(Newswire.net — June 19, 2013) Hillsborough, NC — This is the fascinating true story of how a freshly divorced, long-time frustrated NY heating equipment salesman leaves behind the disillusionment of his mundane life while resurrecting his boyhood dream: to live a simple life of self-reliance on a tropical island. But as Roy would learn, while his new island life would certainly be rewarding, it would not be simple.
Roy Schmidt grew up on Long Island, NY. His father owned a successful heating equipment business based in NYC. After college, he reluctantly followed the easy path into his father’s business, all the while feeling it was the wrong choice. He married, had two daughters, and daily fought the dreaded traffic in and out of NYC. After his father’s early death, he rose to the position of co-manager of the company, but he still couldn’t find the fulfillment he sought.
His desire to escape the daily grind came to a head on an unplanned weekend trip to the Bahamas, specifically Harbour Island. Though Roy’s idea of island life was the Caribbean, given his recent divorce he welcomed the trip as a pleasant diversion. But Harbour Island’s beauty and charm took him by surprise. After 14 empty years in the heating equipment business, suddenly his dream of island life now confronted him. Before the weekend was over, he decided to stay, and began the process of purchasing the property where he would open a small resort hotel. Ahead lay 18 years of challenge, change, romance, triumph, heartbreak, and rebirth.
Schmidt says writing the book was motivated by friends and former hotel guests. “I wrote Living the Harbour Island Dream in the hope that some reader out there might be inspired to cut the ties to an unrewarding life situation and make the leap to achieve a dream of something better.”
About the Author: As a child growing up on Long Island, Roy Schmidt dreamed of someday living on a very different kind of island; a tropical one. He just knew a desk job in NYC was not for him. He is presently the owner of RoyceTech Inc., an authorized distributor for ThermaSteel building products. RoyceTech is located in Hillsborough, NC where Roy and his wife make their home.
Living the Harbour Island Dream is available in both paperback and Kindle editions. For more information, or to purchase a copy, visit the website here.
Press Contact: Roy Schmidt
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Website: http://www.HarbourIslandDream.com
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