LEONARD AND HUNGRY PAUL is the story of two friends who ordinarily would remain uncelebrated. They change the world differently to the rest of us: we try and change it by effort and force; they change it by discovering the small things they can do well and offering them to others.
"His name was Joseph, but for years they had called him Panenka, a name that was his sadness and his story. Panenka has spent 25 years living with the disastrous mistakes of his past, which have made him an exile in his home town and cost him his dearest relationships. Now aged 50, Panenka begins to rebuild an improvised family life with his estranged daughter and her seven year old son. But at night, Panenka suffers crippling headaches that he calls his Iron Mask. Faced with losing everything, he meets Esther, a woman who has come to live in the town to escape her own disappointments. Together, they find resonance in each other's experiences and learn new ways to let love into their broken lives. "--Publisher
Ghost Mountain is a fable-like novel about a mountain that appears suddenly, and the way in which its manifestation ripples through the lives of characters in the surrounding community.
Ein unerklärlicher Berg erscheint plötzlich auf brachliegenden Feldern und verändert das Leben der lokalen Bevölkerung. Die Charaktere, darunter ein Landeskartenbeamter, eine Kunstlehrerin und ein junger Mann, sind durch ihre Schicksale miteinander verbunden. Der Roman ist witzig, intensiv und zeigt, wie kleine Ereignisse das Leben prägen.