Against The Tide

By Debbie HaganArts Books

Against The Tide episodes

February 03, 2007 Chapter 2, The Dean, Part 1 - Against The Tide - MP3 edition
-In this episode: "Draft card burnings, anti-war protests, feminist marches, racial riots, and political assassinations punctuated the year 1968". The son of Russian immigrants, Lawrence Velvel matures from a precocious Chicago teenager, to a law professor at the raci
33 min
February 02, 2007 Chapter 1, Merrimack Valley, Northern Massachusetts, Part 2 - Against The Tide - MP3 edition
-In this episode: Juggling multiple jobs, family and impossible hours is a small price to pay for Diane Sullivan and her fellow students at Commonwealth School of Law. They have one dream... to create a better future for themselves and their families by becoming an at
34 min
February 01, 2007 Chapter 1, Merrimack Valley, Northern Massachusetts, Part 1 - Against The Tide - MP3 edition
-In this episode: Chapter 1, part 1 of Debbie Hagan's page turner introduces us to the Merrimack Valley: to the Tyngsboro Fire Department as they battle a suspicious barn fire, to an ambitious local determined to make it big, whatever the cost, and finally to Diane Su
27 min
January 29, 2007 Chapter 5, Forged by Fire, Part 1
Amidst intense pressure on MSL to merge with Commonwealth, former Senator Paul Tsongas, Chairman of Commonwealth's Board of Trustees, is named Chairman of the Massachusetts Board of Regents. Tsongas' new position places him in charge of determining which school would be approved in the Merrimack Region, MSL or Commonwealth. If MSL refuses the merger, does it have a chance?
26 min

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Corrupt business owners, unscrupulous local politicians, impossible odds and a highly unconventional student body are just a few of the obstacles faced by Lawrence R. Velvel, as he packs up his home of 16 years and heads north to become Dean of a brand new law school in Lowell, Massachusetts. When nothing in Lowell turns out to be what it first appears, Velvel and a handful of law students are forced to choose between giving up on their life long dream, and attempting the impossible.