The Broken Statue

About the Book

Buried in the red soil of the Oklahoma prairie is a secret only Charlie McDonagh can fully reveal. Charlie is an ordinary man who is witness to extraordinary events and people. A stone statue of a striking young woman, broken into a hundred pieces is uncovered from the dirt of a remote location-a broken statue representing shattered lives and shattered dreams.

The story of the statues is one of love, greed, betrayal, power, and crushed aspirations. The statue symbolizes what was and what could have been. A tale of a great oil empire betrayed, destroying the lives of the family who built it. An intriguing story based on the real-life legacy of the Marland Mansion and the statue still located within its walls.

About the Author

Bob Perry captures the rugged and unique characters that fueled explosive growth during the gilded age of the early oil boom in Oklahoma. His next novel, Mimosa Lane, is about the rise of Tulsa from a rowdy frontier town to the Oil Capital of the World.