• Reading age: 15 to 18

P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: none">Blurbs:?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: none">  P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: none">50 Words P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: none">Some would say SPAN lang=EN-US>Psycho Babble and the Consternations of Life is existential psyco babble written by a troubled mind. Others would say, even though the protagonist sticks a gun in his mouth and pulls the trigger, that this collection of poems and short stories is a profound statement about living. P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: none">  P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: none">202 Words P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: none">Even though SPAN lang=EN-US>Psycho Babble and the Consternations of Life has a complicated existential leaning it has it humourous side. In the story “The Glen Manor Inn” a rustic old house is burned to the ground. Everyone got out safe including the naked lady that was fleeing the building – “… and the image of Mrs. Norman’s alabaster bum dashing down the lane into the dark bushes.” stood out as a fun moment. “H – E – Double Hockey Sticks” is a profound story of life about an abused boy who writes a letter of forgivness on a paper sail boats and lets his anxiety drift down the river out of sight. This collection of shortstories is sprinkled with some proufoundly well written poems that will make the reader wonder about the complications of life and how they shape our being. The book ends with the story “Cold Steel” where a tired, beaton by life character, puts the barrel of a gun in his mouth and pulls the trigger. “Sucking air through the barrel he slowly, ever so slowly, with deliberate hesitation pulls the trigger. This time all the way.”  This story of despair will make every reader realize that there is something to live for. P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: none"> 

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