Unbroken Promises Unbroken Dreams

About the Book

M.L., “The Mighty Laurence,” is the high-spirited college prankster who drives the novel Unbroken Promises Unbroken Dreams. This coming-ofage lighthearted novel is set at elite Lafayette College against the backdrop of the Vietnam war. Until the startling climax, the book is boisterous and full of humor in a time of war and social and political turbulence. Across the four years at Lafayette, M.L. and his band of marauders, known as “The Magnificent Seven,” carouse from one escapade to another. As the war in Southeast Asia rages, the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Bobby Kennedy shock the nation, and M.L. begins to develop a deep social conscience. Befriending Emma Lee Scoggins, the Black house mistress of his dormitory, M.L. is guided by Emma Lee’s wisdom. August and revered members of the Lafayette faculty also inspire M.L. Throughout the story, M.L. masterminds outrageous pranks while plumbing his soul for what it means to be a man of conscience.

About the Author

Jeffrey David Reynolds served as a judge and as adjunct to the Consul of Nicaragua. He also served as staff attorney at the United States District Court in New Mexico. Subsequently, he returned to school and trained as a psychotherapist. Reynolds attended Lafayette College, the University of Miami and Gonzaga University Law School. His previous published works include Justice Betrayed, A Novel (Sunstone), Thoughts of a Rainy Winter’s Day (private edition) and selected poetry. In 2021 he was selected as the International Poet of the Month in Australia. He currently lives with his wife, Joan, in rural Florida outside of Orlando.