Achievement! Everyone wants it, no one knows how to get it. Yet beneath the belly of the dream lie four critical components …opportunity, ability, desire and dedication. Oppression! The curtailment or elimination of opportunity that eradicate dreams and obliterate the chance to achieve. “Waldwick” is the story of oppression and what people are willing to do, simply to be given the opportunity. Imagine sacrificing your values, morals and dignity simply for one chance at life. What happens when those sacrifices lead to success? Are you then willing to give others the opportunity to succeed? Set in the 1800’s in England, Virginia and Southwestern Wisconsin, “Waldwick” looks at the concept of oppression and how the sacrifices of one family lead to the freedom and dignity of so many others. “Waldwick” examines the brutality of the “factory system” in England; addresses the murderous plunder of those who gave up everything to traverse the sea; witnesses the social, emotional and physical degradation of slavery and finally looks at what new Americans did to the original residents in the land of the free. Through it all “Waldwick” is a love story and how one missing component comes into play…conscience…understanding right-from-wrong and doing what is right, even though it could mean the loss of EVERYTHING you have achieved! Weaving stories around actual historical events, this spellbinding historical fiction tale has that “can’t stop reading” appeal leaving readers enveloped in emotion that flows from each word as it paints pictures of love and acceptance, tolerance and understanding and the realization that judging people by who they are instead of what they are can make all the difference in the world.