Book details

  • Genre:fiction
  • Sub-genre:Literary
  • Language:English
  • Pages:260
  • eBook ISBN:9781667833941

We Were

We were rich artists, athletes, winemakers, litigators, lovers.

By Gillette Edmunds

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Overview


Gillette Edmunds brings you his debut novel "We Were", a dramatic tale about living fast, blinders on. In this story, four close friends, pursing their dreams in California, lived on the edge – their lives were filled with wealth, sex, alcohol, and thrill. Only one friend, Mitch, makes it out alive. In this book, Mitch writes his friends' stories as they could not.
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Description


It wasn't murder. It wasn't suicide. It wasn't an accident. What happened? Living fast in California in the late 20th century, the fun never ends…until it does. Timo, Fernando, Rob and Mitch leave New Mexico for college in California to pursue their dreams. Timo, a world class athlete, brilliant scholar, proud Latino has a shot at fortune, fame and fabulous women. The investigation was inconclusive. Confident, beautiful Fernando, with playmates and princesses falling for him, chases his dream in Napa Valley. No one foresaw what really went down. Tall, nervous Rob becomes the pot boss of Santa Barbara, a Buddhist priest, a successful artist. He vows to not make the same mistakes on the outside that got his cellmate arrested again. The nurse said it wasn't a disease. Mitch, entangled in affairs and fired from a fabulous job, tells the story of how it all went so wrong for his beloved friends.
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About The Author


Gillette Edmunds is the author of three novels and four nonfiction books.  We Were is Gillette's first novel.  A fourth novel, The Adventures of Jill and Becca, is expected late 2025.  Tourists off the Tour, Gillette Edmunds’ second novel, originally published in 2023 solely as an eBook, will be released as a print book summer, 2025.  Gillette began work on Tourist off the Tour in 1984 and then set it aside until 2001.  After working on it a few months, he resumed writing nonfiction, finally returning to Tourists in 2021. His first novel, We Were, was published in early 2021. Stand Like a Dancer, Gillette’s third novel was published in early 2025.  After a successful career in money management, Gillette writes novels derived from his personal experiences including extensive travel and chaotic, comical relationships. Gillette has a BA in English and Creative Writing from Stanford University and was a ghost writer in 1980-81. Gillette is married and has three adult children and one grandchild. He had a successful career as a non-fiction writer. Gillette is the author of How to Retire Early and Live Well with Less Than a Million Dollars (Adams Media, 2000), Comfort Zone Investing (Career Press, 2002), REITs for the New Decade (various e-book web publishers, 2001), Retire on the House (John Wiley & Sons, 2006) and many articles. How to Retire Early sold more than 85,000 copies.

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