THE FIVE LOST DAYS: The Latest Novel from Documentary Producer/Director William Petrick
Dorothy Thompson
December 01, 2008
A new book by William Petrick has the book world buzzing. The Five Lost Days, an adventure and an exploration into the nature of perception is Petrick's latest novel from Pearhouse Press.
William Petrick is known for his work as an Emmy Award-winning documentary producer/director who has created programs for National Geographic, Discovery, MTV, Court TV and many other cable and broadcast networks. He is currently a senior producer with Bill Moyers Journal on PBS.
His novel, The Five Lost Days, is about a struggling documentary producer named Michael Burns who has traveled to the remote Maya Mountains of Belize to capture exclusive footage of the last surviving curandero. The traditional Mayan healer may hold the key to discovering new medicines among the vast, uncharted flora of the rain forest.
But with a violent civil war spilling across the border from neighboring Guatemala - and Burns inexplicably drawn to the aging curandero's American apprentice - the filmmakers stumble into a more explosive story than they ever could have imagined.
At once an adventure and an exploration into the nature of perception, The Five Lost Days exposes the clash between modern culture and ancient beliefs.
"With spare prose, a fascinating location, strong characters and a damn good story," says Linda Ellerbee, journalist and author, "Petrick takes us into journalism's heart of darkness; that is, the false sense of safety that comes with being the ´outsider,´ the one who merely covers a story, versus the dangers of what might happen if one day you suddenly step away from of the middle of the road and fall into your story…"
If you would like to find out more about William Petrick's latest book, The Five Lost Days visit Pearhouse Press for more information.
William Petrick is known for his work as an Emmy Award-winning documentary producer/director who has created programs for National Geographic, Discovery, MTV, Court TV and many other cable and broadcast networks. He is currently a senior producer with Bill Moyers Journal on PBS.
His novel, The Five Lost Days, is about a struggling documentary producer named Michael Burns who has traveled to the remote Maya Mountains of Belize to capture exclusive footage of the last surviving curandero. The traditional Mayan healer may hold the key to discovering new medicines among the vast, uncharted flora of the rain forest.
But with a violent civil war spilling across the border from neighboring Guatemala - and Burns inexplicably drawn to the aging curandero's American apprentice - the filmmakers stumble into a more explosive story than they ever could have imagined.
At once an adventure and an exploration into the nature of perception, The Five Lost Days exposes the clash between modern culture and ancient beliefs.
"With spare prose, a fascinating location, strong characters and a damn good story," says Linda Ellerbee, journalist and author, "Petrick takes us into journalism's heart of darkness; that is, the false sense of safety that comes with being the ´outsider,´ the one who merely covers a story, versus the dangers of what might happen if one day you suddenly step away from of the middle of the road and fall into your story…"
If you would like to find out more about William Petrick's latest book, The Five Lost Days visit Pearhouse Press for more information.
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