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Having escaped The City, Eh-em cautiously reveals himself in fictional Upton. Art and attachments as well as real and imagined traumas prevent rapid progress. But this nice guy wins and gets the girl. Is it another dead end or their beginning? A second coming of age mixes postmodern bits with recurrent images. One's story and kindness might fix who they become in the spaces uncovered. PG-13.
A longer summary.
Paul Eh-em is a cautious thirty year old plagued by reticence and life-world trivia. Noticing a mountain lion cub watching him from a tree, he takes inspiration and records his experiences of starting over in a rural California town. His writing and those he befriends figure in his transition and integration of his separated selves. But his story reaches beyond connecting meaningfully with people and finding the best-fit match for him. He must become resolute in working through his own sexual orientation and grief lite. He must also navigate through a maze of frustrated plans, decisions about career and calling, inaccurate first impressions, feelings of emptiness, errors in judgment, troubling memories, mistakes and inadequacies, philosophical quibbles, and admirable yet formidable people and situations that challenge him. His story is a meta-fiction of identity formation animated by feminine energies, totemic mascots, and diverse and developing characters. All this and much, much more is his journey to a conclusion. Or is it a precarious beginning?
The length is thirty chapters plus front and back matter, about 109,000 words. Click on the version you want. Also check the ebook seller you prefer to use. Through Smashwords there is wide distribution.
- Kindle (30.10.14)
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