| Crosspoints:
A Novel of Choice Reviews Out of the conflicts of her characters rise the conflicts of our time. Their struggle with self-discovery, self-realization and the responsibility that this journey of living life meaningfully demands, is a goal made desirable to all of us. And how can we not be seduced by a story that offers so much hope? ● Sherry Lazarus Ross Editor-in-Chief, Art Renewal Center Crosspoints is an engrossing read, with characters who are strikingly drawn and memorable, and a clever plot. The ideas animating the story are also profound and controversial. I suspect they will stir up a hornet’s nest. ● Howard Dickman Reader's Digest A wonderful, romantic novel Ayn Rand might have enjoyed...with a genuinely satisfying plot and complex well-drawn characters. York uses her considerable knowledge and strong opinions about art as part of the plot of a fast-paced love triangle...The situation is full of differing values and different choices, in life and in art. What will the characters ultimately decide? You may think you can predict it, but the book is full of surprises. ● Joan Kennedy Taylor Laissez Faire Book Club Crosspoints is a ‘psychological’ thriller. There are so few novels worth reading today, not because there’s a shortage of good writers but because there’s a tremendous shortage of good characters experiencing dilemmas that really matter. This is a powerfully motivational novel. I was hanging on to the very last page. ● Dr. Michael J. Hurd Radio Talk Show Host, "Solutions - Not Excuses" Crosspoints is a pageturner. Alexandra York doesn't accomplish this with gimmicky car chases or a series of cliff-hanging threats to life and limb. She does it the hard, traditional way: by creating characters we care about and then investing them with "I must, but I can't" conflicts. The best plots are constructed on a combination of such searing conflicts—inner and outer—and in York's novel, they don't get any hotter than this! ● Erika Holzer Author of "Eye for an Eye" (novel and Paramount feature film) and "Double Crossing" Crosspoints is almost as visual as it is literary. Its grand design, like a drawing, is a creation of time and space, with curved, intersecting lines stretching from classical antiquity to present time, from ancient Greece to modern New York. Within these intersections the author's characters make their daily choices hardly aware of the countless ‘crosspoints’ of intersecting lines that their choices have drawn. Crosspoints is a many-faceted, fascinating, faithful depiction of sophisticated, urban life, embracing the immediate facts of living, its fiction holding up a mirror to reality. ● Irma B. Jaffe, Ph.D. Professor of Art History, Fordham University Most recent book, "Shining Eyes, Cruel Fortune - The Lives and Loves of Renaissance Women Poets" Author Alexandra York has indeed proven a well-written novel still provides an incomparable delight in a high tech world. Ms. York is a wordsmith who has harnessed the power of storytelling and never lets the reader down. What a wonderful way to journey into a unique whirl of her keen insights and emotional currents. Crosspoints is certainly an ample tank of pure oxygen for any serious reader who wants to explore beneath the surface of life’s challenges. ● O. Aldon James, Jr. President, The National Arts Club, New York City Alexandra York will cause controversy by her refusal to kneel at the altar of political correctness. Her interest in the foundational aspects of creativity, explorations of the role of love, subtle and complex plot development, as well as sound philosophical considerations all make for a dynamic work of fiction that is sure to cut into the sleep time of readers with its dramatic and uplifting story. ● Pierre Rioux President, International Society for Philosophical Enquiry, Telicom Magazine Crosspoints sparkles...What is particularly appealing is that the novel can be read on several levels. A philosophically sophisticated reader will be aware of the underlying and difficult issues at hand, while the less sophisticated will experience the emotional impact of those issues as they unfold via the lives portrayed. ● Arthur Pontynen, Ph.D. Art Dept. Chair, Univeristy of Wisconson Crosspoints is a novel about art. Yet it does not read like a work with a political or philosophical axe to grind. The characterizations are full, the story deep and engaging. A true novel creates conflicts between characters. The conflict in Crosspoints is intense without being violent, sexual without being crude, and intellectual without being pompous. . . .highly recommended as an entertaining way to get a comprehensive overview of art theory and also to get a glimpse of what art could be if it were unleashed from the pseudo-self-denigrating dogma it is attached to today. ● W. J. Rayment Editor, Conservative Monitor The novel is not only about tackling esthetic and ethical issues. It is an exciting story that takes the reader on a tour to exotic places... Whether you are looking for a sobering discussion of intellectual, esthetic issues or an enjoyable page-turner, Crosspoints has something in store for you! ● Michelle Fram Cohen The Atlasphere I read more books than I could possibly see movies in any given year, and I have to say that this is one of my all time favorites for this past year, if not for the past five. Her characters are alive and passionate, full of vitality and intellect...the rational are juxtaposed alongside the irrational, the romantic against the nihilist, giving stark contrast to the triumphs and faults of each. ● Tara J. Brannigan Capitalist Chicks A Union of Romance & Reason in Life, Love, and Arts… The novel Crosspoints is worthwhile as a romance, with love scenes that embrace the spiritual and physical passions of a self-aware soul; as an intriguing look into the crosspoints of life; and as an exploration of the philosophy of art. As you feel the story, you will also think, of femininity and masculinity, of ideals, of decision points, and of the beauty of worthwhile art… At each crosspoint, Alexandra York says, every individual chooses a direction. The consequences will depend upon the wisdom of the choice. ● Mary A. Tobey V Magazine for Women |