeds of desire through the harvest of wisdom.