The Bookseller and Other Stories

The day Harry gets fired from his lucrative job on Wall Street and loses all his money on a bad investment, his lovely, blond wife Eileen gives him the bum's rush. And when he tries to convince her that they can sell their vacation condos and the Maserati and start over, she calmly tells him to forget it. That's when Harry moves into a corrugated cardboard box in the West Seventies and starts life among the homeless.In "The Bookseller and Other Stories" the author weaves her tales about bums and the homeless, career women, holy men, fast-food cooks, Vikings, soldiers, booksellers, widows, immigrants, flamenco dancers, and amber hunters. The stories range from humorous to sad, from silly to tender - often with an ironic twist at the end. Tales mainly set in our day, they are nevertheless timeless. The reader is left to ponder what makes people tick - and, if they err, can they turn things around? Will Harry live out his days in his corrugated box in the West Seventies?