Today's speaker was Shoreview resident Tom Murray. Tom has retired from his teaching career of 44 years and has recently self-published two novels: "The Empty Set" and "Fathers, Sons and the Holy Ghosts of Baseball"."
Today's speaker was Shoreview resident Tom Murray. Tom worked as a teacher in the Minneapolis School District for over 40 years. He is now retired and has been focusing on getting the word out about two novels he has self-published, both of which are available on Amazon: "The Empty Set" and "Fathers, Sons and the Holy Ghosts of Baseball". He began working on the former book very early in his teaching career but only returned to it after the successful release of the latter which is based in a small Iowa town, reminiscent of his actual hometown of Bancroft, Iowa. It is all about the love of baseball and a town coming together to strive for a state high school title. "The Empty Set" is a coming-of-age story about a 15 year old boy who has suffered great loss as a result of a tornado. He manages to work through his grief while navigating the rough halls of his Northeast Minneapolis high school.